The moment there was an alternate conference in the same town on the same weekend announced by the objectors it became about a balance of resources and attendees. Those who are organizing, presenting, and attending Moonconf have every reason to badmouth anyone associated with LambdaConf.

Here's one of the early objectors citing a presenter who has openly and thoughtfully struggled with attending LambdaConf: https://twitter.com/swannodette/status/714851217512513536

Here's an early Storify story of reactions to allowing Yarvin to speak - you will find that the most vocal objectors have continued to bash and badmouth anyone associated with LambdaConf: https://storify.com/adngyipa/lambdaconf-debate-in-tweets

This comment (plus many others on Twitter that you can find by searching "lambdaconf sponsors") suggests that all sponsors but one pulled out due to pressure.

https://twitter.com/fatneckbeardguy/status/71358678287339520...

So I put some tweets in another message, but they weren't exactly the ones I was referring to; like I said, search is difficult on a phone. But I didn't want to make it seem like I was misconstruing what was said, so I wanted to post some clearer ones as well:

"@47deg Hi, are you still going to sponsor LambdaConf if they give a platform to someone who thinks blacks are suited for slavery?" - https://twitter.com/ekrubnivek/status/713501535515226113

"@andrewfnewman @adrienneleigh So, the racist organizers of lambdaconf selected his talk knowing who they would get? Smart move, clearly!" - https://twitter.com/extempore2/status/714502151884505088

"If you've spoken at LambdaConf: have you repudiated its organizers for making the choice to include bigots and exclude marginalized people?" - https://twitter.com/fatneckbeardguy/status/71280436894525030...

FWIW, extempore2 was making the opposite point - he's been one of the most vocal in criticizing the boycotters.

Ah, sorry, I did not realize that. One of twitter's many endearing features is how easy it is to take tweets out of context. I'd edit my post to remove it, but I can't.

Twitter search is terrible, especially on a phone, but here is some:

https://mobile.twitter.com/antifuchs/status/7128837259948236...

https://mobile.twitter.com/antifuchs/status/7128835537977057...