Meetup

I am an organizer and pay this site every six months. We as a group have had great experiences in the past, but the site is now SO buggy. The last two events I have schedule theres been major bugs/impediments to creating events, announcing events, posting photos - real basic stuff. I hope customer service responds this time, because if not, I'll have to find another platform. My co-organizer has been able to announce events, but does occasionally have problems too - this wouldn't be a problem if customer service were reliable.

This is a local website (has branches in many US cities). There are groups for people of all ages and hobbies, and just about any interest. Each group has their own page, photos, and message boards. I believe it's just about as safe as anything on the internet these days. There are regular activities and people meet in homes, restaurants, clubs, and at outdoor events. People get to know each other in person. It's also nice because at the holidays, which can be lonely for some, there are always get togethers.

I was a member of several meetup groups. When they started political activism I deleted my account and figured I could find similar groups on different platforms. Then I started reading all the horrible things unrelated to politics, about this company. Basically this is my perception now of the company: someone had a great idea, got some funding, created a huge platform. Company greedy, arrogant and basically got a "god complex". Meetup: you aren't god, you're too big for your britches, people recognize your company and ethics are the embodiment of evil, and now they have left you in droves. Eat my dust, too.

Used to be great at finding new events and groups. Now I can't find anything. Even when I know there's a group or event that exists, it doesn't show up in any search that I use. Dates are all over the place instead of in chronological order. I put in my area for a search and it comes up with other states! I'm missing so many opportunities it's so disappointing that they kept changing what wasn't broken and made it a useless social site. Very non-user friendly. And not one single event comes up in a search que that matches any of my dozens of interest categories.

I organized a Meetup, and started to get folks joining the group. Every time I went to welcome a new member, I would get an error message indicating that I was not authorized to send messages to group members. I started getting messages for 'Joe'. My name is Dean. Somehow they got the wires crossed, and I was not able to organize meetings, reply to questions, or use any other organizer functions. I tried calling a customer service number that I found on the internet. It was a recording directing everyone to the website/email support. They do not answer emails directly, but instead send you a list of FAQs as answers. I had my credit card company reverse the charges and disbanded the group.