White House Raises Petition Threshold from 25K to 100K Signaturesselfnews Post Apparently, too many complaints (petitions) are reaching the previous threshold too quickly for them to respond adequately. The White House writes: As weve seen overall use skyrocket, more petitions are crossing the threshold and doing so much more quickly. In the first 10 months of 2012, it took an average of 18 days for a new petition to cross the 25,000-signature threshold. In the last two months of the year, that average time was cut in half to just 9 days, and most petitions that crossed the threshold collected 25,000 signatures within five days of their creation. More than 60 percent of the petitions to cross threshold in all of 2012 did so in the last two months of the year. Turns out that good problem is only getting better, so were making another adjustment to ensure were able to continue to give the most popular ideas the time they deserve. The White House included a nifty infographic to illustrate the announcement: linkwithin_text=Related Articles: 