In reply to Bastian.

This is how it always work in WordPress. Some core devs propose a significant change, then they open some discussion channels to make it look like they’re listening to the users, and finally they close them and say thanks to the community for participating but a decision has already been made.

Really? “Some core devs” ? Oh, you mean the people who volunteer to create the software that you use for free? The people that spend night and day thinking about how to move WordPress forward to benefit the most people, help WordPress continue to grow and keep WordPress relevant for another 16 years?

Believe me, those are the people you want making the decisions. The core team has the best long-term perspective. And yes, they don’t make decisions by committee because that’s a losing strategy. Are they perfect? No, but they’re doing the best they can and we need to support them even if we don’t always agree because they probably know more than we do about the decision.

The alternative is to have the self-interested folks on this thread looking at it through their own myopic lens making the decisions who prioritize their own comfort over the future of WordPress. Imagine that. Wait, you don’t have to—look at the US political system. Believe me, we want the most credible, informed people who’ve demonstrated it for years making the decisions. They won’t always agree and it’s not the perfect process, but at least they’re making decisions that aren’t based on comfort or self-interest.

If you think these decisions are incorrect, then start contributing to WordPress for years, show us how much you care, then you can make the decisions too. Until then, your actions tell us how much weight we should put on your opinions.

WordPress doesn’t just get better automatically folks; it takes a team of dedicated people making the right decisions over long periods of time. Let’s trust them.