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"... we were fed up of missing out on great conferences because we didn't hear about them in time. .." What else besides time determines your likeliness to att

"... we were fed up of missing out on great conferences because we didn't hear about them in time. .." What else besides time determines your likeliness to attend a conference? The might/might-not attend space is multi-dimensional. You might also not attend because it is a long way away, too expensive, the attendees are stupid and nobody I know is attending and there are few sessions you like. I do like these kinds of services because the tipping point to going to a conference might consist of more than just the time, location and price.

ericflo 16y ago
Not sure what you're getting at here--Lanyrd lets you see where it is, who's attending (and which of those are your friends), the planned sessions, and the date/time.
- bootload 16y ago
  "... who's attending (and which of those are your friends), the planned sessions, and the date/time. ..." Didn't see that. I was trying to think of how the service could supply you with contrary data - reasons to not attend. If I want to try a new restaurant, I'll check for balanced critical reviews not just the facts.
  - simonw 16y ago
    So far we've been quite careful not to address that kind of use case - we don't have comments on events, for example - partly because we don't want to discourage conference organisers and speakers from using the site but also because we want to avoid negativity becoming a core part of the community we are building. We'd rather make the great events obvious than highlight events that aren't so good. People have a limited conference budget and we want to ensure they can pick the best, most appropriate events for their interests.
    - bootload 16y ago
      "... So far we've been quite careful not to address that kind of use case ..." I haven't used the service but I would have thought people do this anyway - back channel chatter. SO the service is all open? You can't openly discuss how good/bad a conference is to force conferences to improve? Either way it's a great idea, keeping coding.

ericflo 16y ago

Not sure what you're getting at here--Lanyrd lets you see where it is, who's attending (and which of those are your friends), the planned sessions, and the date/time.

bootload 16y ago
"... who's attending (and which of those are your friends), the planned sessions, and the date/time. ..." Didn't see that. I was trying to think of how the service could supply you with contrary data - reasons to not attend. If I want to try a new restaurant, I'll check for balanced critical reviews not just the facts.
- simonw 16y ago
  So far we've been quite careful not to address that kind of use case - we don't have comments on events, for example - partly because we don't want to discourage conference organisers and speakers from using the site but also because we want to avoid negativity becoming a core part of the community we are building. We'd rather make the great events obvious than highlight events that aren't so good. People have a limited conference budget and we want to ensure they can pick the best, most appropriate events for their interests.
  - bootload 16y ago
    "... So far we've been quite careful not to address that kind of use case ..." I haven't used the service but I would have thought people do this anyway - back channel chatter. SO the service is all open? You can't openly discuss how good/bad a conference is to force conferences to improve? Either way it's a great idea, keeping coding.