Please don't do a DConf 2018, consider alternatives

[Joakim]

On Wednesday, 3 October 2018 at 11:48:06 UTC, Dejan Lekic wrote:
> On Tuesday, 2 October 2018 at 06:26:30 UTC, Joakim wrote:
>> I'm sure some thought and planning is now going into the next 
>> DConf, so I'd like to make sure people are aware that the 
>> conference format that DConf uses is dying off, as explained 
>> here:
>>
>> https://marco.org/2018/01/17/end-of-conference-era
>
> It is a matter of personal preference, and a view of a 
> modern-day geek, in my humble opinion... I _highly disagree_. 
> People go to conferences for different reasons. You know, even 
> though we "computer people" tend to be branded as antisocial, 
> there are still many of us who prefer to see someone in person, 
> talk to him/her, meet new people, speak to them too, build the 
> network, exchange phone numbers, etc...
>
> As usual with conferences not all people are happy - you will 
> ALWAYS have people who prefer more technical stuff, and people 
> who prefer more business side - people who try to promote their 
> products and services. - Conferences are brilliant places for 
> them.
>
> Another group of people interested in conferences and meetups 
> are recruiters. My company found few new colleagues this way...
>
> Yet another group are people who also want to see the town 
> where the conference is held - it is a form of tourism if you 
> like.
>
> Yes, you can have all that interaction with some 
> internet-conferencing software, but not at the level when 
> people interact with each other directly!

Like most of the responses in this thread, I have no idea why 
you're stumping for in-person interaction, when all my 
suggestions were geared around having _more in-person 
interaction_.

If you're still not sure what I mean, read this long post I wrote 
fisking Adam's similar post:

https://forum.dlang.org/post/eoygemytghynpogvljwb@forum.dlang.org