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Out of the several hundred persons who saw my two talks during the #FOSDEM weekend. One(!) has provided feedback using the site. On the bad mike/speaker setup.

My point is mostly to fellow speakers: don't assume people will use that system to say anything. Good or bad.,

I had maybe 20 people tell me to my face they liked one or both of my talks. A better feedback channel!

in reply to daniel:// stenberg://

I've been visiting fosdem since... *checks tshirt*, 2015, and I've honestly never noticed the button, I had to CTRL+F to even see it...
But on the other hand, I'm happy enough knowing that most people just find it hard to show appreciation, and just silently enjoy it.
in reply to mid_kid

@mid_kid I've been to FOSDEM since 2010, I don't think I have ever submitted feedback on their site for any talk...
in reply to daniel:// stenberg://

I always thought I was 'late' in joining the RB/cURL gang going to Fosdem in 2010... it was first time for everybody then?!

Still need to check if I bought a t-shirt then (for next year)

in reply to petur 🔵😶

@peturdainn yes, it was the first time "us Swedes" went there at least. I know Frank went to at least some earlier ones.
in reply to daniel:// stenberg://

I never expect feedback via the official mechanism at fosdem... people are moving from talk to talk... its highly unlikely they'll actually take the time to fill in a form hours/days later
in reply to daniel:// stenberg://

I will use the Mastodon system. I really enjoyed your "You too could have made #curl" talk on Sunday. Please do forgive me that "this guy made curl but can't get the projector up and running" did briefly cross my mind in the beginning 🤷‍♂️ 🙃 😉
#curl
in reply to Guy Steels

@freeman2501 Projectors and printers, they will forever remain impossible to make reliable!

It was probably something wrong in the autoneg of the resolution. I could see on the monitor laptop that my output was fine (and the ppl watching the stream saw it), but eventually we changed the resolution (higher) and then the projector suddenly wanted to play.

in reply to daniel:// stenberg://

I enjoyed your talk! You’re one of the few speakers that bring the human experience into a profession I feel is dominated by clinical facts and people oscillating between imposter syndrome and exasperated know it all.

Keep doing what you do!

in reply to daniel:// stenberg://

I've had hundreds see mine after FOSDEM and a room where people who wanted to see it couldn't get in. All the feedback I've had has been via social media. Nothing via the site.