Explaining security conferences to non-tech friends and new #infosec people:
RSA Conference == LinkedIn. All about business, people looking to jump ship, or promote their new venture.
Black Hat == Facebook. A lot less formal, however there is this underlying corporate theme.
DEF CON == Mastodon. MUCH more inclusive regardless of skill level, sexual preferences and orientation, used to be wilder but with some better guardrails in recent years fairly decent.
When asked where Twitter fits in - I couldn't think of one as I don't attend flat earth/MAGA/antivax/NeoNazi/homophobic cons.
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