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Fyre Festival in chaos

independent.co.uk

3 pointsmicrotherion2 comments

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    On-Topic:
    Anything that good hackers would find
    interesting. ... anything that gratifies
    one's intellectual curiosity.

I really don't see how this qualifies, but if someone would like to point out why hackers would be interested in this, or how this satisfies one's intellectual curiosity, I'd be interested to hear your views.

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It's a good question, and I was a bit on the fence about submitting. What made this HN-relevant in my opinion was: (1) an event which was promoted almost exclusively through social networks (and the unraveling of which is now being documented on the same networks). (2) Organizer is a serial tech entrepreneur https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_McFarland_(entrepreneur) (although the article does not reflect that). (3) a target audience of millennials with substantial disposable income and a somewhat "bro cultural" outlook on life (There will be supermodels! etc). (4) marketing of a "premium" experience, promoted celebrities (cf. Juicero & countless other startups).

To me, the whole thing adds up to a genre scene with a number of intersections with today's tech culture.

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