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Sadly most people (at least in my country) use Facebook for this.

ghaff 3y ago
Probably. Purely anecdotal and it may just reflect the company I keep, but Meetup seems to have dropped off my radar and that of people I know. I can easily believe that many groups paused during the pandemic and never kicked back off again; I've certainly seen that behavior with a lot of groups generally.
- magicalhippo 3y ago
  Here it was charging for RSVPs that killed it. Everyone dropped it like a hot potato when they announced it.
  - ghaff 3y ago
    It can be tough to get people to pay an ongoing fee for something that's often used for people to do casual recreational activities rather than one of the many free alternatives--even if they're not quite as suited for the purpose.
    - btown 3y ago
      Meetup had a way to do this: make it opt-in by organizers, then increasing organizer price later on, perhaps even drastically, to incentivize the new structure. Over a year, say, even on organizers who didn't opt in, they could likely double their revenue per subscription with minimal churn. Instead, their messaging strongly implied that, while it was still being tested, this would be mandatory, destroying community trust. An absolutely flubbed rollout. https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/15/20893343/meetup-users-furious-new-rsvp-payment-test https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/15/20893343/meetup-users-fu... https://wptavern.com/meetup-com-introduces-rsvp-fees-for-members-wordpress-meetup-groups-unaffected-by-pricing-changes https://wptavern.com/meetup-com-introduces-rsvp-fees-for-mem...
lormayna 3y ago
In Italy Meetup was monopolized by a populistic political movement in the '10s and nobody use it since then.
- ipaddr 3y ago
  Aside from supporters of popular political movement?
  - bigbluedots 3y ago
    Nobody goes there any more, it's too crowded
- EasyMark 3y ago
  Was it guilt by association? Last time I used meetup you only joined the groups you were interested in, none of mine were political

Probably. Purely anecdotal and it may just reflect the company I keep, but Meetup seems to have dropped off my radar and that of people I know. I can easily believe that many groups paused during the pandemic and never kicked back off again; I've certainly seen that behavior with a lot of groups generally.

magicalhippo 3y ago
Here it was charging for RSVPs that killed it. Everyone dropped it like a hot potato when they announced it.
- ghaff 3y ago
  It can be tough to get people to pay an ongoing fee for something that's often used for people to do casual recreational activities rather than one of the many free alternatives--even if they're not quite as suited for the purpose.
  - btown 3y ago
    Meetup had a way to do this: make it opt-in by organizers, then increasing organizer price later on, perhaps even drastically, to incentivize the new structure. Over a year, say, even on organizers who didn't opt in, they could likely double their revenue per subscription with minimal churn. Instead, their messaging strongly implied that, while it was still being tested, this would be mandatory, destroying community trust. An absolutely flubbed rollout. https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/15/20893343/meetup-users-furious-new-rsvp-payment-test https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/15/20893343/meetup-users-fu... https://wptavern.com/meetup-com-introduces-rsvp-fees-for-members-wordpress-meetup-groups-unaffected-by-pricing-changes https://wptavern.com/meetup-com-introduces-rsvp-fees-for-mem...

lormayna 3y ago

In Italy Meetup was monopolized by a populistic political movement in the '10s and nobody use it since then.

ipaddr 3y ago
Aside from supporters of popular political movement?
- bigbluedots 3y ago
  Nobody goes there any more, it's too crowded
EasyMark 3y ago
Was it guilt by association? Last time I used meetup you only joined the groups you were interested in, none of mine were political