Ask HN: How much does it cost to maintain a petition site like We the People?

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8 years ago

White House today announced it would temporarily shut down We The People, saying a new platform would save $1mm. The site is basically a petition site where users can create and sign petitions and the president could personally reply after the signatures reach a certain threshold.

How much does it normally cost to build and maintain a site like this? Is there any information about how much the White House spends on this site? Is the number normally inflated because it’s a government site?

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/365521-trump-admin-to-temporarily-take-down-petition-website

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/

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