So, I'm a TEDx organizer in Dallas, and one of my former speakers posted this thread on my FB page. For what it's worth, I thought I would share a few thoughts. TEDx is about organizing an event in your local community. Not all the TEDx talks are on TED.com; only ones selected by the TED team. In addition, the TEDx team watches every talk, all 21,000 and counting, and the best talks are curated for ted.com There are some amazing TEDx events and inspiring talks from TEDx events, like Brene Brown's talk from TEDxHouston (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4Qm9cGRub0). Obviously growth has its challenges, and it seems like the conversation below is representative of that. But there are a huge number of people in this TEDx community who are genuinely trying to bring value to their local communities through these events. It's really too bad that a few bad apples are jeopardizing the whole.