Not to derail the initial intention of your thread, but this right here is why I firmly believe the community council is a bad idea.
If the goal is to both channel and encourage good feedback, the CC program seems to do the exact opposite. WoW has effectively created an “upper class” group of commentors that supersedes even the MVP program. And it is this class that the devs almost exclusively engage with and talk about.
When GD posters have to think twice about providing feedback because there’s no indication that it will ever be read by a human, that’s a problem. When average players can only watch discussions happen like fish in a goldfish bowl without having any legitimate means of communication with the parties involved, that’s a problem. When the existence of the CC program itself exists only as a means for dev self-congratulation as they claim they are “listening to feedback” without tangible results, that’s a problem. And when actual MVPs are quitting because even they feel like they cannot effect change in meaningful ways, that’s a real big problem.
You always seemed like a good faith poster. I’m sorry you feel like your time was wasted trying to bring certain issues to light.