Makes me wonder if there's any meetups in my neck of the woods in good ole Nova Scotia. I kind of doubt it, but it would be wicked. Hope you guys have a great time!
Helsinki Hacker News Meetup
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#62> We use a WhatsApp group for co-ordination I would've gladly joined if you hadn't decided on a service owned by Meta...
They'll enjoy their time without you just fine.
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#63Is there a list of these by country?
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#64great idea! pls, hnmeetup.com/[place] anyone?
https://meet.hn/ is tangential but not quite for meetups, just discovering who lives nearby. Could be a good starting point though!
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#65Any interest in a Lisbon meetup?
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#66Earlier quoted context omitted.
It initially begun as an email thread, but we settled on WhatsApp owing to, well, most people having WhatsApp.
Surely e-mail is even more widely used?
Dunno if it's a generational thing or what, but I check my email like maybe once a day sometimes I can go 2-3 days without looking at it. It's just a place where Stuff gathers and I go through it when I Get around to it. Can't even remember when I used email to actually communicate with a non-business entity outside of work.
WhatsApp messages I get immediately.
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#67I'd love tips for maintaining a good meetup.
I tend to like the smaller meetups that are focused. But they often degrade in quality as they scale. A failure mode I hit several times was group circles with a louder or opinionated person eventually entering and taking the focus of the group. For large meetups that's not an issue I suppose. Break-out groups did work, but it needs some planning.
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#68Any Meetups in NL? Im far from the Randstad, would've loved to host one otherwise
If you're near the Maastricht / Aachen area:
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#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
Surely e-mail is even more widely used?
Dunno if it's a generational thing or what, but I check my email like maybe once a day sometimes I can go 2-3 days without looking at it. It's just a place where Stuff gathers and I go through it when I Get around to it. Can't even remember when I used email to actually communicate with a non-business entity outside of work. WhatsApp messages I get immediately.
Surely checking once every three days is frequent enough to see an invite for a meetup that happens once every eight to ten weeks?