I guess I see it differently. Without taking sides... When an organization relies on goodwill and volunteers in order to function properly and then squanders

I guess I see it differently. Without taking sides... When an organization relies on goodwill and volunteers in order to function properly and then squanders said goodwill that seems to me to be a problem and potentially news worthy. In the end though I suppose you are right. SO is as unlikely to backtrack on this course of action as Blizzard is on it's own PR issue. I guess a different way to look at this might be to ask if protests are only newsworthy if they are likely to change behavior.