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0 pointsTobyTheDog1232y ago0 comments

I'd love to hear from someone who could outline the distinction between the two.

I could certainly believe that it means the difference between the amount of attendees, length of presentation, venue, etc etc. In those cases, it's quite a big deal and quite the dick move, especially given the seemingly unilateral process to "downgrade" the presentation.

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arp2422y ago

It's possible, but those weren't mentioned unless I missed something. The keynote was "start of the day, shared slot with somebody else, 30 minutes".[1] No mention of different length after the change, but I would assume it will mean a different timeslot.

I think what happened is just the regular chaos, hub-hub, and disagreements that's involved with organising these things; since JeanHeyd himself already indicated he wasn't sure he wanted to give keynote the organisers probably figured it didn't matter much to him. Classic expectation mismatch. For reasons that are not entirely clear to me JeanHeyd assumed "somebody is pulling very weird strings behind the scenes", "shadowy decisions that are non-transparent", and "vindictive behavior". The best explanation I can come up with for that is that this is not so much about this talk, but rather expressing general unhappiness with the Rust leadership, and this is merely the "the final straw". But who knows...

[1]: https://thephd.dev/i-am-no-longer-speaking-at-rustconf-2023

Aeolun2y ago

> just the regular chaos, hub-hub, and disagreements that's involved with organising these things

I dunno about you, but when I’m organizing these things the subject matter experts that you invite to take part are more important than the paying guests.

I would absolutely not invite them until I was 100% certain they’d have a spot. If something goes wrong there, it’d be either an extensive excuse or simply 3 keynotes.

byroot2y ago

It depends from conference to conference, but generally speaking "keynote" means:

  - The very first or very last talk of the day.
  - A larger time slot, looking at the Rustconf 2022 schedule, keynotes are 45 minutes long, regular talks 30 minutes. https://2022.rustconf.com/schedule
  - The speaker is featured much more prominently in the promotional materials.
  - If the conference has multiple tracks, no other talk are scheduled at the same time than keynotes. It's assumed all conference attendees will hear the keynote.

weebull2y ago

Headliner Vs support band

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