For everyone’s context:
The devs post simple polls but not petitions. The polls help give them specific insight into something they want to know (I would note there hasn’t been a poll in months). Here is the example of one such poll:
When users post polls or petitions, it’s really an unconstructive way to promote an issue without providing constructive discussion to what you find wrong with it or proposing solutions for it.
I myself won’t flag linked polls as long as the forum thread has some level of constructive context, but “petition” posts for unconstructive things like “Delete [insert subject here]” is just not helpful for anyone.