I've been pretty involved with online events over the past year. The formal part of the conferences have gone pretty well. (TBH, even when I'm attending a big event physically I'll often watch the keynotes streaming rather than cram into a conference center with thousands of my closest friends.) But chat, virtual booths, and any sort of attempt at serendipity have mostly been big fat failures.
I've been pretty involved with online events over the past year. The formal part of the conferences have gone pretty well. (TBH, even when I'm attending a big event physically I'll often watch the keynotes streaming rather than cram into a conference center with thousands of my closest friends.) But chat, virtual booths, and any sort of attempt at serendipity have mostly been big fat failures.