Why strictly in person? The local Bay Area meetups for tech topics like Python, data science, and web dev have all moved online. They have regular presentations

Why strictly in person? The local Bay Area meetups for tech topics like Python, data science, and web dev have all moved online. They have regular presentations, online socials and career networking events, paper-reading groups, the whole nine yards. By comparison, Rust Bay Area held one "virtual event" in the last two years, and a tentative feeler from the group organizer about presentation pitches went unanswered.