Please don't do a DConf 2018, consider alternatives

[Joakim]

On Wednesday, 3 October 2018 at 17:13:51 UTC, Dejan Lekic wrote:
> On Wednesday, 3 October 2018 at 16:21:45 UTC, Joakim wrote:
>> 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
>
> Perhaps you did not get my point?

No, I got it, you didn't get mine.

> - I have nothing against core D team having web-conferences as 
> much as they please. It is up to them (and they may already 
> have them?) how they want to communicate.
>
> What I argued about was that, just because some antisocial geek 
> argues that conferences are "dead" because we have 
> web-conferencing and similar means of communication does not 
> mean we all share that opinion... Everyone can record a "talk" 
> with slides and put it on some video streaming site like Vimeo 
> or YouTube, but I personally see that as ANOTHER way to reach 
> the community, certainly NOT an alternative to a well-organised 
> conference!
>
> Do not get me wrong, I have nothing against the proposal - I 
> think D community can have both good, annual conference, AND 
> what web-conferencing between core D devs, and people who would 
> record talks in their rooms or offices and make them public...

While my OP did mention some of those things, it only did so as a 
way to have _more in-person interaction_ at the two DConf 
alternative formats I suggested, neither of which was primarily 
about any of the stuff you mention.

At least look at the first two bullet points in my post 
responding to Adam, because you're missing the entire point of my 
suggestions, which is that certain things like talks are better 
suited to online whereas conferences are more suited for 
in-person interaction.