Change.org

AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

Change.org censors the important petitions of those who fight against the dangerous and irresponsible pro-pitbull activists.
They literally don't give a $#*! about bully breed type of dogs maiming, harming and potentially killing innocent people; adults, handicapped people and elderly people alike.

They also scam customers an masse, specifically those whom are giving Change.org one-time donations. People are basically charged monthly without their consent.

I was tricked into monthly payment plan without my consent after paying a one-time donation. However, this was a long time ago, and it's good to know I am not alone, but I hope change pays people back their money!

I just realized how dangerous, not just buggy, this site is, seeing today a case of a lynch mob victory. You can easily fire somebody from a job and destroy their life based on pure allegations you put on change.org, anonymously, just because media are going to spread it. What kind of "social change" is that? I wish there were negative stars here.

I also always google the case before signing any petitions. A number of times important facts in petitions on change.org are distorted or omitted. Anybody can post anything, manipulate people to sign, and manipulate media to spread rumors, no facts are verified. Those whose petitions are valid and scream for help don't benefit from it at all. The site should be renamed into "libel.org" or "lynchyourenemy.org".

Well, I've learned a few things today about Change.org's practises. I did not know it was a for self profit company and I am appalled by money being taken without consent. I've have been signing petitions on there for ages and like everyone else I became a 'member' and I don't how. I always make comments when invited to. Now, I find that some of my comments have been removed - no warning, no email, just gone. It's no biggie in the grand scale of things just extremely rude. I don't want to waste any more time ploughing through emails, reading and signing petitions only to find my input removed. I will cancel my 'membership' and stick to 38degrees.org.uk who are an upright, not for profit outfit with scruples.

After you sign a petition, you're offered the chance to pay Change.org to advertise the petition to a wider audience. I have only ever used this "chip in" feature but was billed for a monthly membership program. Disputing this charge with PayPal had no effect. The change.org website allows you to cancel the membership program, so be sure to check if you were enrolled in the program after chipping in and cancel if you didn't intend to do so.

Do not I repeat do NOT spend any kind of money on here they'll just charge you after you pay your money once. This place needs to be taken down for charging when the people aren't even aware they're being charged!

I donated to a cause I believed in. Did not sign up for recurring monthly payments. Followed instructions on how to cancel. Went to settings + membership. Membership tab says I need to contribute to join. I'm already a "member!" I emailed several times, first time I got a "catch all" do not repy another time they emailed me back the original email they sent me thanking me for donation. I even called the Change.org telephone number that was listed on my credit card statement. Of course a voicemail saying you can't leave a message. I ended up contacting my credit card company to put a stop to unauthorized monthly recurring payments.

We started a petition regarding our problem of my husband being refused a residence card under my EU rights in France. It started well and we spent hours promoting it on social media. We managed to obtain 100 signs in 4 days at one point and then it went stagnant, lucky to get half a dozen signatures in a week. It was then that we realised that lots of people who said they had signed (and donated) did not appear on the downloaded names list. They were not receiving the verification email to register their signatures. Many complaine emails to Change and they still have done nothing. All they keep saying is to update to let people know to tell people who think they signed to contact them. How do we contact strangers? They are idiots and liars as our petition has not been promoted anywhere by them.
I would never advise people to use Change.org. We believe our petition is restricted because we are in a battle with the French authorities

I appreciate Change.org, and have been signing petitions on the website for years. However, I have one major critique: the website makes it difficult for people who want to read the entire petition before signing. I receive emails asking me to sign petitions, and these emails include a one-click sign button, meaning that if a person accidentally clicks on that button, then they automatically sign the petition and it is difficult to remove their signature. Additionally, after signing a petition, people are asked to sign more petitions, whose titles are shown, but people have to click a couple of extra times to read the full petition. I would greatly prefer it if Change.org would encourage people to read the full text of the petitions they are signing, rather than pushing people to sign as many petitions as possible.

If you are directed to this site to sign a petition, you will be encouraged to donate X amount. To me, it implied I was donating to the cause for which the petition was circulating. Not true. The money goes directly to change.org. For what, I don't know. Supposedly to help circulate the petition. Well, isn't that what they are supposed to be doing anyway? Why on earth would you sign a petition that isn't going to be circulated? If you think you are donating to a cause through change.org, you're not! This is very misleading and downright fraudulent. They use the expression would you like to "chip in." yeah, chip in to their bank account. Don't give them a dime.

As a petition signer, to help a particular cause, I am asked to share or contribute financially, I choose to share it, then I am asked to sign more petitions, not one or two but 10 more petitions. It's a waste of peoples time to have to read throughout 10 more different petitions to be able to decide if it's something you want to get involved with or not. Please stop this harassment. Bottom line is it completely defeats the purpose of the program in my opinion.

Have run a couple of petitions using Change.org. Noticed a monthly transaction on my credit card for $40.00 that I never approved. Credit card has refunded them but cancelled the card. Beware.