Seriously! $19 bucks a month to start a group and all you get is headache after headache! Once KiwiConnect.com comes out in my area I'm going to that! (free AND none of the privacy issues of Meetup such as people seeing where you are without even having a Meetup account)
Most of my experience with meetup groups has been good. I admit that I have not joined very many, but I have met some wonderful people and we have shared some fun experiences. Beware of some power-hungry organizers. You should be picky about the groups you join.
When I moved, I had no friends my age. It is difficult to find friends ages 50+. I joined a meetup group for people that are 50+ and have made some fantastic friends - couples and singles. We are all encouraged to host events that we ourselves are interested in. We all chip in voluntarily to pay the annual cost to have the meetup group. Perhaps my experience is unique, but I hope not. I encourage anyone seeking to get out of the house and enjoy time with others to join a meetup group. You may be a stranger the first time, but that won't last very long. Love my friends that I met through Meetup. Glad there is a Meetup.com.
The new upgrade is really a huge downgrade! The site is extremely hard to navigate, the design is crappy and distracting, and above all else-- they removed the calendar view for looking at your events! Now your stuck scrolling and searching for events. It's extremely time-consuming and I am very disappointed in this company:-(
I created two groups and have received tiny amounts of attention from the target audiences. Most of the time that someone does sign up for one of my groups, I write to welcome them, only to hear back that they didn't sign up. I have become convinced that Meetup randomly signs people up to fool organizers into thinking that it's worth it to continue paying for the groups.
This is a horrible site. I must have been asked to login at least twenty plus times in less than a hour. I can't even respond to a message that was sent to me. I'm told I have to be a member to reply - WHICH I AM. Not sure this is worth my time and effort.
Bad app trying to be social network like facebook, users not important. Posts/comments/messages disappear. Try and find something, I dare you. You click on it and they take you to another thing they want you sign up for.
My good friend who has had mental health issues for 5 years joined met up to get out and take his mind off things to fun group things. This organiser took offence at his photo for been too dark and through him out of a group - friend redid photo and then go thrown out again as organiser didn't read a message property and read itto mean something else and basically called him a stalker - highly offensive when the organiser looks like he does - anxiety has gone thru the roof re friend as he has been rejected all of his life - thanks KAI and thanks to meetup who allow organisers to be as ruthless and cruel as they like -1 star
After receiving an email from MeetUp about their #resist events, I unsubscribed from their email list and deleted my account. I am so ashamed and disappointed that this company has chosen to so outwardly express their political views, it's so unnecessary. They made an assumption that a majority of their members are socialist progressives, and we are NOT in fact. Hopefully they will lose membership as I am now joining a resistance to MeetUp, along with many others who are enraged by their recent actions.
I joined this group when it was initiated. Went to the first meetup, but there was nobody there! Afterwards organizer complained about my pic -- not a problem with the other meetup groups I belong to... Went to a second meetup a few moths later, total waste of time --- small group of intimates who had no interest in conversing with outsiders. This MEETUP IS A FARCE. Nothing more than a sop to the organizer's ego. Worse still it's overtly RACIST. Organizer seeks to impose his own will on members. Think Hitler! My advice, have NOTHING to do with it.
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