I would surmise that without appealing for public awareness/ support and media involvement FIRST ....and instead simply hitting them with 50 000 emails will not result in public awareness/ support nor media involvement.
But it most assuredly will garner their anger.
It will achieve your desired result and it will achieve your desire to see what they would do next ...and since M$ is calling the shots I would say that there is a 99.9% chance it would not be pleasant.
I think that until we ...as a community... can safely distance ourselves from any possible reciprocated assaults ...especially ones that involve the public and media not being alerted 1st before shooting across the bow of microsoft. Public opinion would soften M$ and hopefully they would make a public show of kindness and generosity...
Simply waking and angering the sleeping giant without anyone watching ...out of sight....will not end well.

I am so in...if the desire is to aim AWAY from M$ and aim directly at public awareness and media involvement ...thereby bringing M$ to us...to help however they can...with the world watching...

But.... If you wish to shoot 1st...by firing off 50 000 emails...out of pure angst....then really ...it is about sharing your suicidal desire for the community to go down burning with you...
Then I am so out.