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openmeet.io is available. We could spin up a Django or flask site and build a HN style meetup application.

by all2 8y ago

_rovyko 8y ago
>openmeet.io I've heard bad things about the IO TLD. What about openmeet.org? I'm just starting in Webdev but I'd like to be involved! https://hackernoon.com/stop-using-io-domain-names-for-production-traffic-b6aa17eeac20 https://hackernoon.com/stop-using-io-domain-names-for-produc... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15663988 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15663988
- CydeWeys 8y ago
  Or even more terrifyingly, this: http://domainincite.com/23957-un-ruling-may-put-io-domains-at-risk http://domainincite.com/23957-un-ruling-may-put-io-domains-a... Fortuitously, .dev happens to be hitting General Availability tomorrow. And both meetup.dev and openmeet.dev are still available! Disclaimer: .dev is my baby.
meruru 8y ago
I remember seeing a federated meetup.com alternative in the brief time I used Mastodon. I can't find it anymore though.
- iBelieve 8y ago
  You might be thinking of https://gettogether.community/ https://gettogether.community/ (https://github.com/GetTogetherComm/GetTogether https://github.com/GetTogetherComm/GetTogether)
  - meruru 8y ago
    Yes, I think that was it. It needs work, I can't even figure out how to search for my city.
    - all2 8y ago
      They must have fixed that. There's now a search box in the upper left corner.
      - meruru 8y ago
        Sorry, it's my fault. I had Javascript disabled. I didn't realize it because the dropdown still worked, it just didn't have the search box.
mushufasa 8y ago
I've actually run into what seems like a dozen startups who are, in various ways, attempting to build a better Meetup.com. The technology doesn't seem to be the hard part -- it's the business model and mindshare. Go for it as well if you like, but rest assured that there are already several talented people already trying to figure this out.
- karmelapple 8y ago
  It’s a social network. As an attendee, by having a meetup.com account, I’m told about other similar meetups. And it works reasonably well. If some federated option were to work, there would have to be ways for various meetups to broadcast their existence, and have these recommendations be available.
  - qnsi 8y ago
    for me it doesn't work that well... There are a lot of dead meetups, with no meetings littering the search. I also have a hard time following groups I am interested in. I think meetup sends a lot of emails at start, so meetup mails land in my spam folder now. Also if a lot of people click "Im interested" I think there should be a forum enabled, so you can find someone else to organize the meetup. Now it says "become an organiser" but it's hard to do it alone IMO.
- qnsi 8y ago
  Can you list some interesting alternatives? I searched before and found few people on HN trying to improve meetup experience, but most are dead now
riffic 8y ago
If you do, can you look at the existing ActivityPub implementations for some pointers??

openmeet.io is available. We could spin up a Django or flask site and build a HN style meetup application.

by all2 8y ago

openmeet.io is available. We could spin up a Django or flask site and build a HN style meetup application.

>openmeet.io I've heard bad things about the IO TLD. What about openmeet.org? I'm just starting in Webdev but I'd like to be involved! https://hackernoon.com/stop-using-io-domain-names-for-production-traffic-b6aa17eeac20 https://hackernoon.com/stop-using-io-domain-names-for-produc... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15663988 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15663988

CydeWeys 8y ago
Or even more terrifyingly, this: http://domainincite.com/23957-un-ruling-may-put-io-domains-at-risk http://domainincite.com/23957-un-ruling-may-put-io-domains-a... Fortuitously, .dev happens to be hitting General Availability tomorrow. And both meetup.dev and openmeet.dev are still available! Disclaimer: .dev is my baby.

meruru 8y ago

I remember seeing a federated meetup.com alternative in the brief time I used Mastodon. I can't find it anymore though.

iBelieve 8y ago
You might be thinking of https://gettogether.community/ https://gettogether.community/ (https://github.com/GetTogetherComm/GetTogether https://github.com/GetTogetherComm/GetTogether)
- meruru 8y ago
  Yes, I think that was it. It needs work, I can't even figure out how to search for my city.
  - all2 8y ago
    They must have fixed that. There's now a search box in the upper left corner.
    - meruru 8y ago
      Sorry, it's my fault. I had Javascript disabled. I didn't realize it because the dropdown still worked, it just didn't have the search box.

mushufasa 8y ago

I've actually run into what seems like a dozen startups who are, in various ways, attempting to build a better Meetup.com. The technology doesn't seem to be the hard part -- it's the business model and mindshare. Go for it as well if you like, but rest assured that there are already several talented people already trying to figure this out.

karmelapple 8y ago
It’s a social network. As an attendee, by having a meetup.com account, I’m told about other similar meetups. And it works reasonably well. If some federated option were to work, there would have to be ways for various meetups to broadcast their existence, and have these recommendations be available.
- qnsi 8y ago
  for me it doesn't work that well... There are a lot of dead meetups, with no meetings littering the search. I also have a hard time following groups I am interested in. I think meetup sends a lot of emails at start, so meetup mails land in my spam folder now. Also if a lot of people click "Im interested" I think there should be a forum enabled, so you can find someone else to organize the meetup. Now it says "become an organiser" but it's hard to do it alone IMO.
qnsi 8y ago
Can you list some interesting alternatives? I searched before and found few people on HN trying to improve meetup experience, but most are dead now

riffic 8y ago

If you do, can you look at the existing ActivityPub implementations for some pointers??