Hey I have an idea
Basically I was wondering if it would be possible to create a separate space for those of us without PR access to discuss PR threads. I know you'll want to keep PR pure for the elites and their stooges, but I was thinking if there was like a subforum where PR threads/posts were automatically mirrored or something, that plebs such as myself, who really care about competitive pokemon and have actively contributed to the community at large but haven't concerned themselves as much with gratifying your bureaucracy, can comment on proposed changes. As mentioned, this would be a separate space, so you'd be free to ignore the masses like you currently do, it's just it would be nice to, you know, talk about this shit without spamming the respective subforum every time someone brings up something worth discussing. As it stands it feels like I can't even discuss many changes or otherwise voice my opinion because I haven't kissed enough ass, and suppressing speech doesn't seem like something that's a good idea for place dedicated to discussion, such as an internet forum.
If you decide you actually care about your community, there could even be some measure to nominate or vote certain posts to be added to the actual PR thread, thus eliminating the need for proxy posting, but I know I'm dreaming big here, perhaps my grand vision is too much for smogon staffers to handle- imagine, smogon, actually respecting the community, even those as semi-independent as the RBY community. No, perhaps I am too bold... I'm sure this will never happen.