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Never been on 4chan, but they choose their battles. Not me, not you. Something tweaks their sense of justice. I don't think a cutesy-poo online meeting will merit their attention at all. But then, as I said, never interacted with 4chan. Just heard stories.
 
They "choose their battles"? Wouldn't it suffice to simply throw some links with the background story and whoever feels like can have a go at it?
 
Humes fork said:
Now they are going to have a (online) conference:

[qimg]http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/files/2013/06/FtBConscienceShadow.png[/qimg]

Yeah, as if all other atheists lack conscience. Pretentious.
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A conference via chat room. Good FSM that even bores me, and I'm the most boring person to ever walk the earth. I guess it helps all those homebound plussers that are so damaged they can only accept conditional cyber hugs, though. There's that.
 
Wildy said:
Well I checked, but there doesn't seem to be any blackjack or hookers at their conference. I guess that problem comes down to it being a thing that is only on the internet.

I wonder how well it'll do?
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There's not much info, yet. I see some logistical questions popping up.

> Do they intend to charge for this? Zero attendees from A+ unless they allow you to mail in a sack of coins from under the couch cushions. None of the warriors at A+ would put an actual name to a registration form.

> Are they going to offer it for free in order to hype the attendance? "Wow! We had more attendees (read: people who clicked the page) in three days than at any TAM, evah! We rule!"

I see this as the upshot of having made themselves persona non grata at any conference of note. After their most recent huff 'n flounce, the conversation at the FTB tree fort must've been along the lines of one of those old Mickey Rooney/Judy Garland musicals,

"So, what're we gonna do for free vacations and stuff, kids? We've pulled out of every conference with a budget for speakers."

"Say, gang! We could put on our own conference!"

"Tommy! We're not like those guys. We couldn't pull of a big fancy conference."

"Sure we could, Biff! Jennie's mom has a webcam, doesn't she? And Larry's got an old directional microphone. Bipsy can do the lights - she used to work in Radio Shack!"

"Yeah, that's right! And the girls could sew up some nice banners and make virtual lemonade we could sell for virtual money!"

"Yeah, let's do it!"

My alternate Hollywood meme is probably a little more accurate. Peezers Pots 'n Pans Myers is going to take on the five families of Skepticism and take 'em down. They realized that conferences must be making money because they can afford to fly in their sorry butts, pay their honorariums and put 'em up for four days. So, they want a piece of the action. Just enough to wet their beaks. "If we can't get jobs at their conferences then we'll start OUR conference. Everyt'ing left of Susan Sontag belongs to the Minnesota Family from now on. If dey don' go for it? We go to the mattresses!"

This is the first shot. If they get enough interest/commentary, look for a meatspace conference the following year.
 
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Humes fork said:
They "choose their battles"? Wouldn't it suffice to simply throw some links with the background story and whoever feels like can have a go at it?
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You know who else disrupted others meetings?
 
tsig said:
You know who else disrupted others meetings?
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Radical feminists?
Rainbow Coalition Members?
Vets protesting VA inaction?
911 Truthers?
Tea Party Dogmatists?
Freemen on the Land?
Big mouthed junior congressmen who shout "Liar!"?
C.O.R.E.?
Mobilization Committee to End the War in Viet Nam?
Splinter groups at the Fourth International?
That guy who threw a shoe at Bush?
 
Foolmewunz said:
Radical feminists?
Rainbow Coalition Members?
Vets protesting VA inaction?
911 Truthers?
Tea Party Dogmatists?
Freemen on the Land?
Big mouthed junior congressmen who shout "Liar!"?
C.O.R.E.?
Mobilization Committee to End the War in Viet Nam?
Splinter groups at the Fourth International?
That guy who threw a shoe at Bush?
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Naked PETA members with red spray paint.
 
given their historical inability to deal with trolls. id say that an online conference could go very badly indeed.

maybe thats the plan.
 
jhunter1163 said:
Someone ought to send a link to this to 4chan. Our intrepid SJWs might never come out of their rooms again.
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Ooh, that's evil. I like it.

Humes fork said:
Curious, what's the general outlook of 4channers? Skeptics? Atheists? Religious? Woo? Indifferent?
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I'd say that depends on the specific board. I'd assume that we're talking about /b/ here, so that wouldn't really matter since if they did decide to troll them, it would be for teh lulz and not for some valid reason like "justice" or "common sense".

Foolmewunz said:
There's not much info, yet. I see some logistical questions popping up.

Do they intend to charge for this? Zero attendees from A+ unless they allow you to mail in a sack of coins from under the couch cushions. None of the warriors at A+ would put an actual name to a registration form.
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Well PZ already said that it would be free. It says so right in the first line where he says "FtBCon is a free, online conference organized by the Freethought Blogs network."
 
Wildy said:
Ooh, that's evil. I like it.



I'd say that depends on the specific board. I'd assume that we're talking about /b/ here, so that wouldn't really matter since if they did decide to troll them, it would be for teh lulz and not for some valid reason like "justice" or "common sense".



Well PZ already said that it would be free. It says so right in the first line where he says "FtBCon is a free, online conference organized by the Freethought Blogs network."
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Oops, I missed that. I was looking for something about registration/admission/etc... and it's right there in the text.

So, are we gonna reckon they have a budget for this of, oh, about $1.97? Ceepolk will volunteer to do security?

Sounds like "open entry". Could we set up a virtual bordello-themed pajama party and hospitality suite? "Friends(not members) of JREF - Sanctimony Free Safe Space". Guest speakers, DJ Grothe, Matt D, ThunderfOOt, Richard Dawkins.
 
Wildy said:
Well I checked, but there doesn't seem to be any blackjack or hookers at their conference. I guess that problem comes down to it being a thing that is only on the internet.

I wonder how well it'll do?
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Will live commenting be allowed? This could be fun!!! :)
 
s_pepys said:
given their historical inability to deal with trolls. id say that an online conference could go very badly indeed.

maybe thats the plan.
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A thought that had crossed my mind as well. Of course that would require them to respond with a bit more decorum than just inviting someone to violate themselves bodily with a particular prickly necrotic rodent. Who knows, if they can actually pull that off they may end up better equipped to deal with trolls in a manor other than just "very badly indeed".
 
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Foolmewunz said:
Sounds like "open entry". Could we set up a virtual bordello-themed pajama party and hospitality suite? "Friends(not members) of JREF - Sanctimony Free Safe Space". Guest speakers, DJ Grothe, Matt D, ThunderfOOt, Richard Dawkins.
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I'd be down for setting up a hellfire club inside the clubhouse.

The Elevator-

No judging
No pretension
No pants

Do what thou wilt
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Bet we all get banned in under an hour though.
 
The Man said:
A thought that had crossed my mind as well. Of course that would require them to respond with a bit more decorum than just inviting someone to violate themselves bodily with a particular prickly rodent. Who knows, if they can actually pull that off they may end up better equipped to deal with trolls in a manor other than just "very badly indeed".
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We can hope that isn't your house.
 
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