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Great idea, congrats. Upon seeing this mastodon popped in my head. If a service like this was federated it could let everyone run their own and depending on how it was managed, still be tied together?
I think there is room for an open source version of Luma, but this ain’t it. Trying to do better than Meetup or Eventbrite is setting the bar so low you can hold a limbo contest. If you’re going to vibe code a competitor, I would at least aim to replicate the gold standard.
https://www.eventbrite.com ?
This is great, and really needed! Whenever someone sends me a luma or partiful link that asks me for personal info which will undoubtedly be bundled into some data broker when the VCs start putting pressure on the founders to cash out, I balk. I would much, much rather see people just link me to a little no-signup widget without a platform attached <3
Meetup.com is just BEGGING to be replaced. The UI looks like Classmates.com had a baby with a Windows 95 dialog box. The interstitial ads are as annoying and useless as fake recruiter texts. Organizer pricing has skyrocketed like eggs in 2024, and now they're paywalling BASIC features for attendees (like seeing who's actually coming). Classic PE "we hate our customers" BS. Cactoide looks great for one-off events - ni…
I’m building PartyGem AI intended to tackle virtually all the issues I’ve read here and more. I’ve been working in silence but progress has been made and my work will surface soon. No nonsense ads, vaporware, data brokers, nor VCs own me. I’m going to make something that threatens all those apps which started great and sold out.
Semi related, but has anyone else noticed a massive surge in Meetup comment spam in the last few months? All my local groups are pumping out spam, mostly offering work from home employment opportunities. I keep wondering what has changed.
Meetup was bought by Bending Spoons (after a winding path getting passed around after it being sold to WeWork). They’re basically just running it until the wheels fall off.
Great idea, congrats. Upon seeing this mastodon popped in my head. If a service like this was federated it could let everyone run their own and depending on how it was managed, still be tied together?
Every year I pay $39.99 for a one-month subscription for Punchbowl, which allows me to easily manage RSVP's for my son's birthday party. For that price, you get the normal stuff you'd expect and also: - no ads - ability to set each invitee as an adult, a child or an infant (useful when planning food and activities) - ability to group invitees into families, so that any adult in the family can edit the RSVP for any/al…
Meetup.com is just BEGGING to be replaced. The UI looks like Classmates.com had a baby with a Windows 95 dialog box. The interstitial ads are as annoying and useless as fake recruiter texts. Organizer pricing has skyrocketed like eggs in 2024, and now they're paywalling BASIC features for attendees (like seeing who's actually coming). Classic PE "we hate our customers" BS. Cactoide looks great for one-off events - ni…
Welcome, I've seen a lot of projects in this space (and done a few)!
If I can make a suggestion, the first thing to look at is public API's and existing formats like iCal (for the listings information that can be public - obviously some information like attendee details should be private).
Making sure whatever platform you use to host your events has open data feeds is a great first step, and preferably in iCal. Before you even start working on a search site, your regular atendees can import your feed straight into their personal calendars (and I know from previous projects some people will).
ps. Hey OP, please add open data feeds to your project!