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Unfortunately, there are a lot of events/organizations that organize almost exclusively through Facebook. Unfortunately, there effectively no other free platfor
by jedrek 9y ago
Unfortunately, there are a lot of events/organizations that organize almost exclusively through Facebook. Unfortunately, there effectively no other free platforms with a critical mass of sign ups big enough to be used in that way.
- akvadrako 9y agoOf course there is Meetup which is certainly large enough for everything except the most niche event.
- ValentineC 9y agoIt isn't free to set up a meetup on Meetup.com though (which arguably helps keep the spam away).
- orarbel1 9y agoMeetup is one of the spamiest products ever
- mevile 9y agoNever seen spam in Meetup. I hooked up my personal calendar with Meetup and it added quite a bit of events into my calendar which was a bit spammy but it's only because I had told Meetup I was interested in all that stuff and it was easy to shut off and filter out. WeWork bought Meetup recently so I don't know if any of that will change now.
- slenk 9y agoGoogle Calendar/Hangouts/Maybe even plus? Everyone has the gmail they probably created just to sign up for Facebook, since it seems this younger generation doesn't believe in email.
- IncRnd 9y agoThe younger generation seems to call Facebook by the name MomBook. Facebook is losing younger people by the millions.
- khedoros1 9y agoI don't think that the problem is that there aren't suitable alternatives. More like, how would I force everyone who uses Facebook now to use something else?
- crpatino 9y agoThen don't go to the damned event. If it was a Facebook!Fried, you will have the chance to do something you actually value with your time. If it was a Real!Friend, they will ask you why you did not come, and you will have a chance to explain why supporting a Perverted!Company is a bad idea, even if it is convenient
- fahadkhan 9y agoSome of what I need to arrange can be done with calendar invites.
- CaptainZapp 9y agoUnfortunately, there are a lot of events/organizations that organize almost exclusively through Facebook And there are services that require a Facebook account in order to use them. But you know what? If your business, event, whatever relies on the fact that I have a Facebook account then fuck you very much! I'm not interested.
- qplex 9y agoIt's all good if you are in a position to say no. Eg. I've seen some housing communities use FB for their mailing lists. I think the best option is to create dummy throwaway accounts if there's something on FB you really need access to.
- jedrek 9y agoExcept that I want to partake. I'm not willing to drop out of my hobbies just because of this, this isn't the hill I'm going to die on.