His discussion started many other discussions which is the point of it in my opinion. Offer an unsuitable solution and then discuss heavily.
Indeed it was a spark that was needed to discuss, give people to weighh in their two cents, offer options and arrive at action plans that were right for them.
This might actually make the platform better in some ways considering it might improve comments and make people think a little more where their vote goes.
And we need to make more engagement and good comments. Too many posts that don't have comments and are mere placeholder posts for self votes and bots. If we are to move as a platform we need people who will be passionate and engaged. We have a great product. It is not a perfect system but we need to do what we can to make positive changes to the system.