why is the IDEA STATUSES 0 against Engineering?

[BowQtr]

Is Engineering actually reviewing and making decisions on these forums; if so, why is so much blank in the other status?

There is nothing more dispiriting than being invited to comment, then taking the time to do it, then it appearing to go into a black hole with nothing by radio silence.

The best products succeed by remaining relevant to solving customers problems, obviously, this has to be done not in a bespoke way but a generic way, and the best way to do that is to listen and engage.   The more problems your products solve, the better word of mouth which hopefully captures new customers form existing ones, the better the brand image appears, the happy the customer, the greater success - its a win-win for all.

Forums which appear to engage but fail to list and explain create tastes, negative feelings and bad brands.

If this truly is a place to engage with product manage on issues, ideas and new features with Product Management at Netgear, I would expect some moderate, sensible engagement with the very people that determine what will go in and what won't.

This is how "challenger" banks became so disruptive, by listening, doing things differently, taking votes from customers on roadmap items, and continuing to listen....and what a success story that has been!      

Product management can be hard, but existing customers are an endless source of new ideas, of creative ways that can be competitive, and differentiating, and should be listened to.    Have a voting system if there are enough people to help - but above all  a product which remains relevant really continues to sell the brand for ever. 

please engage on here.