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Re: Meetup.com alternatives

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Post by gherkin1 » Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 2:22 PM UTC

Linkedin grabs the chance and debuts their alternative, currently free https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/15/linkedin-gets-physical-deb...

Re: Meetup.com alternatives

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Post by spartas » Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 2:25 PM UTC

elandrum wrote: post #160

spartas wrote: post #46

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https://upcoming.org

Developed stopped 2 years ago, despite the successful Kickstarter. :( https://github.com/upcoming/upcoming-www

I may be biased (I backed that Kickstarter), but this makes me sad :(

Re: Meetup.com alternatives

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Post by otterley » Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 2:38 PM UTC

jborichevskiy wrote: post #11

Somewhat related note: as someone living in a major city I find it increasingly hard to discover relevant events happening soon/around me. Events I'm looking for span a range of interests, artists, bands, topics, hobbies, and causes - hence no one central location has a list of everything relevant to me. So I'm forced to regularly dig through Meetup, Eventbrite, Facebook, Google Events Search, individual sites, indiv…

It’s definitely been attempted in the past. For example, there was Upcoming.org, launched in 2003, acquired by Yahoo!, retired 10 years later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upcoming

Re: Meetup.com alternatives

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Post by zedr » Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 2:52 PM UTC

olegp wrote: post #255

axman6 wrote: post #244

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So, uh, how do we go about adding new locations? Specifically, Canberra, Australia would be great =)

You have to ask me :) Canberra added.

Please add Milan, Italy. Thanks.

Re: Meetup.com alternatives

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Post by notyourday » Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 3:17 PM UTC

donretag wrote: post #193

notyourday wrote: post #162

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> Imagine you want to have some small hyper local group such as Memorial Park Dog Owners. Obviously, members will not pay for such a group, but the organizer is on the hook for almost $200 a year. It is 4 big macs a month. It is 3 Starbucks coffees a months. It is 3 cans of soda bought as singe units in a super market a month. If a group cannot afford it, then maybe stop pretending that the group needs RSVPs or other…

"If a group cannot afford it" The group does not pay for the meetup, the organizer does. Most social meetups are created by the kindness of the organizer, who want nothing in return. $15 a month is a lot of kindness. My fictitious group was an example. I do not like dogs. :) But your solution goes back to my original comment. The article lists functional alternatives, but there is no way for someone to find the group…

> My fictitious group was an example. I do not like dogs. :) But your solution goes back to my original comment. The article lists functional alternatives, but there is no way for someone to find the group, unless they explicitly searched for it. Most end up searching on Meetup and Facebook.

The article lists other solutions that will either:

1. Start monetizing via data mining and ads. This is a very dubious proposition for sites targeting small communities unless those sites convert every single inch of space on screen into ads or unless community management part of it is a just another place to stick ads like it is for Google and Facebook

2. Charge the money from either attendees or organizers to support a going concern, causing the same kind of freak out meetup is currently experiencing.

3. Shutdown

The "those who pay the least whine the most" is showing to be true here as well.

Re: Meetup.com alternatives

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Post by kins » Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 3:28 PM UTC

I was banned from meetup today for posting this link to one of my meetup.com groups.

Re: Meetup.com alternatives

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Post by olegp » Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 3:33 PM UTC

zedr wrote: post #274

olegp wrote: post #255

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You have to ask me :) Canberra added.

Please add Milan, Italy. Thanks.

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Re: Meetup.com alternatives

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Post by hojung1996 » Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 3:42 PM UTC

Oh man... I actually saw Scott Heiferman speak at a Community 2.0 event yesterday and he seemed heartbroken about everything that's happening.

We made a pretty simple mobile app for social events called gathr (App Store and Play Store). Feel free to try it and see if it's what you're looking for. Ping me here: hojung@gathraround.com or request a Circle in app if you think it'll be useful.

www gathraround.com

Re: Meetup.com alternatives

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Post by edisonjoao » Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 3:47 PM UTC

hojung1996 wrote: post #278

Oh man... I actually saw Scott Heiferman speak at a Community 2.0 event yesterday and he seemed heartbroken about everything that's happening. We made a pretty simple mobile app for social events called gathr (App Store and Play Store). Feel free to try it and see if it's what you're looking for. Ping me here: hojung@gathraround.com or request a Circle in app if you think it'll be useful. www gathraround.com

how was Homecooked: Social Dining?

Re: Meetup.com alternatives

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Post by edisonjoao » Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 3:51 PM UTC

olegp wrote: post #58

Another alternative aimed at technical meetups is https://meetabit.com which we built at Toughbyte. I organize a number of technical meetups, such as HelsinkiJS which is the biggest developer meetup in Finland, and have found Meetup.com lacking. To scratch our own itch, we built Meetabit which includes some additional features such as the ability to accept talk proposals and sponsorship offers, have speaker profiles,…

given that it's catered to technical meetups, it looks like the worst built option. Not trying to be negative