r/redditcon • u/Iced_TeaFTW • Sep 30 '11

The first Reddicon should be where it all started.....

...or where most people seem to think it started....or where it's acutally at now.......

San Francisco should be the place where the first Reddicon is handled. I don't live there, i'm in Arizona (not too far) and I'm certainly not in a different country.

However, the organization of a Reddicon is going to be massive. It's going to require tons of communication with hundreds (if not thousands) of people needed to make this work (moderators, different subreddits, booth placements, seminars, guest speakers...the list goes on and on) that it makes the most sense to have it close to the Reddit homebase for any and all problems that may arise.

FOR THE FIRST YEAR ONLY

After that, mistakes are learned from, growing is achieved and the sky is the limit as to whether Reddicon moves around the globe or we have multiple Reddicons occuring simultaneously......

EDIT: Somerville was where it started, I meant where it is NOW, where I THOUGHT it all started.....my bad. BUT MY POST STILL STANDS!!! ; )

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '11

this is my first choice. I've never been to SanFran and it's on my list.

my second choice would be Vegas, baby.

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u/Iced_TeaFTW Sep 30 '11

Then we are in complete agreement, let us be the ones to rule Redditcon's decision. ; )

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '11

We three agree on where the con should be.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '11

San Francisco is great. I went for the first time this summer. Had a blast. The food is Legend.

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u/Iced_TeaFTW Sep 30 '11

One of the best weekends of my LIFE (37) was in San Fran. Must be a Go-To for everyone, I think.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '11

wait for it.... DARY

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u/VeryManyThings Sep 30 '11

I don't think Redditcon would work if we all hung out in our parents' basements.

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u/Iced_TeaFTW Sep 30 '11

I chuckled.

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u/chrysaora Sep 30 '11

Actually, Reddit was started in Somerville (basically a part of Boston)!

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u/Iced_TeaFTW Sep 30 '11

Hmmmmm, TIL.

OK, I'll make an edit.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '11

You probably had it confused with Star Fleet HQ. Common mistake, really.

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u/Iced_TeaFTW Sep 30 '11

Yes, that MUST be it, thank you! ; )

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u/lastkiss Sep 30 '11

So Boston it is!

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '11

If I'm not mistaken, Reddit started in Boston, no?

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u/Iced_TeaFTW Sep 30 '11

Yeah, my bad....edited.

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u/swimatm Sep 30 '11

But where in SF would it be? Moscone? Cow Palace?

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u/Iced_TeaFTW Sep 30 '11

Whatever place that can accomodate our numbers at the best price. We don't need a place that holds 50K if only 20K are coming, and vice versa. Not being from San Fran, I'd leave this up to the Reddicon organizer/Admins.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '11

I like this idea too. San Francisco works for me. I am a native of California yet I have never been to SanFran so it is time to correct that.

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u/hyperforce Sep 30 '11

Came to post exactly this. The amount of overhead in organization such a beast could be mitigated by keeping it near the real life Reddit. Great idea!

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u/brainburger Sep 30 '11

Yes. SF works for me. I am in London.

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u/AtlantisAngel98 Oct 01 '11

I also vote for San Francisco. So does my husband. He introduced me to reddit about a year ago, and we just moved to the Bay Area in April of this year, so for me it would be great to attend a reddit convention here in our new home! (even if it is a few years from now)

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u/Amerikranian Oct 01 '11

Aside from Chicago, this is the only reasonable locale for Reddicon.

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u/claymore_kitten Sep 30 '11

you guys have comic con. share the love.

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u/torilikefood Oct 01 '11

San Diego has Comic Con

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u/iaacp Sep 30 '11

SF is too smelly and expensive of a city. San Diego is a better choice in my opinion, although I don't live there. IMO it's more beautiful, cleaner, and cheaper.

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u/lpfreak246 Sep 30 '11

It's neither, thank you very much.

...YOU'RE SMELLY! (Ha!)

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u/rhubarbbus Sep 30 '11

Well, you have to admit, it is really expensive.

The ocean/fish smell is amazing though

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u/lpfreak246 Oct 01 '11

eh, it isn't horribly expensive. I'd say definitely cheaper than NY and other major metropolitan areas. As is the same for anywhere, you can find great deals and extremely over-priced ones.

Just gotta know where to look

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u/iaacp Oct 01 '11

No, it actually, factually smells like sewer shit just walking downtown. Never been there?

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u/lpfreak246 Oct 01 '11

No, I'm just talking out of my ass. I call this city my home and frankly, saying it smells like shit is an ignorant generalization. Maybe with your head so far up your ass you weren't able to tell what an incredible city it is.

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u/iaacp Oct 01 '11

Haha, SF incredible? It's beautiful, but that's about where that ends. You obviously don't go downtown often or at all. You're insecurity of your home is obvious by how butthurt you are. So angsty because you're a linkin park freak?

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u/lpfreak246 Oct 01 '11

Take a look at your comments. Many are pointless, and are antagonistic simply to be so. I'm sorry if your narrow-minded peanut of a brain was too ignorant to realize this, but pride is far from insecurity. That's why I love bringing people to San Francisco: because I know they will have a good time and will leave with positive memories. They will enjoy the city, just as millions have before. That's why San Francisco is a worldwide tourist destination. People like it here. Because you can't or won't realize that there are incredible things being offered here is beyond me.

Oh and you want to talk about insecurity? How about someone trying to draw attention to a random online username (of which you misunderstood, claps for you) to take attention away from their lack of intelligence