VidCon 2015 edition
project history · status: completed · last event: outcome (2015-07-31) · last mentioned: 2015-11-06
VidCon 2015, announced in November 2014 with meet-and-greets assigned by a ranking lottery. It was held in July 2015, and Hank said it went well enough that VidCon 2016 would largely repeat it.
Other editions: VidCon 2010 edition · VidCon 2011 edition · VidCon 2012 edition · VidCon 2013 edition · VidCon 2014 edition
Told alongside: VidCon 2010 edition · VidCon 2016 edition (Anaheim, June 23-25) · VidCon 2014 edition
About: VidCon
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-11-20 | announced | Hank announces VidCon 2015, with registration open at VidCon.com per the description: capped at about last year's (2013) 20,000 attendees, in the whole convention center. | Announcing VidCon 2015! 00:01:23 |
| 2014-11-20 | rule change | Hank sets out VidCon 2015 changes: ranked, ticketed Fast-Pass-style signings for Community Track badges, five main-floor stages open to everyone, and a new, pricier Creator Track without signings. | Announcing VidCon 2015! 00:02:01 |
| 2015-06-05 | rule change | Hank explains VidCon 2015's meet-and-greet lottery: attendees rank creators and are assigned meet-and-greets; those who skip it get none. About half of registrants have signed up. | Just for Nerdfighters 00:02:19 |
| 2015-07-24 | milestone | Hank says they are on the main stage of VidCon 2015. | From the Main Stage of VidCon! 00:00:15 |
| 2015-07-28 | looked back | John thanks Hank for a great VidCon. | Paper Towns, Agloe, and Touring: Thoughts from (Many) Places 00:03:51 |
| 2015-07-31 | outcome | Hank says VidCon was great, thanks sponsors, attendees, creators, staff and volunteers, and says it went far better than he feared. | Why Paper Towns is Awesome 00:02:46 |
| 2015-11-06 | looked back | Hank says VidCon 2015 went pretty well, so VidCon 2016 will basically repeat it with a little more. | Announcing VidCon 2016! June 23 - 25 (and Pizzamas 2015!) 00:01:54 |
What is said about it
7 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2014-11-20 · Announcing VidCon 2015! — announcement: Hank's description: registration for VidCon 2015 is officially open at VidCon.com. — video description
- 2014-11-20 · Announcing VidCon 2015! — Hank: last year (2013) VidCon had 20,000 people; 2015 will be the first year it doesn't grow, with tickets cut off at about the same size. — 00:01:54
- 2014-11-20 · Announcing VidCon 2015! — announcement: Hank: VidCon 2015 uses the whole convention center, twice the space for the same number of people, with five main-floor stages open to all for panels (including race and gender), performances, Q&As and concerts. — 00:02:30
- 2014-11-20 · Announcing VidCon 2015! — announcement: Hank: a new Creator Track for people interested in the process, craft and business of online video offers panels, workshops, a lounge and a keynote; slightly pricier, without signings. — 00:02:49
- 2015-06-05 · Just for Nerdfighters — announcement: Hank explains VidCon's meet-and-greet lottery: to get signings or pictures attendees rank favorite creators and the system assigns meet-and-greets; skipping the lottery means none. — 00:02:12
- 2015-06-05 · Just for Nerdfighters — Hank says only about half of VidCon registrants have signed up for the lottery so far, which terrifies him; he worries people will arrive and be disappointed. — 00:02:33
- 2015-11-06 · Announcing VidCon 2016! June 23 - 25 (and Pizzamas 2015!) — announcement: Hank: Because VidCon 2015 went pretty well, Hank says VidCon 2016 will basically repeat last year (2014) with a little more: more stages, more space, more special guests. — 00:01:54