It's not that I am against signing up with Facebook, it's just that every service I've used with a FB login claims to help make oneself more social; however, th

It's not that I am against signing up with Facebook, it's just that every service I've used with a FB login claims to help make oneself more social; however, that is hardly ever the case. As for wanting to meet people in my area with similar interests, I'll stick to using Meetup. Additionally, here is some advice from someone who runs their own Meetup group. My coffee and conversation group is over a month old and has over 50 members. Only about 20% sign up for a Meetup and about 75% actually show. These are rough estimates, but from people I talk to that host events, they have similar results. I think you'll find that once you set up these "meets" with 4 people, usually not all 4 will show up. I guess if you had them prepay, they would be more inclined to... but anyway, good luck!