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meetup.com is charging a fee, yahoo group is closing, google group is restricted in certain areas, thanks for mentioning groups.io we need a low-cost or free a

by ausjke 7y ago

meetup.com is charging a fee, yahoo group is closing, google group is restricted in certain areas, thanks for mentioning groups.io we need a low-cost or free alternative to online groups and event meetup, that is not instant-messenger-alike(facebook,slack,etc)

ghaff 7y ago
The issue is mostly not the availability of often free software or even the cost of hosting—especially for non-video content. Video isn’t really a big problem either unless it goes viral. But you lose the discoverability and network effects of a centralized service.
- KajMagnus 7y ago
  It'd be interesting if there was a discovery service, compatible with all open source community software out there. So one could search for local communities, like at Meetup.com or Facebook, and topics like "running" etc to find local running group communities? Any thoughts about how to make that happen?
- KajMagnus 7y ago
  Look: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21259267 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21259267 > "Building another event organization platform isn't the solution" > "open-source aggregation [of different event feeds]"
  - ghaff 7y ago
    I’m not sure how much of a difference there is between centralization and aggregation. Especially if it’s not just a read-only feed. You can basically aggregate tomorrow with RSS.
    - KajMagnus 7y ago
      Doing that for oneself is pretty simple I would think, and doing this for other people, so they find what they are interested in, in cities far a way or in other countries, is pretty hard, I think.
      - ghaff 7y ago
        That was pretty much my point. Aggregation is technically simple. Creating a locations that's the go-to for people running and planning events is much harder because it's basically a network effects problem.
KajMagnus 7y ago
I'm trying to create a Pay-what-you-want alternative to Meetup and Facebook Events, https://www.talkyard.io/-267/add-a-way-to-create-events-with-date-and-location https://www.talkyard.io/-267/add-a-way-to-create-events-with... It's an open source cross between StackOverflow, Slack, HackerNews ... and soon, I hope, enough features from Meetup.com to be an ok replacement. (I'd like to create my own event communities, using this, ... e.g. a co-working at a café group, and sketching group etc)

by ausjke 7y ago

ghaff 7y ago

The issue is mostly not the availability of often free software or even the cost of hosting—especially for non-video content. Video isn’t really a big problem either unless it goes viral. But you lose the discoverability and network effects of a centralized service.

KajMagnus 7y ago
It'd be interesting if there was a discovery service, compatible with all open source community software out there. So one could search for local communities, like at Meetup.com or Facebook, and topics like "running" etc to find local running group communities? Any thoughts about how to make that happen?
KajMagnus 7y ago
Look: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21259267 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21259267 > "Building another event organization platform isn't the solution" > "open-source aggregation [of different event feeds]"
- ghaff 7y ago
  I’m not sure how much of a difference there is between centralization and aggregation. Especially if it’s not just a read-only feed. You can basically aggregate tomorrow with RSS.
  - KajMagnus 7y ago
    Doing that for oneself is pretty simple I would think, and doing this for other people, so they find what they are interested in, in cities far a way or in other countries, is pretty hard, I think.
    - ghaff 7y ago
      That was pretty much my point. Aggregation is technically simple. Creating a locations that's the go-to for people running and planning events is much harder because it's basically a network effects problem.

KajMagnus 7y ago

I'm trying to create a Pay-what-you-want alternative to Meetup and Facebook Events, https://www.talkyard.io/-267/add-a-way-to-create-events-with-date-and-location https://www.talkyard.io/-267/add-a-way-to-create-events-with... It's an open source cross between StackOverflow, Slack, HackerNews ... and soon, I hope, enough features from Meetup.com to be an ok replacement. (I'd like to create my own event communities, using this, ... e.g. a co-working at a café group, and sketching group etc)