User blog comment:Hollyleafisawesome/SOPA! PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION! IMPORTANT!/@comment-1829516-20140319205309/@comment-1333071-20140319235051

10,000 is the number required to elicit a government response from the White House (or whatever government body runs this...).

It's basically a script like "Hey we hear ya whaddup y'all we might listen to you we might not so chill out bros"

^^ rough summary