Is this really that big a deal? Not all administrative details should be a matter of public debate. I hope this thread gets killed too.
Put another way: More people like Failblog than LWN. This does not mean that LWN should listen to people who want it to be more like Failblog.
(Just so there's no confusion: This is just a general comment about online communities, not the original "Attention Moderators" thread.)