I would attend one if it had a whelk's chance in a supernova of spreading to Tampa Bay. 1) People aren't as tactless and rejection-happy in real life as they are on the internet. 2) If it survives past two meetings, it'll be because the respected elders have cultivated an environment of constructive criticism, focused on the hack. Relentless haranguing of the hacker doing the presenting will be reserved for the marketing flacks that try to sneak in.