Well, I think viewing the supporters as voting with their contribution is a type of feedback that looks back at what has already been done, whereas I’m suggesting that the supporters be able to offer feedback of what they would most like to see in the future. Of course, it is entirely up to anoek to decide at the end of the day, but this type of feedback might be useful or interesting for him.
Several years ago, OGS was using UserVoice to allow everyone to vote on future features. However, our account on that system suddenly went offline, without much explanation as to why.
I guess GitHub Issues fills somewhat similar needs, but the idea of voting for top issues and feature requests is not so well emphasized on such a platform. I mean, people could indicate support for certain ideas with the reaction emojis, but that’s not the main aim of the interface and not so reliable to gauge the broader public opinion.