Comment on FediForum October 2025 Tickets Are Now Out!
julian@community.nodebb.org 2 weeks ago@troyunrau@lemmy.ca fwiw the organizers are quite transparent with how the tickets are priced and where the money goes.
Hosting a conference, even one that's online, does take money.
troyunrau@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I worked on open source software for over a decade (KDE). When we started having in person conferences, that’s the first time money changed hands. And even then, the conference attendance was free. Viewed through this lens of experience, this feels like an attempt to earn money from the fediverse for running video chats, rather than a grassroots effort.
Old man yells at cloud.