[FooBarBizBazz]

Ok. Say it's a Python conference and you've never met them before.

[Smoofer]

That seems a lot like a work event, where people are there in a professional capacity.

[FooBarBizBazz]

That's the convention now. But before that battle got fought, you might have thought it was a hobby. Like the local under-35s $LIGHT_RECREATIONAL_SPORT meetup, which people treat as a recurring singles event.