I don't know who to ask, but I'll help you in any way I can.

Clicking "Report Issues" of the footer on the bottom of the site took me to the LW GitHub repo. After clicking around, this page says that you could make feature requests here. And here are the most recent feature requests.

I get the feeling that this isn't maintained too much though. Ie. I worry that in posting a feature there, it could easily get forgotten about and/or ignored. Just a vague suspicion though.

My proposal:

• Start off by posting the feature request there. Perhaps it is maintained and someone will see it and add it.
• You do it. You seem to have a much better reputation than I do and I sense that this will improve the chances of success.
• If this doesn't get a response, I think a good next step would be to post in Discusssion a) a poll on who thinks it should/shouldn't be on the side bar and b) a request to be put in contact with someone who'll respond.

IMO, there are other things that should be on the sidebar too. Like:

• The map of LW users.
• A link to Open Thread.
• Perhaps a way to collaborate on projects.
• Perhaps a way to find people to live with.

Perhaps a better approach would be to make a post in Discussion on "what links do you think should be in the sidebar?". Do the feature requesting of things to add to the sidebar all at once. This actually seems like a better approach to me. a) If a lot of people upvote things, the request will carry more weight. b) I sense that a feature request for multiple things to add to the side bar will get more attention because it's more substantial. c) This seems like a way to get more done faster.

What do you think?