Dashcon! Dash to the EXTREME

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When I first heard Dashcon, I honestly thought it was named after Rainbow Dash and it was another failed Brony Con.
 
Jewelsmakerguy said:
Why the fuck not?
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Because the suits & ties who actually run Tumblr (Yahoo! now I believe), understand the value of not attaching your brand name to a poorly managed con that had red flags waving long before anyone set foot in that hotel room. I'm sure if, in the planning stages, it seemed to a non-biased eye that DashCon would go off without a hitch (or as few hitches as any well run con can in it's infancy) without any of the toxic attitudes that online communities tend to create, they would've been more than happy to allow their brand name on this. But it seemed like it was clearly going to be a train wreck a mile down the tracks, so Tumblr (the corporate entity, not the user base) wisely decided not to board the goddamn train.
 
RetardBus said:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=mO3xam9dHSYI feel this is relevant.
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Also:
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Jewelsmakerguy said:
Why the fuck not?
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well according to one of the early committee members (from this post)
Dashcon actually used to be called Tumbl-Con USA. They didn’t want to include Tumblr’s full name so they wouldn’t get sued or anything. In the end Tumblr made them change it because they weren’t affiliated with the con and didn’t want to make it seem so.
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"Hey online friends, you may be tired about me talking about DashCon, but wait! There’s more!

So let’s go over the part that everyone knows super quick: I would definitely recommend that the con-goers to DashCon take collective legal action, not only for the $17,000 scam, but for the IndieGoGo prizes that were never sent. All the screenshots and disappointed con-goer witnesses definitely gives you a case.

And now for the part that is not so well known - as a company intern for legal documents, I’ve learned with experience what a company needs to operate in any one state. If you look at DashCon’s Legal Page you will see that they go by DashCon LLP (Limited Liability Partnership) and originate in Ohio. So I checked it out - and inOhio, that is a real company.

So what’s the problem?

The convention that they have organized and made money from is being hosted in Illinois. Separate state means separate rules, filings, legal processes, everything. (And fun fact, filing in Illinois is superhard because they are rightfully meticulous.) So I checked out Illinois, and they aren’t filed there. If it were a convention in the sense that no money was being made for the DashCon organizers themselves, this wouldn’t be a problem. But they are making money - this isn’t a publicity convention, it’s what the entire company was made for in the first place.

THIS MEANS THAT THEY ARE ILLEGALLY OPERATING IN A SEPARATE STATE.

And this concerns me not only for the DashCon organizers themselves - because at this point I mean it’s the least of their problems - but the fact that tumblr users with products sell their things at this con means that the legal field is now very grey for them - as their transactions aren’t being covered by the broad spectrum that comes with attending a legally organized con.

It’s a huge mess - and anything that goes on under the umbrella that is DashCon is technically a grey area."

THIS WHOLE THING IS A TRAIN WRECK

source: http://hythe.tumblr.com/post/91619570562/dashcon-legality
 
Altissimo said:
so did the night vale people actually get to the location before realizing they weren't going to be compensated, and then leaving?
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not only that but (from this post)
The con didn’t have the money to cover WTNV’s transportation and performance fees. When WTNV asked them to pay the remainder of their performance fee prior to the panel beginning, DashCon was unable to do so, and WTNV walked out as they are positively free to do because what the fuck you don’t invite keystone guests if you aren’t able to pay their fees upfront (and showing them your PayPal balance on a smartphone absolutely does not count).
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also
Staff tries to start rumors that WTNV was paid and left anyways. No one believes it.
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and WTNV weren't the only ones who got stood up
Like Gingerhaze and WTNV, the BakerStBabes are also being forced to pay their hotel fees because DashCon refuses to cover the costs as originally promised. Admins are refusing their calls. You can read more about their experience here.
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Strelok said:
Because the suits & ties who actually run Tumblr (Yahoo! now I believe), understand the value of not attaching your brand name to a poorly managed con that had red flags waving long before anyone set foot in that hotel room. I'm sure if, in the planning stages, it seemed to a non-biased eye that DashCon would go off without a hitch (or as few hitches as any well run con can in it's infancy) without any of the toxic attitudes that online communities tend to create, they would've been more than happy to allow their brand name on this. But it seemed like it was clearly going to be a train wreck a mile down the tracks, so Tumblr (the corporate entity, not the user base) wisely decided not to board the goddamn train.
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Funny, you'd figure with their reputation as toxic as it is, they'd be all for it.

But of all the names they could have used, why Dash Con? Do they really need to be associated with that other toxic fanbase? One I'm sure you all know about?
 
Jewelsmakerguy said:
Funny, you'd figure with their reputation as toxic as it is, they'd be all for it.

But of all the names they could have used, why Dash Con? Do they really need to be associated with that other toxic fanbase? One I'm sure you all know about?
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It's called DashCon because the main screen of tumblr when you log in is called your Dashboard.

Oh Wilhelm. You beat me too it. It still does sound like a Brony Convention though.
 
Wilhelm said:
again, agreed. but i guess they didnt know how to make it seem tumblrish without using the word tumblr.
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Could have called it something more accurate like Socialcon or "The Non-Specific Gathering of Nerds" (NSGN for short). I'm still convinced that there were Bronies who attended that were disappointed about it not being about their beloved Dashie.
 
Jewelsmakerguy said:
Funny, you'd figure with their reputation as toxic as it is, they'd be all for it.

But of all the names they could have used, why Dash Con? Do they really need to be associated with that other toxic fanbase? One I'm sure you all know about?
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A lot of Tumblrinas are bronies. I posted a picture of one guy earlier in this thread who was running a BDSM booth and had a huge and disgusting gut hanging out of a Rainbow Dash shirt.
 
A-Stump said:
A lot of Tumblrinas are bronies. I posted a picture of one guy earlier in this thread who was running a BDSM booth and had a huge and disgusting gut hanging out of a Rainbow Dash shirt.
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Of course, how could I forget?

Does that mean they partially did name the con after Rainbow Dash?
 
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