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A few years ago, I wrote about Intermediated Conferences here on DLTQ after the Mena/Ben blowup at the Les Blogs 2.0 conference in Paris. Since then, I have over and over seen how a backchannel has affected the conference, in constructive and - less constructive - ways.

This week at SXSW we saw it again, and - once more - big headlines. The Zuckerberg keynote got its drama, and I refuse to link to any of the accounts. I am sure you will find it elsewhere. Another story which is perhaps less known was how the audience at another session, well covered in this blog post. What I found the most interesting, though, was this chatlog which really showed the development of the mood in the backchannel.

I think All conference organizers who can expect more than a few geeks to attend Really should take the backchannel into account. Even if the conference doesnt provide any “official back-channel”, people are going to find ways to exchange opinions online. And the conference organizers better smart up and find ways to engage in conversations with these people.