In my experience, very few members visit the Watchtower, very little of interest goes on here, so people do not have the habit. Whether that means they care or not is a different matter.

As far as mods or Admins thanking posts - nobody has thanked anyone for their eloquent protests.

What was the point of posting an explanation in Watchtower if the ramifications of the decision taken were not to be debated, and under the circumstances is it right for moderators to be endorsing the views of members rather than actively defending the position the staff have adopted?

Either this is a non-issue and will never happen again, in which case we were better off ignorant, or this is an issue which needs to be seriously dealt. The major problem with the second view is that we are hardly quorate here.