On the evening of July 11 – the first night of DashCon – early reports began to surface from attendees that events occurring at the convention were poorly planned and attended, a vendor had left due to poor sales, and minors had been admitted into 18+ rated panels. Among the guests originally scheduled to attend were actor Doug Jones, webcomic artist ND Stevenson, and the cast of Welcome to Night Vale. DashCon was held from July 11 to 13, 2014, at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel. The convention was organized by DashCon LLP, a Hudson, Ohio-based limited liability partnership owned by Megan Eli and Roxanne Schwieterman. Overhead view of the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel, where the convention was held Prior to the start of the convention, the name of the event was changed to DashCon (alluding to the site's dashboard feed) to indicate that it was not officially associated with Tumblr. The convention raised money through ticket pre-orders, along with a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. The convention was to focus on works that had developed significant followings among Tumblr users, such as Doctor Who, Sherlock, Supernatural and the podcast Welcome to Night Vale. The post also denied claims that a similarly themed convention, Emoti-Con, was a re-branded DashCon.ĭashCon was originally announced in mid-2013 under the name Tumbl-Con USA, as a convention catered to users of the blogging platform Tumblr, and was touted as the "largest gathering of Tumblr users to date". Organizers for DashCon initially stated they would hold a second DashCon in 2015 despite the issues faced by the inaugural edition, but officially announced via Tumblr post in September 2014 that DashCon LLP would be dissolved and have all its assets liquidated, meaning they would not hold a second convention. A small ball pit placed in one of the halls became a meme after organizers offered attendees an "extra hour" in the pit (along with raffle and concert tickets) as reimbursement for a canceled panel. Held over the weekend of July 11, 2014, at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel in Schaumburg, Illinois, the inaugural convention quickly became infamous for allegations of mismanagement and corruption among organizers, an alleged abrupt demand by the hotel for an upfront payment of cash for use of its facilities, and celebrity guests being forced to drop out of the convention after they were informed by the hotel that they would be responsible for paying for their rooms. Tumblr app users spent an average of almost 118 monthly minutes on the social app, ranking behind Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, and Reddit.Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center HotelĤ2☃′39.3″N 88☂′26.4″W / 42.060917°N 88.040667°W / 42.060917 -88.040667 Coordinates: 42☃′39.3″N 88☂′26.4″W / 42.060917°N 88.040667°W / 42.060917 -88.040667Ĭain Hopkins, Megan Eli, and Roxanne SchwietermanĭashCon (originally titled Tumbl-Con USA) was a fan convention catering primarily to users of the blogging service Tumblr, with a particular emphasis on fandoms. Despite Tumblr being a relatively niche social network, its users used to be highly engaged until the content ban at the end of 2018 - however, as of March 2019, U.S. The website uses the followers-based system made famous by Twitter, where interested users can follow other users' blogs, whether they are friends, strangers or even celebrities.ĭue to its fast-pace communication style, multiple mediums and heavy use of sometimes specific imagery, pop-culture references and slang, Tumbler is unsurprisingly most popular among young Millennials. Another function permits communication between different accounts, although users can also chose to keep their content private. The social media function allows users to “like” and/or reblog a post. The platform supports several different types of posts, such as text posts, whether plain or accompanied by images, hyperlinks or videos, but also photo posts, quote posts, link post, chat posts, audio posts and video posts, whether uploaded from a device or imported from websites such as Vimeo or YouTube. Tumblr’s blog-like function allows account-holders to use the platform in order to create diaries of their daily lives, to post different types of information that inspires them, as well as to liveblog about events as they happen or about TV shows as they are aired.
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