Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Don't be a jackass. Hi phillmv, thanks for taking the time to respond to my admittedly glib though 100% honest comment! Your statement I quoted above directly reflects the sentiment I was attempting to direct towards 'the Twittershphere'. > 1. You never know who has actually organized a conference, You may have indadvertently overstated your case here. For example, the organizers of this conference are listed at th…
Doesn't it undermine your preconception, in that this conference serves just a niche of Ruby development, has fewer speakers, and yet was able to find non-token minorities to serve as panelists? Seems like the twitteraphere that you refer to was right
The other point was that the mob in some part is more than capable of helping instead of getting out the pitchforks and torches. It simply chooses not to help (via the afoorementioned private channels).