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# Bar Camp on Slashdot
- URL: https://www.chrismessina.me/blog/bar-camp-on-slashdot/
- Published: 2005-08-20T17:08:06.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-25T03:32:20.000Z
- Author: Chris Messina
- Tags: Barcamp, Uncategorized

[](http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/01/09/1952242&ref=chrismessina.me)The controversy continues... as [Bar Camp](http://barcamp.org/?ref=chrismessina.me) gets [Slashdotted](http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/01/09/1952242&ref=chrismessina.me)! [Ross](http://ross.typepad.com/blog/?ref=chrismessina.me) (patron saint of Bar Camp) does a [good job](http://ross.typepad.com/blog/2005/08/forkcamp.html?ref=chrismessina.me) pointing out a [comment](http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=159576&cid=13362693&ref=chrismessina.me) that captures the true spirit of Bar Camp.

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### 💬 Comments from the original post

**[Exercise in Futility](http://justinlilly.blogsome.com/2005/08/21/barcamp-jealousy/?ref=chrismessina.me)** · 2005-08-21 08:38:46

**Barcamp jealousy**I’m jealous. I’ve been reading about Barcamp over at TechCrunch (a new favorite blog of mine) and I just get all excited hearing about it. It seems like the conferences is where a real-life sense of community brews. It lets you see people...