I don't see it as a status thing - I see it as a convenience thing.

If I want to fork your code and contribute back, that means I need to be on the same system as you.

There's a bunch of Gnome projects which require me to sign up to their specific git hosting service before I can contribute.

On most git servers, I have to fork in order to send a PR, which often means I have to create a fork on their system - which means I need to set up something to replicate it to my local machine.

It's all friction.

I'd love to see a project on (for example) GitHub and then clone it to my GitLab, work on it there, and send a PR from GL to GH.