First RubyMotion Conference
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1. You never know who has actually organized a conference, 2. That's not a relevant counter argument.
Hi phillmv, thanks for taking the time to respond to my admittedly glib though 100% honest comment! Your statement I quoted above directly reflects the sentiment I was attempting to direct towards 'the Twittershphere'.
> 1. You never know who has actually organized a conference,
You may have indadvertently overstated your case here. For example, the organizers of this conference are listed at the bottom of the page linked above!
> 2. That's not a relevant counter argument
I recognize that most of my original comment is basically an ad-hominem attack on anyone critical of conference organizers. I failed to clearly state what I would consider to be an appropriate response: sharing constructive criticism via private channels such as email, phone calls, etc. with a particular emphasis on providing immediately workable solutions. Twitter has repeatedly failed as an initial channel for constructive feedback on serious issues, but is certainly recommended as a fallback should the time come to 'name and shame'.
The other point was that the mob in some part is more than capable of helping instead of getting out the pitchforks and torches. It simply chooses not to help (via the afoorementioned private channels).
>You may have indadvertently overstated your case here.
I meant, amongst the people who cry foul. Of course we know who organizes any given conference, just not necessarily amongst those who complain.
I don't disagree re: the mob mentality of piling on on Twitter very quickly becoming useless and counter productive. I am just jaded over the casual dismissal large segments of population here abouts immediately applies to the topic.
I say this as someone who has organized conferences.