What Cheryl said. In retrospect, I realized that we could have, for instance, improved the perception of parts of ConJose for the (not trivial) cost of enough pipe-and-drape to drape off the back half of the exhibit hall and squeeze everything in tighter. Nothing else would have changed, but many people would have perceived it as better just because of the density.
And the considerable resources that Worldcons have poured into minimizing registration queues has had the unexpected side effect of people saying, "It must not have been popular because I didn't have to wait long to get my badge" or "There was no line to get in to the Masquerade, so it can't have been good," when what happened is that we opened the doors very early to improve traffic flow. Talk about your unexpected consequences!
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Date: 2011-03-28 08:50 pm (UTC)And the considerable resources that Worldcons have poured into minimizing registration queues has had the unexpected side effect of people saying, "It must not have been popular because I didn't have to wait long to get my badge" or "There was no line to get in to the Masquerade, so it can't have been good," when what happened is that we opened the doors very early to improve traffic flow. Talk about your unexpected consequences!