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Yes, I worry about that too - any ideas about how to fix it? One of the things I liked about meetup was that many (most?) groups were hosted on it, but I think
by chrisa 7y ago
Yes, I worry about that too - any ideas about how to fix it?
One of the things I liked about meetup was that many (most?) groups were hosted on it, but I think what this has shown is that meetup had a kind of monopoly in that way (which wasn't good!)
- ativzzz 7y ago> Yes, I worry about that too - any ideas about how to fix it? Create an API that allows any site to be a front-end for meetups, you just store the data. Not sure how willing other sites would be to use this though.
- iso-8859-1 7y ago> any ideas about how to fix it? Mobilizon supports federation. https://joinmobilizon.org/en/ https://joinmobilizon.org/en/
- starpilot 7y agoMy idea would be to clone Meetup.com as much as possible and aggressively pitch it as a "Meetup alternative." Use similar color scheme and branding, and have a Meetup.com migration tool to import existing groups and user accounts. The changeover has to be as smooth as possible, there are many non-technical Meetup organizers. It needs to stand out from the other Meetup clones. People don't know where to go. Really though I don't think Meetup is going to die. WeWork is selling it, there's no way the market would just let this huge captive audience of active users implode. Maybe FB wil buy it.