I'm not saying that this is the case, but comments like this tend to go hand in hand with comments about doing things for exposure. And I want to point out that you would not only need a petition to get this started but also a donation drive.
BP.net is great for not charging a fee and relying on paid supporters and the bare minimum for running advertisements to keep things up and running. But that doesn't mean they have enough to start hiring programmers.
But the site admin has also chimed in with Tapatalk recommendations, so that should be the way to go regardless~