[HN Gopher] Tree Raves: A Case Study in Social Protocols
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       Tree Raves: A Case Study in Social Protocols
        
       Author : surprisetalk
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2023-04-07 21:15 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | 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.
        
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