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Re: Questions after talks at DebConf (idea)



On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 9:16 AM, Josh Triplett wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 09:54:04AM +0900, Norbert Preining wrote:
>> On Mon, 10 Sep 2018, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>> > DebConf. I'd *never* describe DebConf Q&A as "an open mic pedantry
>> > slam", from many years of experience. I'm used to people asking
>>
>> +1
>> 25 years of attending conferences I have never seen an "open mic
>> pedantry slam".

I often find myself cringing/etc during the questions section of DebConf talks.

> The vast majority of conferences I go to, I've heard *at least* one
> non-question question.

These are a very common occurrence at DebConf.

> A good moderator can help address that (you can get halfway there by
> just reminding people "ask questions, don't make statements or comments;
> make sure your question benefits the whole room".

In one DebConf talk I remember, one commenter was prevented from
commenting but the next person in line said they had a question but
then proceeded to make a comment instead. The talk was well moderated
by the speakers but in the end it did not help.

-- 
bye,
pabs

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