Meetup.com kills Vim London without warning

xoail wrote: post #3

I hate it when companies make these decisions without warning the customers. Even if they are doing something against their terms.

Amen. Kicking a customer should be the absolute last resort, not the first step.

Re: Meetup.com kills Vim London without warning

#5

Post by oinksoft » Thu, Oct 25, 2012, 6:06 PM UTC

There's a ripe market opportunity for a free or significantly cheaper alternative to Meetup, unless I'm unaware of a competitive one that already exists. $12/month is absurd for what amounts to a BB service with a handful of social networking features.

Re: Meetup.com kills Vim London without warning

#6

Post by sighup » Thu, Oct 25, 2012, 6:09 PM UTC

This was a mistake on our part. We're reaching out and rectifying things now. Sorry guys.

Re: Meetup.com kills Vim London without warning

#7

Post by gm » Thu, Oct 25, 2012, 6:15 PM UTC

sighup wrote: post #6

This was a mistake on our part. We're reaching out and rectifying things now. Sorry guys.

The real bug here is to have unilateral action. It assumes you guys are infallible, which no human is.

Re: Meetup.com kills Vim London without warning

#8

Post by aidos » Thu, Oct 25, 2012, 6:16 PM UTC

Well, this is the first I've heard of the meetup and now I'm interested. The cancellation might be a blessing in disguise in that regard...

Re: Meetup.com kills Vim London without warning

#9

Post by jonathanjaeger » Thu, Oct 25, 2012, 6:17 PM UTC

oinksoft wrote: post #5

There's a ripe market opportunity for a free or significantly cheaper alternative to Meetup, unless I'm unaware of a competitive one that already exists. $12/month is absurd for what amounts to a BB service with a handful of social networking features.

Actually it seems like a very reasonable price. The community (and the name) is a valuable asset. People who join Meetup discover new meetups -- it's a community with network effects. It's not that easy to reach that kind of scale. $12/month is perfectly reasonable, not because of the software, but because of the value baked into it.

Re: Meetup.com kills Vim London without warning

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Post by ig1 » Thu, Oct 25, 2012, 6:23 PM UTC

oinksoft wrote: post #5

There's a ripe market opportunity for a free or significantly cheaper alternative to Meetup, unless I'm unaware of a competitive one that already exists. $12/month is absurd for what amounts to a BB service with a handful of social networking features.

Depending on your needs there's GroupSpaces, Eventbrite, Google Groups, etc.