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snav
@qorprate
i hadn't originally wanted to go, but a friend gave me the push i needed i went in with no plan but "meet as many twitter mutuals as possible" and seek out good vibes. success! didn't even look at the schedule until i was already there. as a result i felt no event fomo.
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snav
@qorprate
i slept approx 5 hours the entire weekend (partly bc of cabin being not great noise-wise and partly bc i wanted to keep hanging out) spent most of my time wandering around the site or flopped at the tea house and saying hello to whomever i ran into
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snav
@qorprate
my main intention beyond meeting people was to form and bridge connections, so i tried to do intros when possible + catch as many vibe reads as i could i ended up in almost no didactic conversations or arguments. all the longer chats i had felt mutually supportive and equitable.
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snav
@qorprate
maybe this is my past experience with NYC twitter meetups + earlier nerd convention experience, but there were almost no vibe camp surprises besides: - 90% of attendees were software developers - the avg level of warmth and social adeptness was higher than i expected
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snav
@qorprate
random selection of highlights: - finding the tea house at 4 AM Sat with my sleeping bag over my shoulder after searching for it all day Fri, finding
@georgejrjrjr
awake there to welcome me, and then staying through 6 AM to welcome in turn our insanely epic DJ
@illiteralworst
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snav
@qorprate
one thing i kind-of didn't expect was how extensive the before and after parties were. i ran into several folks there who i had missed at vibe camp itself & am extremely grateful for everyone who organized these events.
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snav
@qorprate
in terms of criticisms, i can echo
@__justplaying
's point that it was difficult to have *quality time* when faced with such a large group and such a limited amount of time, but...
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snav
@qorprate
part of the appeal for me was getting to have many small tastes of different relational feelings in such a short time, as a way of seeing who i might enjoy further/deeper connections with in the future. in that sense, vibe camp felt like a beginning rather than an end.
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