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Definitely agree that the change will come with some immediate social drawbacks. I wonder if, after 10 or 50 years, you'll start to see different social struct

Definitely agree that the change will come with some immediate social drawbacks. I wonder if, after 10 or 50 years, you'll start to see different social structures materialize to fill the void left by losing the second place of the office.

rnk 4y ago
120 years ago, people still went to their 'worksite' every day. For some it was in a city, but for a huge number maybe it was on your own farm (thinking of the us). People coped. Isolation was a problem then too.
- nyokodo 4y ago
  > People coped. Isolation was a problem then too. 120 years ago family and neighbors would just show up. Communities weren’t compromised of strangers who only slept there. Maybe we’ll adapt by getting to know our neighbors and being less exclusionary about our homes as time goes on.
Larrikin 4y ago
I hope Meetup is replaced or fixes their problems. When moving cities or just traveling anywhere for a significant time it was an invaluable tool for meeting people with any kind of similar interest. But COVID crushed it, I don't know the financial particulars, but host I've talked to found it became particularly hard to continue groups that didn't have obvious financial backing (tech meetups that company's pay for to scout workers) or extremely passionate members willing to bear the cost. I got lucky my previous city had extremely passionate members for my favorite group, but my new city is smaller and I think the fees have either killed the old group or are preventing a new group from forming
- ghaff 4y ago
  I can't speak to Meetup specifically but my sense is that a lot of activities that were plowing along mostly on momentum pre-COVID had to go on hiatus and with the break in continuity many will never return (although presumably new ones may take their place). I'm involved with a big greater than century-old outdoor club and even we are more or less just getting back into the swing of things.

rnk 4y ago

120 years ago, people still went to their 'worksite' every day. For some it was in a city, but for a huge number maybe it was on your own farm (thinking of the us). People coped. Isolation was a problem then too.

nyokodo 4y ago
> People coped. Isolation was a problem then too. 120 years ago family and neighbors would just show up. Communities weren’t compromised of strangers who only slept there. Maybe we’ll adapt by getting to know our neighbors and being less exclusionary about our homes as time goes on.

Larrikin 4y ago

I hope Meetup is replaced or fixes their problems. When moving cities or just traveling anywhere for a significant time it was an invaluable tool for meeting people with any kind of similar interest. But COVID crushed it, I don't know the financial particulars, but host I've talked to found it became particularly hard to continue groups that didn't have obvious financial backing (tech meetups that company's pay for to scout workers) or extremely passionate members willing to bear the cost. I got lucky my previous city had extremely passionate members for my favorite group, but my new city is smaller and I think the fees have either killed the old group or are preventing a new group from forming

ghaff 4y ago
I can't speak to Meetup specifically but my sense is that a lot of activities that were plowing along mostly on momentum pre-COVID had to go on hiatus and with the break in continuity many will never return (although presumably new ones may take their place). I'm involved with a big greater than century-old outdoor club and even we are more or less just getting back into the swing of things.