User blog comment:Dopp/Technical Update: December 13, 2011 - Happy Holidays/@comment-460966-20111213205018/@comment-1474707-20111214011140

I think that does happen to a certain extent, such as with chat and the message wall. But sometimes perhaps what staff perceive to by a minor change may turn out to be a big thing for many users, and it's just slipped into a technical update without discussion (case in point - category redlinks disappearing). Fair enough, you can't magically tell what is and isn't important to us, but when it becomes apparent that you have misjudged the need for user discussion, it would be good if you reverted the change until that discussion has been properly had