@pikesley "To a certain extent, you are the event" - yeah this is THE THING as far as I'm concerned. It's what I loved about raves and festivals when I started going to them - in the better sorts of events it feels like it's much more of a two-way process than simply a bunch of people rocking up to watch a band, and the punter/performer boundary is deliberately blurred. I think EMF does this better than any other event I've been to.

@doop @pikesley I know you know this, but for anyone else reading the thread: This blurring is extremely, extremely intentional - and is why none of the orga are paid. It's critical to have a level field where everyone feels they can engage and contribute rather than feeling they are treated differently.

Really mad rn because I intended to put something about this in the opening and totally forgot. Next time.

@doop @pikesley For a while I've been saying the orga contribution is building the infrastructure to host an event, and the attendee contribution is the event itself.

@jonty @doop

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@jonty @doop @pikesley *Taps the half written document on the philosophy of emf*

Ahem

@SamLR @jonty @doop @pikesley s/document/manifesto/. EMF is a political act, on the side of acceptance, love, and putting an improbable number of flamethrowers on top of a shipping container.

@jon @jonty @pikesley @doop Literally the first line "EMF is a political event"

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"I am a hacker, and this is my manifesto."