I think the opening questions are strong and the answers are valid but weak to the point of insubstance. Hallways. Con suite. Room parties. Cafe. Whoever is si

I think the opening questions are strong and the answers are valid but weak to the point of insubstance. Hallways. Con suite. Room parties. Cafe. Whoever is sitting near you at a talk. The filk room. The dealer room. The art auction. The gaming room. The movie room. The panels that involve the audience. That excellent question or that excellent pun someone said in the lull. The dance. The weekend long game of icehouse in the hallway with giant pieces on the floor. Meeting authors face to face and having conversations. Winding up at the diner with people you only just met. Any of those things from sf cons that tech cons don't have, that's unfortunate, but the principle still holds. None of that exists via zoom. The collectivism of "we all decided to do this this day, and we all recognize that everyone else did too" is something, but it's just not very much.