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i will be at 37c3 btw

‪throwing this out there because there's potentially a few people i haven't met who follow me here and are also going, and who i might want to meet. no promises but ‬

‪i happen to be at a moment in my life where i want to be more adventurous and meet more new people, make of that what you will‬

‪how do the CCC still have tickets to sell, wow. well, good news for everyone who wants to make a last-minute decision‬

@hikari@social.noyu.me I wonder about that myself. It's not that the venue got any bigger, so I have a few theories:

1. The "vocal minority" of people who decided not to participate in mass events in a post-2020 world is neither as vocal nor as minor as previously expected, particularly in the hacker/neurodivergent world which was always a big part of C3 and was perhaps among the groups most invested in COVID avoidance.
2. After three years, people got out of habit and/or are sitting this one out to see what the event will be like after this break.
3. Too many people got other plans already, the announcement was made in early October and it wasn't 100% certain if a physical C3 would take place this year for quite some time.

@asie in fact the venue got smaller, so it does suggest a big shrink in attendance if tickets are less scarce than normal

@hikari@social.noyu.me I'm personally in category 1. I can't really get over the pandemic anxiety, especially since when I finally did in February 2023 I caught COVID on the very first event I went to...

@hikari@social.noyu.me OTOH C3 is one of the few places left where you can wear a mask, even an Extra Fancy mask, and people won't bat an eye, so...