# Organizing State of Diffusion++

Original: https://swyx.io/state-of-diffusion-2024
Published: 2024-03-22

> I manifested a "State of Diffusion++" meetup yesterday that I felt was a success. 200 people signed up! Here are some photos!

I [manifested](https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1548867050684272642) a "State of Diffusion++" meetup yesterday that I felt was a success. 200 people signed up! Here are some photos!

![image](https://github.com/swyxio/swyxdotio/assets/6764957/8a964d9d-8d85-4e30-9f93-0cb8c8ac0e52)

![image](https://github.com/swyxio/swyxdotio/assets/6764957/7f72636d-adbc-43e4-a5fb-7b3752a21b8d)

![image](https://github.com/swyxio/swyxdotio/assets/6764957/c24f0749-f464-4264-ac24-3c62ca77b249)


![image](https://github.com/swyxio/swyxdotio/assets/6764957/03fced72-3bc4-49a2-a92e-41d3553fada4)

![image](https://github.com/swyxio/swyxdotio/assets/6764957/1369b564-bdf8-4ec8-ad53-8071db1e364c)

![image](https://github.com/swyxio/swyxdotio/assets/6764957/af9bb46c-3ef2-49b9-8cd4-acb0f89a735a)

![image](https://github.com/swyxio/swyxdotio/assets/6764957/49d9f8ee-760d-4b9b-9280-58be46ed2499)


## Background drama

Last weekend Tanishq Abraham dm'ed me to meet in SF and potentially do a small meetup. He gave me a couple dates and I set it on Thursday. This was the result:

![image](https://github.com/swyxio/swyxdotio/assets/6764957/50fc09f4-bc0b-4f27-8f63-459dddae0b9c)


Based on recent interactions with venue representatives I assumed that this was going to be easier than it was, but my primary and 3 backups failed, and so I had to scramble to find an event venue with <36 hours to go. Twitter to the rescue:

![image](https://github.com/swyxio/swyxdotio/assets/6764957/cbe63a1f-1ee4-4f6e-8aa4-6b2f6bfa627c)

and people came

![image](https://github.com/swyxio/swyxdotio/assets/6764957/ab7494c9-782f-41fd-a715-696c1b9d09fe)

![image](https://github.com/swyxio/swyxdotio/assets/6764957/f4b37d6e-6bd6-4631-8ca8-fa27b4f08d9c)