I'm willing to give the PAG a go for now. This isn't the first initiative by Jagex to listen to the players and it certainly won't be the last.
With that said, I am concerned with what the players on the PAG might suggest to Jagex. These people are far from being ordinary players and so what they might consider good content could be bad to a normal player with no social media influence.
EVE Online has a similar group known as the Council of Stellar Management (CSM). It's composed of that MMO's top personalities who have the ear of the devs. They're elected to the council by players so in theory it sounds good. The problem with this group is that they don't always have the best interests of EVE Online's playerbase as a whole. From the nerfing of capital ship warp speeds with the intent of screwing the competition to insider knowledge scandals that have led to unfair advantages for select player-run corporations. In a PvP focused MMO, this is a serious problem that must be addressed so long as the CSM continues to exist and change members.
Now, since both versions of RS are clearly PvM focused rather than PvP focused games we don't run the risk of our gaming sessions being ruined by pkers ambushing us (except in the wilderness). Still, that doesn't mean the PAG won't make suggestions that could hurt large segments of the player base.
Since the PAG is still new I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt and see how things play out. Not enough time or content has come out for me to say whether or not the PAG is a good or bad thing. Once enough time has passed, I'll change my mind accordingly.
04-Aug-2020 19:55:37