Quote - Just because it "is" done that way does not mean it "should" be done that way.

when you see a survey combining feature requests with demographics, it does not take too much math to figure out that the marketing department will tell the development team to implement the features that the 'target demographic for optimal sales'' wants. That is the ONLY reason to combine feature requests with demographic information.

I'm not trying to be antagonistic but I see this as a healthy debtate. That said, what way do you propose that this information should be obtained?  In writing (and in marketing I can suppose since I've never studied it) one must know one's audience.

Honestly, do you really expect for the development team to focus on one person's desire to implement a "spot-light target null object" (which coincidentally isn't a bad idea) when so many others are vying for GI implementation, as an example? I mean, that is the whole purpose of the survey, no? And really it's an insignificant thing in contrast to the fact that certain, common keywords spoken over the telephone can get one landed in jail as a terrorist (in the US).

So, how would you propose they get the information they're requesting without infringing on your alleged "consumer rights"?