Re:I Am No Longer Speaking at RustConf 2023
by lazyasciiart on Friday May 26, 2023 @10:35PM
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Not quite - the talk was always a keynote, and that was agreed on by all. The author was told he'd been nominated to give a keynote, and agreed to do so. He does say he had "attempted to weasel out".
Later, for very unclear reasons and in a poorly communicated way, it was downgraded to a regular talk. The author is incredibly offended by both the act and the lack of direct communication about it and wants nothing to do with the organizers or conference any more.
Re:I Am No Longer Speaking at RustConf 2023
by Double_a_92 on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @05:22PM
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I still fail to see how that caused all that drama. That "poorly communicated" way must have been horribly bad?
Sure that internal disorganization might seem unprofessional, but that's a thing to shrug off. I assume it was more about thephds ego and maybe perfectionism, which got hurt and triggered an irrational response.
The author's talk was promoted by surprise into a keynote talk by the conference organizers. The author tried to back out early or claim that this wasn't appropriate, but they continued to receive encouragement from the conference organizers.
Later, once the Rust Project realized the error, it was dropped back to a regular talk. The author was pretty confused by the ordeal.
It feels amateurish for the conference organizers to do this.