Probably a case of people knowing how to reach their mouth shut climbing hierarchies faster ;)

If you have to ask

Rich people involved in business or politics have reputation risk and can’t be seen “letting loose”. See the Dean Scream.

Meanwhile, Steve Ballmer:

"Developers, developers, developers, developers. Developers, developers, developers, developers!!! Yes!!!"

That's the difference between being almost, but not quite at the top, vs. actually being there. Dean would've fared differently if he won first, and then did his scream.

But either way, both Dean's and Ballmer's examples are marketing stunts, a calculated performance - that's entirely different to rich people honestly letting loose at a concert.

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Fair. But I'll still write this off as stuff you can get away with once you're on top, but not while on your way there.

I think tech just works by different rules.

Poorer people who would just stare do not buy tickets. Simple as that. When the price gets very high, you are filtering attendees by who has a lot of money - not by enthusiasm.

If the ticket is cheap for me, I can go even if I don't like the band too much. And with very expensive tickets, many enthusiasts won't pay while rich non-enthusiasts are bigger part of audience.

Meanwhile, if tickets are cheaper but you have to jump hoops to get them, you get enthusiasts.