I disagree. As I see it, it's pitched as a William Osman-inspired event. I wouldn't expect it to be a well oiled machine. In fact I'd expect it to be exactly how you framed it in the last paragraph.

Personally, I can't help but feel like those wanting it to be something else are responsible for projecting those desires on to the event, and not the other way around.

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Aurornis 4 days ago | parent [-]

> As I see it, it's pitched as a William Osman-inspired event. I wouldn't expect it to be a well oiled machine. In fact I'd expect it to be exactly how you framed it in the last paragraph.

This all makes sense for people who discovered it and hear about it through William Osman.

More broadly, it’s not marketed as a William Osman centered event. Spend some time on their website and there’s barely any mention of William Osman. Instead it’s about education, growing communities, and building careers: https://opensauce.com/about/

So for people in the in-group who rally around William Osman, the chaos all makes sense.

For people who stumbled upon the conference as a new maker fare with cool exhibits, it’s weird to show up and experience the vibe that orbits around William Osman and his friends.

Not suggesting it’s good or bad, but the disconnect is obvious throughout this thread. Even the Open Sauce website focuses on things like career building, but then people in this thread are being criticized for thinking the conference has anything to do with career building.

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jahsome 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

The about page you linked consists almost entirely of a single link to an article in Forbes titled "meet the youtube stars bringing their crazy creations to Open Sauce"

Respectfully, I fail to see how that gives folks anything but the expectation it's centered around YouTubers.

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andrewflnr 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Can confirm, I've heard of OpenSauce a good few times and had no idea it was so Osman-centric. :D

	▲	Aurornis 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		To be fair, I don’t think that was the original intent But when the creator of a conference has such a large following and primarily promotes through their YouTube channel, a lot of attendees will come to expect that person to play a large role in their experience. It’s hard to break free of that.