Agree to disagree, then. I hear what you are saying, but that's what the slippery slope here
is - a seemingly innocuous start to something that could become larger later on. Obviously minor changes don't affect the story, but the point is that if you indicate
at all that you are open to the idea of making any changes based on who shouts the loudest, you're indicating that bad behaviour may get positive feedback and inevitably inviting it upon yourself.
Much better to have open and explanatory dialogue with fans
but still draw the clear line in the sand that you are the dev and the vision (and all the work that goes with it) are yours and yours alone. I would bet that if you looked back at games you dropped you might find that there were earlier warning signs with seeming small (and at the time innocuous) tweaks like a character's hair style that were made in response to 'feedback' from players.
Of course, the 3rd choice foe devs is to post polls like that to humor that complainers but rig them so your choices always win the polls. Many kudos to the dev if he is that sly.