Much like you posted your story on HN, make a twitter/linkedIn post and let it go viral. More viral it goes, more chances that the features will be requested by

Much like you posted your story on HN, make a twitter/linkedIn post and let it go viral. More viral it goes, more chances that the features will be requested by others and more chances of it getting due love by the engineering team. I am not a fan of social shaming, but sometimes that is the last resort and that's what you are doing.