Comments on: Daily Outrage: Second Life “Community” Conference

By: Prokofy Neva

Prokofy Neva — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:36:05 +0000

I’ve been on this problem for quite some time, i.e. the lack of transparency and democratic participation:
http://secondthoughts.typepad.com/second_thoughts/2006/11/get_rid_of_thes.html

These folks have got to go — and others more accountable and competent have to take their place, no question.

Too much focus on frat-boy-style entertainment and not enough seriousness.

That said, I don’t think a community conference bulletin should be indexed like a law-school book. That’s over the top. Better information, sure, but seriously, nobody is going to sit and index and fiddle with page numbers on a thing like this, that’s not normal.

Furthermore, wikis are stupid, people don’t use them, they only serve the technical nerd. Birds of a Feather can find each other when there are *organized meals*. It’s terrible at a conference like this that only lunch was provided, and not coffee, donuts and organized dinners, even if at a variety of venues. That meant people just couldn’t sit down and talk normally.

By: Oberon Octagon

Oberon Octagon — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 15:28:30 +0000

I concur. I enjoyed most of the programs I attended, but it was on faith as far as what the program was about. And I have to wonder how many more people would attend if they had a better idea of what they were going to see. Each point you make is valid and not at all unreasonable.

By: Meg Kribble

Meg Kribble — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:25:50 +0000

…since there were no page numbers.

Wow! You didn’t mention that when we chatted. That’s even worse than the “official” Second Life guidebook not having an index!

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SLCC: It has happened « Tao’s Thoughts on Second Life — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:58:25 +0000

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By: Cybergrrl Oh

Cybergrrl Oh — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:32:32 +0000

Very interesting observations. I was thinking their massive disorganization was limited to their inworld efforts. I spent two days teleporting all around SL to find events or gatherings or even a way to listen to a stream. I found all the listening stations but they never were working when I was there.

Finally found the Masquerade Ball through another SLer and it was very modestly attended. Everyone I know who would have loved to be there didn’t know about it unless I IM’d and TP’d them.

Overall, for an SL-oriented conference, it did a poor job of publicizing anything, much less organizing anything inworld. BlogHer did a much better job – a fantastic one, in fact, with panels, booths and streaming events from the RL conference.