On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 09:54:04AM +0900, Norbert Preining wrote: > On Mon, 10 Sep 2018, Steve McIntyre wrote: > > DebConf. I'd *never* describe DebConf Q&A as "an open mic pedantry > > slam", from many years of experience. I'm used to people asking > > +1 > 25 years of attending conferences I have never seen an "open mic > pedantry slam".
The vast majority of conferences I go to, I've heard *at least* one non-question question. A good moderator can help address that (you can get halfway there by just reminding people "ask questions, don't make statements or comments; make sure your question benefits the whole room".