n8   Doesn't follow you 🇺🇦Oct 20, 2020

If all FOSS conferences become "online events"

And If there is a FOSS conference essentially every week (as evidence suggests)

Then haven't the conferences ceased to exist and people are just posting videos online constantly?

Show threadHart of the WudOct 20, 2020

@n8 As someone who, for family reasons, can't travel as much as I used to, the turn to "online events" makes them pretty attractive in some ways. I can watch all the presentations at my leisure and participate in some of the discussions. And as a presenter I can actually "attend" without all the sacrifice, begging and calendar gymnastics that I normally need (and rarely have) if I want to join.

But back to your point, yeah, the "event" characteristic does get a bit watered down by the lack of people in the same physical place for that short intense period.

Show thread    n8   Doesn't follow you 🇺🇦Oct 20, 2020

@praxeology @xuv I suppose the "real" question I'd like to get at is "what aspects make it an event as opposed to a video playlist" ...

I am interested in hearing everyone's experiences about which, if any, online events they feel successfully captured "eventness" and how they did it.

Show threadHart of the Wud
@n8 @xuv If I were to make a metaphor, it is similar to an edited book of essays on a particular topic. You could also have a set of links to blog posts but the editorial and homogeneous presentation format give the individual works a different sense of value and relation.
Oct 20, 2020 at 12:32pmWeb