@benbrown Could you throw something at him on my behalf please? An egg would be optimal but anything will do.

@benbrown I really considered coming down for these talks, but once I saw that Threads was going to be there and also got a look at the topics of most of the talks, I figured it would just serve to make me angry and defensive as I have fundamental disagreements with both Threads and Bluesky. Seemed very much leaning towards "how can we monetize federated social media" in far too many of those talks for my taste, at least where the abstracts were concerned.

That, coupled with my "old man disdain" for the general public and SXSW traffic and no easy way to get down there that won't cost me an arm and a leg and a whole host of other whiny and probably unfounded excuses, meant that I opted to stay up North here and save myself several levels of aggravation.

I am sorry to miss Cory Doctorow's talk, though. Maybe I'll be able to deflate enough of my personal excuses to get down there tomorrow for that.

I will, however, be interested to hear your overall take on the discussions and what you thought about them after All Da Fun Is Dun.