[uberman]

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.