About this episode

The episode explores the infamous failure of DashCon 2014, a Tumblr convention that became a legendary internet disaster.

DashCon 2014 was Tumblr’s infamous failed convention: a ball pit, guest cancellations, and a frantic $17,000 cash appeal that turned fandom excitement into internet legend. We trace how a dream of bringing online community into real life collapsed into one of the web’s most enduring event disasters.

People in this episode

Hosts: Kyle Risi, Adam Cox

Topics covered

• Tumblr
• conventions
• internet culture
• event disasters
• fandom
• community

Keywords

• DashCon
• Tumblr convention
• ball pit meme
• event failure
• internet culture
• fandom

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tumblr

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