for one i am glad they did. i have no interest in paid events. and even less in a rent-seeker who takes a cut from the event organizers. when i went to visit a

for one i am glad they did. i have no interest in paid events. and even less in a rent-seeker who takes a cut from the event organizers. when i went to visit a place recently, i looked at eventbrite and meetup for interesting events. i eventually gave up looking at eventbrite because there was nothing of interest. all the interesting community events were on meetup. sure, there is demand for paid events, and eventbrite may be filling that niche. but i believe if meetup would have taken on that feature it would have ruined the ability to have community events there. i am not interested in running into people who are trying to sell me something everywhere i go.