Good, that seems like a smart move. It is of course possible for them to still ignore the results of that survey, or to game the results, or that a majority of respondents don't care or understand the issue anyhow. My point is that if this feature is important enough to people, they can take real action and don't have to kiss the ring and beg at the feet of power in order to achieve the result that they want.
They are not ignoring the result, and are doing exactly what the author wants them to do, except they started doing it before this hysterical piece was written.
I kind of figured as much... and that was my point actually... that writing and whining about it useless, and that if they actually do start misbehaving the community has the capability to take real action.