A convention isn't a business. There is no paid management. There is no way any convention is going to run itself based on whatever the current issues are on the toxic social media sites that a lot of the mob mentality comes from. A convention isn't a democracy, nor could run that way. People vote with their time in the case of volunteers or with their wallets in the case of attendees. Both know up front what they are getting in return and there is no negotiation. If a group of attendees said "We aren't coming if so and so gets a panel." Do you know what the response would be? "Fine, don't come." Even on hot button issues, the actual numbers of those involved who even care about said issues are tiny. A couple hundred pay for registration and don't show up (no refunds), oh well.
A convention isn't a business. There is no paid management. There is no way any convention is going to run itself based on whatever the current issues are on the toxic social media sites that a lot of the mob mentality comes from. A convention isn't a democracy, nor could run that way. People vote with their time in the case of volunteers or with their wallets in the case of attendees. Both know up front what they are getting in return and there is no negotiation. If a group of attendees said "We aren't coming if so and so gets a panel." Do you know what the response would be? "Fine, don't come." Even on hot button issues, the actual numbers of those involved who even care about said issues are tiny. A couple hundred pay for registration and don't show up (no refunds), oh well.