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Re: Helsinki Hacker News Meetup

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Post by outime » Wed, Aug 05, 2026, 1:42 PM UTC

nxtbl wrote: post #97

> We use a WhatsApp group for co-ordination. The time and location of the meetup is announced there. That's a hard no. You really, really should use Signal instead.

I suppose organizers choose the easiest way to contact people rather than relying on one of the least-used messaging apps that people won't install just to attend a meetup.

Edit: It doesn't even seem to be strictly required https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49181030

Re: Helsinki Hacker News Meetup

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Post by Melatonic » Wed, Aug 05, 2026, 1:47 PM UTC

I see a bunch of people interested in Los Angeles on https://meet.hn/

Re: Helsinki Hacker News Meetup

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Post by excalibur » Wed, Aug 05, 2026, 1:49 PM UTC

Imagine hosting a meetup in Chicago and getting raided by ICE

Re: Helsinki Hacker News Meetup

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Post by joshdavham » Wed, Aug 05, 2026, 1:51 PM UTC

Any meetups in Vancouver, Canada?

Re: Helsinki Hacker News Meetup

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Post by yitchelle » Wed, Aug 05, 2026, 1:52 PM UTC

king_crimson wrote: post #20

Anyone who’d be interested in a meetup in Cologne?

I am in if it one is running. email in bio if you want to reach out to coordinate.

Re: Helsinki Hacker News Meetup

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Post by enricozb » Wed, Aug 05, 2026, 1:53 PM UTC

calpaterson wrote: post #2

We've been organising this for a while (a year? more?). It's quite relaxed - just a coffee morning every month or two. I'm sure there are other HN local meetups who could post in this thread - please do if you have a local meetup

Replying in case anyone is in Amsterdam :)

Re: Helsinki Hacker News Meetup

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Post by tamimio » Wed, Aug 05, 2026, 1:58 PM UTC

joshdavham wrote: post #104

Any meetups in Vancouver, Canada?

Or Ontario?

Re: Helsinki Hacker News Meetup

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Post by deanc » Wed, Aug 05, 2026, 2:03 PM UTC

stronglikedan wrote: post #94

deanc wrote: post #77

Hi. Long-term HN user based in Helsinki. I'd join but don't really want to share my phone number with a large group of people. Can you not find another way to co-ordinate?

You don't have a throwaway Google Voice number? I use one for dating apps. Very convenient and worry free.

This is a conversation about a HN meetup in Europe. Google voice is not available on the free tier to Europeans. It requires google workspace.

Re: Helsinki Hacker News Meetup

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Post by tamimio » Wed, Aug 05, 2026, 2:03 PM UTC

BonerWiener wrote: post #33

> We use a WhatsApp group for co-ordination I would've gladly joined if you hadn't decided on a service owned by Meta...

My thoughts exactly, but I noticed Europe is heavily dependent on WhatsApp for some reason, everyone I have ever talked to before they ask for WhatsApp and some even look shocked when you say you never use it! Instead of email, simpleX or element would do the job.

Re: Helsinki Hacker News Meetup

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Post by embedding-shape » Wed, Aug 05, 2026, 2:04 PM UTC

stronglikedan wrote: post #94

deanc wrote: post #77

Hi. Long-term HN user based in Helsinki. I'd join but don't really want to share my phone number with a large group of people. Can you not find another way to co-ordinate?

You don't have a throwaway Google Voice number? I use one for dating apps. Very convenient and worry free.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong (I've never used it myself), but Google Voice doesn't seem to be available in Finland at all so probably not?

> Google Voice is a telephone service that provides a U.S. telephone number to Google Account customers in the U.S. and Google Workspace customers in Canada, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the contiguous United States.

Not sure what I'm supposed to do with a US phone number anyway, I'd probably be more embarrassed about using a US phone number then letting people in a HN meetup group see my real phone number.