I've been thinking about this article too and while I can't fault the central thesis - yeap, this is a self correcting problem - some of the other conclusions weren't ones I immediately thought would work.
1. I'm still unconvinced by the YA Hugo and as one of the commentators said, it feels very: 1. YA Hugo: 2. ???? 3. Profits!!!!
2. Having a stationary Worldcon feels like a step in the wrong direction. I'm not sure the world needs another 100K person convention. Plus I feel there's little enough 'world' in the Worldcon.
3. Maybe the pure LitFandom convention is going to slowly fade away... I suspect that it will slowly adapt. I'd like to see more media focus myself.
9-Worlds seems to have been a good demonstration of what you can do, although their timing for next year sounds terrible.
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1. I'm still unconvinced by the YA Hugo and as one of the commentators said, it feels very: 1. YA Hugo: 2. ???? 3. Profits!!!!
2. Having a stationary Worldcon feels like a step in the wrong direction. I'm not sure the world needs another 100K person convention. Plus I feel there's little enough 'world' in the Worldcon.
3. Maybe the pure LitFandom convention is going to slowly fade away... I suspect that it will slowly adapt. I'd like to see more media focus myself.
9-Worlds seems to have been a good demonstration of what you can do, although their timing for next year sounds terrible.