sonja dolinsekMar 2
Look at the world. Travelling is risky, costly, everything is a mess. How on earth are so many conferences still "in person" only?
#academicchatter #academia
Show threadHendrik WeimerMar 2

@sonjdol

The best thing about conferences is the unplanned interactions you have, which arise more naturally during in-person meetings.

I have yet to see the equivalent of a coffee break in an online conference format. There were some attempts during the covid pandemic, but they didn't work so well.

Show threadOmar AntolínMar 2
@hweimer @sonjdol "There were some attempts during the covid pandemic" What was that service where you got a little 8 bit avatar, walked around a cute virtual town, and when close to other people jumped into a small video conference with them? It has "town" in the name, I believe. That one was awful but despite it, was probably the best of those attempts.
Show threadHendrik Weimer

@oantolin @sonjdol

This one I haven't seen, but I can imagine that this was one of the least worst attempts. The ones I remember involved breakout rooms, often with some form of randomization of the participants.

Mar 2 at 1:39pmWeb