While the mainstream media largely ignored the conference (even the San Francisco Chronicle dismissed it as an “online lovefest”), it was embraced by West Coast technologists. Entrepreneur Jason Calacanis live-blogged the conference, while venture capitalist Esther Dyson snapped photos and instantly posted them to Flickr, the photo-sharing site that served as a centerpiece to the conference.

Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, loc. 151