Oh I haven't looked at the evidence for this particular petition at all. AlaskaSometimes has said she has, but hey, she could be a troll too!
I've signed the petition myself. But it's an online petition, it can be gamed.
Excuse if I just copy what I wrote on another thread as it's relevant (italics where I was quoting PPs):
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Whoever created the bot is an idiot.
Or wants to discredit the petition. Or wants to give the impression there's a much larger majority in favour of revoking.
Or, win-win for a disruptivist: both.
idiots on 4chan about who can get the most votes on the petition for a joke.
The people who seeded this idea may not be idiots. They may have had a fair idea what they were doing.
This is what the disinformation world looks like. I expect to see a lot more of it in the next few weeks as disrupters make hay in this fraught situation, and bots/trolls get repurposed to turn up the heat in the UK.
(If anyone has the brain space left to cope with this at the moment, here's an illuminating report on recent Russian disinformation techniques. Of course the Russians aren't the only ones at it. securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/a-view-from-the-digital-trenches-lessons-from-year-one-of-hamilton-68/ )
No I don't have any answer for this.
Other don't believe all you read, and always look before you leap.