I’m very sure at least Hacka mentioned that explicitly before. But, of course, only Andrew would be able to pull the exact source. I am too lazy for that. 
I also, of course, respect your view very much Heavy. You’re not wrong. But even if there have been a few threads, it is not as if the whole front page of the forum is flooded with this exact feedback. I just find the way forum regular disses people who come to the forum to provide feedback (even if it is already heavily discussed), too heavy handed and dismissive. It creates a very toxic and elitist forum environment (kinda like how in Dota 2 new players just gets thumbed down on).
Just to add to this point. Even if OP missed an active thread, I think the better thing for forum regulars to do is to point them to the active thread. Rather than treat them as idiots. There are forum trolls and there are those who genuinely missed it in good faith. In this case, my money is on OP being the latter.