It was great meeting you! I was the person asking about the aNitLO fic, and about how often was okay to ask about it - I will keep your advice in mind about how to be an encouraging audience without crossing over into obnoxious territory.
You were very stylish every time I saw you. I did actually wonder if the red hat was supposed to indicate a character I didn't recognize, but it's even better that it's just you being you. :D
But the list-making phase serves a bunch of functions: it gives the mods a survey of their audience's interests and background on the topic, what might need more or less time in the discussion. It makes the start of the panel very interactive, creates it as a dialog rather than the mods talking at you, from the very start. ... And, not to leave out, a lot of people come to the con because they want to talk about their own pet fandoms/tropes/pairings/etc.: putting a space for that into the panel is fun because it lets them do that, and it means that when you start deeper discussion, people are less likely to still be boiling over with their need to talk about knotting That One Thing, which makes the discussion go a lot better.
This is exactly what I was thinking when that was brought up. People who attend a panel do so wanting to talk about the things they are interested in, not just the list of things the mods pre-assembled. I can see wanting the mods to limit the time spent or otherwise structure the brainstorming, but leaving it out would be a huge mistake, IMO. Con.txt is not a con based on expert/amateur or pro/fan distinctions, and that kind of con is where the "people at the front of the room talk at you" model works. We're a mob of fans who have SO MANY OPINIONS and SO MUCH SQUEE and I like it that way. ;)
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You were very stylish every time I saw you. I did actually wonder if the red hat was supposed to indicate a character I didn't recognize, but it's even better that it's just you being you. :D
But the list-making phase serves a bunch of functions: it gives the mods a survey of their audience's interests and background on the topic, what might need more or less time in the discussion. It makes the start of the panel very interactive, creates it as a dialog rather than the mods talking at you, from the very start.
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And, not to leave out, a lot of people come to the con because they want to talk about their own pet fandoms/tropes/pairings/etc.: putting a space for that into the panel is fun because it lets them do that, and it means that when you start deeper discussion, people are less likely to still be boiling over with their need to talk about
knottingThat One Thing, which makes the discussion go a lot better.This is exactly what I was thinking when that was brought up. People who attend a panel do so wanting to talk about the things they are interested in, not just the list of things the mods pre-assembled. I can see wanting the mods to limit the time spent or otherwise structure the brainstorming, but leaving it out would be a huge mistake, IMO. Con.txt is not a con based on expert/amateur or pro/fan distinctions, and that kind of con is where the "people at the front of the room talk at you" model works. We're a mob of fans who have SO MANY OPINIONS and SO MUCH SQUEE and I like it that way. ;)