This is my first and last post here, so don't bother flaming me or bitching at me or breaking down everything I say so you can go point by point, because I will not see it, and won't respond to it.
Never in my entire Interneting life have I ever seen anyone CHANGE anything because a bunch of people bitched about it in a forum. Really, the only way they would listen to you at all is if the majority of the people who come to Gaia said something negative or no one played the MMORPG when it came out. And I assure you, the majority WILL NOT b***h and people WILL play, and even if both were true, they still might not change it.
If you don't like how it works, design your own website and run it how you want to. I won't even mention leaving because it's probably been said and you obviously haven't listened.
I don't know why people think a website is a democracy. Ultimately, the people running it will have the final say whether there is bitching about it or not (no matter how eloquent and organized said bitching is) especially in such a large community as this. So here's my advice:
Get over it, really.