[HN Gopher] Tree Raves: A Case Study in Social Protocols ___________________________________________________________________ Tree Raves: A Case Study in Social Protocols Author : surprisetalk Score : 14 points Date : 2023-04-07 21:15 UTC (1 hours ago) (HTM) web link (prigoose.substack.com) (TXT) w3m dump (prigoose.substack.com) | intrasight wrote: | Sounds fun! I'll get one scheduled. I love trees. | just_steve_h wrote: | Silent disco parties are fun, and occupy an interesting social | niche-- you are around other people, having a shared experience, | BUT you are each wearing headphones and therefore presumably not | speaking to one another. Of course, you'll end up having | opportunities to talk before and after, but this guaranteed time | isolated-but-together can be a nice bridge for people who | experience some degree of social anxiety. | | Here in Cambridge, MA, a friend used to host silent disco parties | by bringing a small low-power FM transmitter connected to his | audio playback device. He'd hand out small FM receivers & | headphones, but people could also bring their own (in those days, | most portable audio systems included an FM radio receiver). | allanrbo wrote: | Even though it probably guess against the concept of it being as | low tech and simple as possible, it's hard for me not to think of | technical solutions! I'm imagining a WiFi AP you connect to at | the event, which opens op a captive portal web page, which starts | streaming the music. That way you can join even if you arrive | late and miss the countdown. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-04-07 23:00 UTC)