Once again I am asking: who are these people and what makes them more qualified than any of you to asses anyone or anything "as a senior engineer" (with the subtext being that none of you are, either)

> who are these people and what makes them more qualified than any of you

Anyone can run something and make a web page. These people just do it instead of questioning. Main difference. If everyone asks "how could you" "are you qualified" then we have nothing but gatekeeping.