An absolute given. I really must get round to writing my article '1001 reasons why Medium is the same as World of Warcraft'. 'Any announcement will be met with howls of outraged fury from at least 50% of users' is number #281.
Obviously 'fairly well-known user is promoted to CEO and despite his best efforts manages to wind everyone up with all his corp-speak pronouncements that convince regular users he just doesn't understand the community and is such a beancounter' is in the Top 10.
I'm hoping the horse stall mats don't feature...