Please don't do a DConf 2018, consider alternatives

[Joakim]

On Tuesday, 2 October 2018 at 07:14:54 UTC, bauss wrote:
> On Tuesday, 2 October 2018 at 06:26:30 UTC, Joakim wrote:
>> [...]
>
> I highly disagree with this.
>
> I love conferences and meetups.
>
> It's good socially and a conference is not 100% just about the 
> topic it hosts.

I think you didn't read what I wrote, as nowhere did I say not to 
gather people in conferences or meetups, but that the traditional 
conference _format_, as exemplified by previous DConfs, is a 
waste of time.

> Ex. for D conf there is much more than just D. There is also 
> the minor escape from reality to new surroundings, like a mini 
> vacation etc.

Thank you for making clear that the real reason you and some 
others like the current format is because you want to have a fun 
"vacation"- as I pointed out in that earlier thread- rather than 
anything to do with D or advancing the ecosystem.