we literally used to have this and I have only heard like three people constantly griping about the change since we changed it haha.

Real talk, though, it's very, very hard to get a large bit of community involvement in any significant change and still have productive discussions. We have tried this a few times just in the GM server, running proposed changes by GMs, and every single time it gets derailed by people talking about other topics. The more cooks in the kitchen, the harder it is to keep discussions on topic and get anything done.