Quote Originally Posted by KisaiTenshi View Post
This is a kind of millennial type of "I'm a snowflake, I'm important, I'm entitled to be heard" type of opinion that many people think their opinion matters to a large company. Reality check, unless you are helping their bottom line (eg MrHappy, MTQcapture on youtube) you will never have the ear of the developer.
Bullshit, and I resent being implicitly labeled as a 'special snowflake' in a derogatory manner. This isn't a millennial thing, it's not a special snowflake thing, it's not an entitlement thing - it's an awareness of basic psychology, a core part of being an astute developer. Companies fifty years ago would have killed for the type of feedback potential that SE has at their fingertips, and yet the dev team isn't even trying.

Hestzhyen summarized this as well as I could, so I won't bother reiterating. I will say though, that the days are numbered for companies that don't bother with substantial customer feedback. It's easier than ever to get, it's more important than ever to have, and SE has arguably regressed from the days of FFXI. It's not a good look.