Less and less SE interaction with forums community over time

[Theodric]

I disagree.

people will easily be given and inch and run with it for miles. especially on forums. a developer says something, and suddenly its either a controversy or an EXPECTED future implementation simply because a dev mentioned it. look at all the fuss generated over an icon for a job not even in the game yet that has ZERO history.

They don't need to say much beyond a polite acknowledgement that feedback on a subject is being given to the development team.

It's not like they aren't already engaging with the community over on Twitter, at any rate - and this place, despite its flaws, is by far the more civil domain.