Calls to Cancel SXSW Intensify as Facebook, Twitter Pull Out, 30K Sign Petition

Re:Calls to Cancel SXSW Intensify as Facebook, Twitter Pull ... by gambiting on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @11:31AM (#22475962)

How many people go to SXSW?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22464405

"HIMSS 2020, a conference of ~45000 attendees from 90+ countries is still scheduled to go forward at Orange County Convention Center Orlando March 9-13 - even as major participants withdraw from the event and Florida declares a state emergency."

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Re:Calls to Cancel SXSW Intensify as Facebook, Twitter Pull ... by ericabiz on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @11:37AM (#22476030)

Total attendance for 2019 was 417,400: https://explore.sxsw.com/hubfs/2019-SXSW-Event-Stats.pdf (PDF)

I do think these stats may double-count some people, but there's no doubt it's a gigantic conference. It's much larger than most people realize.

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Re:Calls to Cancel SXSW Intensify as Facebook, Twitter Pull ... by michaelbuckbee on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @11:47AM (#22476147)

That may double count some people, but it also under/fails to count the sheer number of people that just "come into town" for the parties, networking, and nonofficial events.

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Re:Calls to Cancel SXSW Intensify as Facebook, Twitter Pull ... by creaghpatr on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @11:50AM (#22476178)

Also, 45 is a speaker at the conference; they usually get 42 or 43 for the keynote most years: https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/president-donald-trump...

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Re:Calls to Cancel SXSW Intensify as Facebook, Twitter Pull ... by whoisjuan on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @11:50AM (#22476181)

Holy shit. 417K. That's crazy.

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Re:Calls to Cancel SXSW Intensify as Facebook, Twitter Pull ... by CPLX on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @11:58AM (#22476270)

I have to figure that a huge chunk of that is people who already live in Austin buying tickets to film screenings or wristbands to see live music. The number of people with actual conference badges has to be a small fraction of that.

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Re:Calls to Cancel SXSW Intensify as Facebook, Twitter Pull ... by sixothree on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @12:12PM (#22476431)

I am not looking forward to going to HIMSS this year mostly because of the ongoing scare (with some personal reasons). The worst part is I have no clue if my fear is irrational or well placed. How am I supposed to make an educated decision in this climate.

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Re:Calls to Cancel SXSW Intensify as Facebook, Twitter Pull ... by porlex on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @12:56PM (#22476942)

Does anyone have a personal toolkit of sorts for this type of decision making? Or a pointer to one. I don't mean books, but more of like book-distillates ore something. Heuristics that you use or flow chart-y type patterns which have served you well through the uncharted waters of life.

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