I actually thought that the whole "fork to add yourself" thing was interesting, in that it would add a tiny bit of weight to the signatures. The bar for signin

I actually thought that the whole "fork to add yourself" thing was interesting, in that it would add a tiny bit of weight to the signatures. The bar for signing is to have a Github account, and to know what "fork" and "pull request" are. The probability that someone who can add their signature is actually a developer is presumably somewhat higher than if there was a big green button that any disgruntled user could casually press. [EDIT] I don't use or care about Twitter, so I'm not trying to defend the goals of this particular petition. I just thought "fork to sign" was kind of interesting.