Big problem with petitions: those who write them think they are saying something powerful and important, when actually they sound like petulant and ignorant whiners. Add the inevitable demands (which the signers usually have no right to make) and it does get obnoxious. Petitions are ordinary people writing to extraordinary people and making fools of themselves. No matter your momentary thrill of self-importance, you achieve nothing by signing an internet form most use to vent spleen, nothing more.
I have to agree.
A more effective way of dealing with it is a letter writing campaign with some general guidelines of what to say, or NOT say, and who to address it to.
If they get buried under actual, physical mail, they might take notice.