Re:San Francisco loses 2 big conferences
by LeafItAlone on Saturday July 08, 2023 @01:53PM
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What makes you say Meta isn’t doing well now? 2022 was rough on them, but 2023 seems to be treating them well.
Re:San Francisco loses 2 big conferences
by Tiktaalik on Saturday July 08, 2023 @04:01PM
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I would think at this scale of conference organization, the decisions around things to do in 2023 are being made deep in 2022. So they probably decided to cancel 2023 in the midst of the big layoffs and cost cutting of 2022.
> Meta cancelled altogether, so that is probably just a cost-saving measure (Meta isn't doing too well rn).
Poorly informed comments like this by otherwise intwlligent people hurt hn. Meta is minting money right now.
RedHat moved their conferences to other states in the US, but still plan on holding future conferences in SF. Which, to me, also sounds like a temporary cost saving measure. I highly doubt it's because of safety or homelessness, if that was the case then they wouldn't be commiting to hold future conferences in SF.