Now hear me out, the title isn't that appealing, but I feel it would be a nice touch, and also may help bridge the gap between Community and Staff a bit more. This is also something MOTS can help pitch on, so bear with me as I explain a tad more.
As we all know, the community enjoys being creative and bringing around new ideas. Previous ideas in the past, for example, were the International Board, Localization, Merging Art Boards, and all that good stuff. All these ideas were something the community has been adamant about. The more attention it gets, the more staff looks into it.
Now, the tricky part comes in. Deciding if the idea should go through, and what ideas should be put in first if they are agreed upon. That's always a tough decision, but what if the community got the chance to decide what becomes a priority to be dealt with first? This is where these surveys come in.
These surveys of course, would be continued every few months, or at least when each project is finished. The survey would consist of a few well-liked ideas that the community is very outspoken about, and such ideas would be put into a survey to be voted on. The community would be voting on which idea/suggestion should be implemented first, and what should be a priority. Of course, there would only be a few ideas put up at a time, as well as the most voted one would be the one to be prioritized as something the community wants the most.
I feel this would not only help staff to know what should be prioritized for the community, but a way for the community to let staff know what they really want to see put out there the most. This also gives MOTS a chance to reinforce their power, and keep staff on track with what the community prioritized.
This is just a brief idea of course, I'm also too lazy to format this entire post. However, feedback is very much appreciated and I would be happy to have things added on or removed to fit a general idea!
Very interesting idea Cal.
Perhaps this can be a side thing that the staff can do to help improve certain things. After taking into account the priority of bigger things, provided there are bigger things that need to be addressed first, staff can look into these things brought up by the community and possibly start working on implementing them into FeralHeart.
Depending on how many suggestions there are, let's say 10 for example, on the survey there could be a selection of 5 that we can vote from. If there are let's say 5, we could either vote from all five, or narrow it down to three.
Everyone already saying what I've thought petty much. Love this idea Cal!