Lochlan O’Neil, Cain Hopkins, Megan Eli, and Roxanne Schwieterman
Attendance
~350
Budget
$15,000
Website
dashcon.org
DashCon (originally titled Tumbl-Con USA) was a fan convention catering primarily to users of the blogging service Tumblr, with a particular emphasis on fandoms.[1][2][3] 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.[4][5] 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.[6]
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. The post also denied claims that a similarly themed convention, Emoti-Con, was a re-branded DashCon.
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^Keilman, John (17 July 2014). "Bloggers mock stumbles at Tumblr convention". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
^Pearl, Mike (15 July 2014). "YOU KNOW THAT TUMBLR CONVENTION THAT WENT TO SHIT? IT WASN'T THAT BAD". Vice. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
^Carmino Tamburro, Paul (14 July 2014). "Embarrassing Tumblr Convention 'DashCon' Branded a Scam After Raising $17,000". Crave Online. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
^MacDonald, Heidi (14 July 2014). "Ultimate when a con is crap: DashCon 2014 solicited people for money to pay the hotel bill while the con was running". The Beat. Archived from the original on 16 September 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
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