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Debugging conference anti-harassment policiesDebugging conference anti-harassment policiesPosted Feb 1, 2011 0:34 UTC (Tue) by xyzzy (subscriber, #1984)In reply to: Debugging conference anti-harassment policies by cjb Parent article: Debugging conference anti-harassment policies
The test of "would you be comfortable with this slide being used in a 6 o'clock news story about the conference" would probably also work. A problem with these big arguments about talk content is they can become the only (or the main) thing people hear about the conference. Far better to leave out the unprofessional pictures (and language) in the first place.
I don't recall seeing similarly controversial content in talks at academic conferences I've been to (e.g. OOPSLA) -- is there something different about the free software world that encourages this sort of thing?
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Debugging conference anti-harassment policies Posted Feb 1, 2011 8:27 UTC (Tue) by PO8 (guest, #41661) [Link]
Even higher male/female ratio of presenters and attendees. Much younger mean, medium and modal age. Much less experience with professional conferences and presentations. There's probably other big differences, but those are the relevant ones I notice most, as an occasional attendee of both kinds of events.
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