In reply to Ryan McCue.

As someone who over the years has made numerous comments trying to convince people that the us-vs-them dynamic is unhealthy and inaccurate when people paint core devs as 'not listening' or agenda driven, some of the demoralizing statements made by Ryan today in the chat disappoint me very much:

Again, what framework we pick primarily matters to _core contributors_

Everyone has equal opportunity to join here and share their opinions, I don't think a closed Facebook group's poll matters

(the Facebook community being mentioned is the
Advanced WP group)

These statements feel quite demoralizing to anyone who is not a core developer and certainly do not further the idea that all parts of the community have a role to play, even in decisions that are central to core development practices.