"I, myself, feel less welcomed than ever recently. Does our opinion matter anymore?"
I can't answer that, I guess. Seems like a question for SO, rather than me. I've only been around a few years, and I mainly participate on SE, not SO. So, when it comes to how the platform runs, I've always felt that my opinion didn't matter too much. It could influence the smaller stacks policies, but not in ways that would flow upwards, whereas SO and meta.SE stuff could always flow downwards. So if you're asking "does it even matter anymore", I would want to know: Matter to whom? With what outcomes? Did …