ROFLCon
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| ROFLCon | |
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| Status | Active |
| Genre | The Internet |
| Venue | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Location | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Country |  United States |
| First held | 2008 |
| Organizer | Harvard University Students |
| Attendance | ~600 in 2008 |
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ROFLCon was a convention of Internet memes that took place April 25-26 2008, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ROFL is Internet slang meaning "Rolling On Floor Laughing."
Various Net celebrities attended, such as the authors of the webcomics xkcd, Questionable Content and Dinosaur comics, Jay Maynard "The Tron Guy," the founder of popular image-sharing site 4chan, Leeroy Jenkins, The Brothers Chaps, and many others.[1]
ROFLCon was organized by a group of students from Harvard University led by Tim Hwang.[2] According to Hwang, the inspiration for the conference was the September 23, 2007 meetup of fans of xkcd with its creator in a park in North Cambridge, MA.[3] The ROFLCon team spent months tracking down people associated with memes, but many of the invited guests did not attend.
Attendance was open to the public after pre-registration and a fee.
The primary events of ROFLCon were moderated panel discussions with the Internet celebrities, as well as question and answer sessions with the audience.
Several guest speakers gave talks on issues pertaining to Internet culture.
