Mistwell
Crusty Old Meatwad
Sure.
Here is the premise: "obtaining feedback from the community of your consumers tends to work well to benefit that community of consumers in liking the end product"
100% of your response can be summed up as, "I thought this was a reasonable mechanic but others didn't like it therefore others are wrong."
That's not a scintilla of evidence that these were actually better things which the community would have liked better in the end product. It's just you, once again, saying you like something others dislike therefore others are wrong. Which is exactly what those others are saying about your opinion, but they're wrong because...you liked those things?
Just showing a proposed change is mechanically reasonable isn't showing it's a better thing or that the community would appreciate it more in an end product. To prove your premise you'd have to show surveying your customer base ends up with products which the consumer base doesn't like.