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This is what makes me keep mine too... events. Only events. Eventbrite is free but I've not hosted through it yet as I've not held (m)any events recently. That'
by harlanji 10y ago
This is what makes me keep mine too... events. Only events. Eventbrite is free but I've not hosted through it yet as I've not held (m)any events recently. That's a possible way out if it's low friction enough, seems most outgoing people in the BA have an EB account for concerts/meetups/etc... could possibly rally a couple people in your groups with anti-FB sentiment and pave the way off FB for these events. Many people I know feel somewhat trapped by some slice of FB/Google functionality so alternate suggestions could be welcome.
- greenhatman 10y agoI wish I could get everyone to use something like Retroshare. http://retroshare.net/ http://retroshare.net/
- unclenoriega 10y agoThis is the first I've heard of Retroshare. It looks interesting, but there's no way I'll be able to convert enough friends and family without a mobile app. I'm going to try out it out, though, and keep my fingers crossed.
- confounded 10y agoSame boat. I've dragged group conversations on to Signal, but events are a tough nut to crack. Something like meetup/eventbrite seems way too heavy for birthday drinks at a bar, and puts a sign-up/ToS/data burden on people who are interested in attending. With most people on gmail and Google not being much better, IMAP/ActiveSync CalDAV invitations with all the invitees' names and email addresses aren't too satisfying either. It's feature bloat, but I really hope an E2E event/calendar protocol makes it in to something like Signal or Riot/Matrix. Ideally it would consistently maintain state (e.g. changing place and time), update your calendar, and provide a place for invitees to chat.