Comment on FediForum, an online unconference for discussing the future of the Fediverse, 19-20 March

otter@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• halm@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The answer is one click away in their FAQ:

  Why do you charge for attendance? Several reasons:

  • Organizing conferences costs time and money, like many other things in the Fediverse. We believe the sooner the Fediverse finds a way to pay for itself that doesn’t depend on the heroic efforts of a small number of individuals, the better. We want to build something that is sustainable, and to do that, it needs to know how to pay for itself.
  • It aligns the objectives between organizers and attendees, and keeps us organizers focused on what you want out of the conference; as opposed to us pushing an agenda, or letting a sponsor undule influence the agenda.
  • In our long experience organizing conferences we have learned that people who pay for an event are much more likely to actually attend. Free-of-charge conferences often have more no-show’s then actual attendees.

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  • otter@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Thank you, I didn’t look carefully enough :)

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    • halm@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      TBF, I only found the FAQ link way down the page. It isn’t well advertised 🙂

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