[monochromatic]

Has any online petition every accomplished anything? Serious question.

[MartinCron]

I can think of one, non-governmental one:

http://www.petitiononline.com/netflix0/petition.html

[JoshTriplett]

Interesting. Can you point to any official response from Netflix referencing that petition, or did they just take the desired action without referencing the petition?

[MartinCron]

There was more outcry than just the petition. Lots of people emailed in, tweeted, whatever.

The official "OK, we're not killing profiles" message does not address the petition directly: http://blog.netflix.com/2008/06/profiles-feature-not-going-a...