Hi from the community. I didn’t elect anyone. Like I said, a small group of people did.
That’s not what I said.
That’s not what I said either.
Your own post exemplifies what I mean when I say “argued into submission”. Responses are not “thank you for your valuable feedback, we’ll take it on board”, they’re basically “you’re wrong—we’re right!” It gives the feeling that nobody is listening to opinions that conflict with the plans of the small group of people.
And go ahead, dismiss me and tell me my opinion is wrong here too, while simultaneously telling me “the community” is being listened to.
Yeah, that’s what I’m referring to. A small group of people have disproportionately high influence—it feels like it’s their site, not the community’s site (at least from my perspective).
Instead of Stack Exchange making decisions, it’s a bunch of people on the Internet making decisions.
For example, I came here to join this community:
But yesterday that radically changed…
(This has 6 hearts.) See what I mean: a small group of people get to make radical, overriding decisions!—It’s like noone else matters.
No!—You said it was a Q&A site. I came here for the promised Q&A site. You cannot just change this offhand.
What radical site-redefining decisions are going to be made tomorrow by the small group of people? It’s so unstable.