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 https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
