• trolske@feddit.org
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    4 months ago

    I kinda disagree. Even though I absolute loath the networking part of conferences, I came to hate online conferences even more. Listening to researchers with terrible microphones (because who is going to spend money on it if you use it once in a blue moon) is really not worth it.
    Poster sessions are even worse. I was sitting in my private zoom call to present my poster, one or two persons dropped in, didn’t react when I asked if I should give them the spiel, and then just left.
    Online conferences for me concentrate all of the negative aspects with none of the fun parts.

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      4 months ago

      I haven’t experienced mics bad enough to make me wish I were there in person. And I haven’t had that experience in any online poster hall, but maybe I just got lucky?