Again, I brought Kim up as an example of Kwan's connections and respect, not to debate the merit. You can't dismiss it in this situation because the current complaint has far more momentum than the other example you cited. The SP judging was buried by the judging scandal that involved the Russian and French judges, which is why it never grew legs or garnered petitions, articles and statements.
As far as I know that complaint has no momentum - though fans are trying to push it forward as if it is some sacred act of the Pope. The only difference is that Social Media is much more prevalent and as such you hear and see far more people complaining about it. Change.org petitions... Seriously?
2002 was a different era. Social Media wasn't as prevalent, and Michelle Kwan was the favorite going into the games. Those games were in the USA. Also, Reputation Scoring (Boosting of GOEs and PCS for Reputable Skaters to keep them in contention vs. more technically adept youngsters) is a bit more dangerous in IJS than it is in 6.0 because of the amount of points that can be manipulated in the IJS system by the judges via those GOEs and PCS categories. How many times have you seen fans validate lowball scores for younger skaters by simply saying "She skates juniorish..." or ridiculous things like "She lacks artistry..."
The KSF's complaint is laughable, especially if you actually read it and get down into the details. All they basically are saying is that the judging panel was supposedly rigged in a way that put Sotnikova at an Advantage (the SP panel put her in a close second place and wasn't nearly as "rigged," BTW) because she was Russian. Nothing happened in Sochi that hasn't happened anyone else. The reason why I have no issues with Sotnikova winning is because she out-skated Yuna Kim hands down.
When the judges were NOT anonymous, that didn't stop any of them from cheating so the fact that somehow reverting back to known judging will fix it is a bit of a crock. IJS is an improvement only in that it accounts for all elements skated in the program and assigns them a value, and potentially rewards quality in the high difficulties over chucking low quality (but difficult) elements. However, much of the main issues of 6.0 - which made it a TERRIBLE scoring system, BTW - remain in the PCS and GOE scoring. The same judges that did the 6.0 competitions are simply using the system they've been given to accomplish the same things.
The Scoring system is only the tool that the judges use to give the results they prefer. The system isn't the problem, the judges are, and they're also the reason why we have the consistent line of messes that we have today. In any other sport, except that which is most subjective and actually dissuades athleticism in favor of artistry (which is completely subjective, BTW), the results in Sochi would have been what they were had the same skates happened on the same days in any other venue.