Maybe the effect of this change is bigger than realized? in 1995, it was discussed (positively) by everybody, during the week we studied the WT. One elder stepped down and was looked down upon. He fits the profile of fader.
The (2003?) Annointed version also created postive discussions which I heard or became part of.
For this change I have had only one person in the hall talking about it to me. (Ironically, the one person who discussed it with me was upset at the way it was explained by a talk. Actually, the talk stayed to script and explained the current teaching.)
I have not heard or overhead any conversations besides that one time. No buzz at all - like the other 2 times.