Are you a con-person?
In the light of all the Lumos squee on my flist, and all the polls asking which cons people are going to attend next year, I am curious to see how many people on my flist actually like conventions.
While I intellectually understand the appeal, the idea of it actually being fun is quite alien to me ;) And yet it seems like most people in fandom are convention-lovers, which is rather interesting in a community of people that generally pursue their odd little hobby by themselves in front of a computer screen. I mean, most people don't go abroad to spend days with like minded people. There aren't all that many golf conventions, photography conventions, poetry conventions etc. But then again, maybe fandomers like conventions precisely because they don't usually meet one another, unlike the golfers.
So - I make a poll of my own:
Poll Are you a con-person?
Nothing complicated - I'm just asking if these things are your cup of tea :) It doesn't matter if you've ever gone or not, just if you think that you would enjoy going.
While I intellectually understand the appeal, the idea of it actually being fun is quite alien to me ;) And yet it seems like most people in fandom are convention-lovers, which is rather interesting in a community of people that generally pursue their odd little hobby by themselves in front of a computer screen. I mean, most people don't go abroad to spend days with like minded people. There aren't all that many golf conventions, photography conventions, poetry conventions etc. But then again, maybe fandomers like conventions precisely because they don't usually meet one another, unlike the golfers.
So - I make a poll of my own:
Poll Are you a con-person?
Nothing complicated - I'm just asking if these things are your cup of tea :) It doesn't matter if you've ever gone or not, just if you think that you would enjoy going.