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Maybe someone should do a startup with a service like that. It could be called Meetup.com or something.

lmm 11y ago
Meetup seems more oriented towards public events. I'm not offering an open invitation for random folks to come see [band], I'm trying to arrange it with these specific named friends. Who are already my friends on facebook (which is not to say we couldn't equally well become friends on meetup, but does it even have that functionality?).
- psykovsky 11y ago
  Maybe they're missing on something if they have no such features.
thoth 11y ago
I've had 3 or 4 Meetup groups fold and migrate to Facebook, because Facebook offers basically the same features and some nice extras: allows private/hidden groups (invite only; Meetup can hide the memberlist and require approval to join but the group existence is still searchable) free (Meetup currently charges ~$70 for 6 months; source: I'm an organizer for a Meetup group and that's our semi-annual bill. I'm not sure if the scale slides based on membership numbers. I can't find the billing email for the exact number at the moment.) While I do like Meetup and still use it, using Facebook for small group organization also makes sense.
- pmlnr 11y ago
  maybe, but just maybe, paying cash is better than paying with every information available on your phone.
  - thoth 11y ago
    Phone? I didn't mention a phone; both Facebook and Meetup are entirely usable via their websites. We have about 40-50 active and semi-active members (on Meetup), hold a fundraiser, and yet the organizers still have to chip in to make up the inevitable shortfall. Whether or not to use Facebook (or Meetup for that matter) is something everybody gets to decide for themselves and preaching about what they should do is silly.
  - __z 11y ago
    Facebook groups don't require a cellphone. I participate in one (much to my dismay... but that's where the group is...) and I never "Facebook" on my cell phone - messenger, "app," website... none are loaded on my phone or ever used on my phone.
thoth 11y ago
I just remembered another thing Facebook lets you do that Meetup doesn't: have a virtual group. All Meetup groups have to be face-to-face group with the intention of physically meeting, so if you want to organize your online play-by-email board games or whatever, or other groups that don't actually intend to meet very often (e.g. class alumni groups mostly for the purpose of distributing info), you can't have either of those be a Meetup group. But Facebook doesn't care if you do that.

lmm 11y ago

Meetup seems more oriented towards public events. I'm not offering an open invitation for random folks to come see [band], I'm trying to arrange it with these specific named friends. Who are already my friends on facebook (which is not to say we couldn't equally well become friends on meetup, but does it even have that functionality?).

psykovsky 11y ago
Maybe they're missing on something if they have no such features.

thoth 11y ago

I've had 3 or 4 Meetup groups fold and migrate to Facebook, because Facebook offers basically the same features and some nice extras: allows private/hidden groups (invite only; Meetup can hide the memberlist and require approval to join but the group existence is still searchable) free (Meetup currently charges ~$70 for 6 months; source: I'm an organizer for a Meetup group and that's our semi-annual bill. I'm not sure if the scale slides based on membership numbers. I can't find the billing email for the exact number at the moment.) While I do like Meetup and still use it, using Facebook for small group organization also makes sense.

pmlnr 11y ago
maybe, but just maybe, paying cash is better than paying with every information available on your phone.
- thoth 11y ago
  Phone? I didn't mention a phone; both Facebook and Meetup are entirely usable via their websites. We have about 40-50 active and semi-active members (on Meetup), hold a fundraiser, and yet the organizers still have to chip in to make up the inevitable shortfall. Whether or not to use Facebook (or Meetup for that matter) is something everybody gets to decide for themselves and preaching about what they should do is silly.
- __z 11y ago
  Facebook groups don't require a cellphone. I participate in one (much to my dismay... but that's where the group is...) and I never "Facebook" on my cell phone - messenger, "app," website... none are loaded on my phone or ever used on my phone.

thoth 11y ago

I just remembered another thing Facebook lets you do that Meetup doesn't: have a virtual group. All Meetup groups have to be face-to-face group with the intention of physically meeting, so if you want to organize your online play-by-email board games or whatever, or other groups that don't actually intend to meet very often (e.g. class alumni groups mostly for the purpose of distributing info), you can't have either of those be a Meetup group. But Facebook doesn't care if you do that.