The ~18k people are at SXSWi this year are only .0000025% of the world’s population, but it seems some of the Internauts who are not in Austin feel lonely.

Or bitter.

The bad news: registration may be capped next year. Get in line now people.

Why do I feel like I'm the only person NOT at #sxsw ?

March 12, 2011 Mar 12, 11 | 3:45 pm via HootSuiteReplyRetweetFavorite

@Ashscallion

Ashley

Everyone in Austin at #SXSW, I am extremely jealous. #Disclaimer #Hater

March 12, 2011 Mar 12, 11 | 1:32 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite

@_luisantonio

Luis Antonio.

I haven't seen any tweets tagged with #sxsw in over seven minutes. Is everyone in Austin alright??

March 12, 2011 Mar 12, 11 | 8:30 am via ÜberSocialReplyRetweetFavorite

@petershankman

Peter Shankman

Non @foursquare check in. I am *not* in Austin. I am *not* at #SxSw. I *am* okay with that. No really, I am.

March 11, 2011 Mar 11, 11 | 10:43 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite

@djwaldow

DJ Waldow

Dear Jesus, as Satan has not yet seen fit to aim a meteor at #SXSW, maybe you should pick up the slack.

March 12, 2011 Mar 12, 11 | 4:55 pm via tGadgetReplyRetweetFavorite

@UniBashRadio

Jay Mackin

Is anyone at #SWSX learning anything aside from where the free booze is?

March 14, 2011 Mar 14, 11 | 7:33 pm via Twitter for iPhoneReplyRetweetFavorite

@danlondon

Dan London

Can’t go to SXSW 2011? Attend our virtual version: #usXsw today and tomorrow! http://bit.ly/hroOyy Prizes! Sponsor: #Hashable #usguys

March 12, 2011 Mar 12, 11 | 4:45 pm via HootSuiteReplyRetweetFavorite

@PaulBiedermann

Paul Biedermann

Unless you happen to be visiting Austin, I'm not sure anyone cares that someone said "social web" at #sxsw #enoughalready

March 12, 2011 Mar 12, 11 | 4:36 pm via Twitter for iPhoneReplyRetweetFavorite

@erinfaye

Erin Mitchell

twitter is great at reminding me that EVERYONE is at #SXSW and I am not.

March 12, 2011 Mar 12, 11 | 4:27 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite

@candicetobin

candice tobin

Anyone else going "Am I the only one not at #SxSW?" #neverwasoneofthecoolkids

March 12, 2011 Mar 12, 11 | 4:25 pm via TweetDeckReplyRetweetFavorite

@boxofcrayons

MichaelBungayStanier

If you're not at #SXSW [like me] but you wanna be [like me], here's a live panel stream http://goo.gl/LSbf0

March 12, 2011 Mar 12, 11 | 3:18 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite

@CarlaGates247

Carla Gates

Don't feel as bummed that I'm not at #sxsw when I realized how early everyone was up today. But I'm sure it's still fun. #nightowl

March 12, 2011 Mar 12, 11 | 3:07 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite

@valpass

Valerie Passonno

It's probably because I wish I was there, but it sounds like #SXSW is full of violent agreement and head nodding.

March 12, 2011 Mar 12, 11 | 12:07 pm via Twitter for iPhoneReplyRetweetFavorite

@Elika

Elika

5 Things To Do if You’re Not at #SXSW http://t.co/HBeLf6h via @likeablemedia

March 12, 2011 Mar 12, 11 | 5:02 pm via Tweet ButtonReplyRetweetFavorite

@rhnnntrtmnn

RT

is there anyone left at all in nyc? #sxsw

March 12, 2011 Mar 12, 11 | 2:20 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite

@heatherknight

Heather Knight

I may just pretend I'm at #SXSWi.

March 11, 2011 Mar 11, 11 | 10:58 pm via Twitter for iPhoneReplyRetweetFavorite

@DavidBThomas

David B. Thomas

SXSW reminds me of Foursquare, which in turn reminds me of the Unfollow button.

March 11, 2011 Mar 11, 11 | 10:08 pm via TweetDeckReplyRetweetFavorite

@matt_creamer

Matt Creamer

Blogads trekked to Park City, Utah for the first-ever Evolution of Women in Social Media Conference and found a bona fide grassroots get-together with outstanding panelists. As several attendees put it: like the very early days of Blogher.  Great to see our bloggers there, including Jen Neal of NakedJen, Anne-Marie Nicholes of ThisMamaCooks and Heather Spohr of The Spohrs are Multiplying.  More swag than advertisers though, which was a shame, since these close-knit conferences are uncanny chances for advertisers to meet super-connected social media influentials.  To wit, the 350-attendee conference had 340 Facebook fans, over 1,000 Twitter followers and more than 100,000 mentions of #evoconf (still counting!).

We’d be remiss to leave out:

- The Blogads t-shirt proved resilient at its highest elevation yet (9,990 ft above sea level).
- Bush’s Beans clocked over 300 mustachioed photos on their Facebook fan page by setting up a costume prop table and digital photo booth at the party.
- Stephanie Smirnov of De Vires PR’s postscript love letter to the FTC after her resort ravings and props for the local brew.
- A fully-clothed pool jump to conclude the festivities! (via Marlynn Schotland of UrbanBliss)

You can see all the dust this out-West blogger meetup kicked up here.

The panel I’m moderating at SXSW now has its fourth panelist: Sara K. Smith of Wonkette fame.

Smith joins Zadi Diaz, Jeff Jarvis and Mike Monello.

We crowdsourced the fourth panelist, pulling submissions from Facebook and then running balloting through Surveymonkey. Smith got the biggest chunk of the 2,059 votes cast.

To prime your water cannons for our Saturday morning panel in Austin, here’s the panel description:

Bring popcorn and rotten tomatoes! Braving hate-mail from last year’s “winners,” the Suxorz ’09 panel returns to dissect the ten worst social media and web 2.0 ad campaigns of the year. Together, we’ll shame the marketers who abuse people-powered media.

See any social media marketing horror shows recently? Head over to our Facebook group to nominate.

I’m in Denver plugging into the house generously shared by Matt Welch and the team from Reason. In a couple of minutes, I’m headed over to see how big The Big Tent is.

This year’s Netroots Nation in Austin was amazing. Great people, conversations, energy, ideas, debate. But it looks like Netroots Nation will be held in Pittsburgh next year. Conferences are all about building a culture, and Austin is an amazing place to build a culture. I’m skeptical about Pittsburgh.