So one of my dreams is to organize an ActivityPub/fediverse conference for East Asia, as I told about it multiple times before…
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@evan@cosocial.ca I'm not sure; I've never organized such big event, so I need some help!
I am in Korea a lot. I could help you with the organizing of it.
But, you'd need to decide on what language the conference will be in. (Korean? English? Something else?) That will affect who does and doesn't attend.
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@hongminhee@hollo.social What should be the official language?
Not all developers are proficient in English. How will we support those who struggle with presentations or question sessions in languages other than their native tongue?
Since many developers—particularly Japanese speakers—prefer not to use their real names or appear in public, should we allow remote participation, voice-only contributions, or presentations using avatars like VRChat or VTubers?
There's also a risk of faceless participants appearing in photos or videos during developer interactions, potentially leading to privacy issues. -
@hongminhee how do we make this happen?
@hongminhee@hollo.social you do it and I'll be there*
@evan@cosocial.ca keeps telling me we (informally as a group — Fediverse developers) need to increase our exposure beyond the eurozone and into Asia-Pacific.
North America is doing well for coverage though.
* that was a non-committal commitment
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@hongminhee@hollo.social What should be the official language?
Not all developers are proficient in English. How will we support those who struggle with presentations or question sessions in languages other than their native tongue?
Since many developers—particularly Japanese speakers—prefer not to use their real names or appear in public, should we allow remote participation, voice-only contributions, or presentations using avatars like VRChat or VTubers?
There's also a risk of faceless participants appearing in photos or videos during developer interactions, potentially leading to privacy issues.@yas@misskey.io Yeah, these are all very East Asian problems and indeed real issues! At @fossforall@mastodon.social last year in Korea, we'd spoken Korean or English and some real-time AI translators (which unexpectedly worked well) were offered too.
Presentations using virtual avatars sound really interesting. Definitely should be allowed for much broader speakers (especially who're common in Misskey)!
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I am in Korea a lot. I could help you with the organizing of it.
But, you'd need to decide on what language the conference will be in. (Korean? English? Something else?) That will affect who does and doesn't attend.
@reiver@mastodon.social @evan@cosocial.ca Yeah, that's actually the issue I'm very considering… and I think we probably should speak multiple languages and offer some real-time AI translators (which unexpectedly worked well at @fossforall@mastodon.social last year)?
And, there are also many other issues which are very East Asian!
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@hongminhee@hollo.social you do it and I'll be there*
@evan@cosocial.ca keeps telling me we (informally as a group — Fediverse developers) need to increase our exposure beyond the eurozone and into Asia-Pacific.
North America is doing well for coverage though.
* that was a non-committal commitment
@julian @hongminhee @evan @laurenshof @reiver I told Minhee last night if we want to do it I would definitly come help organize it in any capacity that would helpful. I know talked about it at out secret cabal last year but I think its really about time!
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By the way, it should be called FediKaigi if it's held in Japan, shouldn't it?
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Yeah, this does seem like the first thing to figure out. (Even before the location.)
Was @fossforall an in person event (or online)?
How did the real-time AI translators work?
Were they (physical) devices? Were they something that worked on people's phones or laptops? Or, something else?
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Yeah, this does seem like the first thing to figure out. (Even before the location.)
Was @fossforall an in person event (or online)?
How did the real-time AI translators work?
Were they (physical) devices? Were they something that worked on people's phones or laptops? Or, something else?
@reiver@mastodon.social @evan@cosocial.ca It was an in-person event. They gave us a link that provided real-time translations of what the speaker was saying, so we each pulled it up on our phones to read the translated subtitles.
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@reiver@mastodon.social @evan@cosocial.ca It was an in-person event. They gave us a link that provided real-time translations of what the speaker was saying, so we each pulled it up on our phones to read the translated subtitles.
@evan@cosocial.ca @reiver@mastodon.social Ah, it was Cuckoo.
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Were you thinking of doing it in Japan or Korea?
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Were you thinking of doing it in Japan or Korea?
@reiver@mastodon.social Hong Kong?
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Were you thinking of doing it in Japan or Korea?
@reiver@mastodon.social Or it might be in Taiwan? Not sure though!
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Do you want to have a single name for the conference regardless of the location?
(Most conference keep the same name.)
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Rome wasn't built in a day, so for now, it would be great to have a Social Web dev room at the @fossforall@mastodon.social or @COSCUP@floss.social, just like there was at @fosdem@fosstodon.org.
