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On the other hand, for many people this is their only opportunity to speak publicly and be heard, and question moderation has to remain sensitive to this.
by RyanMcGreal 15y ago
On the other hand, for many people this is their only opportunity to speak publicly and be heard, and question moderation has to remain sensitive to this.
- dotBen 15y ago...but at the cost of everyone else in the room's time combined? Maybe if the person asking the question has no other opportunity to speak publicly and be heard, they should try to solve that instead as that is surely a more fundamental issue. Plus many of us in the room HAVE spent the time making sure we have well-read blogs, twitter accounts, etc
- redthrowaway 15y agoWhy? Why should the organizers care about the audience members' desire to "be heard"? Having something to say and saying something worth listening to are not synonymous. The organizers' chief concern is putting on a good event. That requires having interesting talks with interesting questions. It does not require giving every Tom, Dick, and Harry a soapbox with which to draw attention to themselves.
- keithpeter 15y agoDo technical conferences not have poster sessions? http://www.writing.engr.psu.edu/posters.html http://www.writing.engr.psu.edu/posters.html A staple of scientific conferences and very useful. Perhaps HN types would want a virtual poster wall, but there are advantages to the real paper variety (a chance to pitch to people reading the poster, and, who you therefore know are interested)