You say that we didn't discuss this with the members beforehand. Do you have any idea how much traffic this would have caused? How much people would have opposing views, and how much posts we would have to sift through before coming to a conclusion? There are 10K of you. And of course, many people would still disagree.
So one of the things we plan to do if and when it becomes applicable, is to toss ideas out among the mentors first to get some initial feedback and fine tune the idea, and then either implement it or discuss it in the general forums. No doubt people are going to complain about this too. But as we continue to grow, it becomes kind of impractical to let thousands of people have their say first.