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Re: Why You Should Not Use Meetup

Dave Delaney — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 07:20:51 -0000

Interesting. I will check it out.
Thanks.

Re: Why You Should Not Use Meetup

OpenMeetup — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 05:46:42 -0000

we are working on an open source and free meetup alternative, called openmeetup. all your feedback and suggestions are welcome here --> http://openmeetup.net

Re: Why You Should Not Use Meetup

Dave Delaney — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:45:30 -0000

I'm disappointed to hear this. I had hoped things had changed there. Thanks for letting me know.
I typically stick to Facebook for events, but I also love Eventbrite, Pingg and Anyvite. Plancast is also great for promoting events.

Hope this helps.

Re: Why You Should Not Use Meetup

Ray — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:03:03 -0000

P.S. compare that to eventbrite. Everytime, I have a question they reply within a short time and they are always polite in their replies.

Re: Why You Should Not Use Meetup

Ray — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:01:44 -0000

I spent three hours creating a group, adding upcoming events and was told that meetup will send out emails to other members about my group within 3 days. Having not heard for 5 days, I thought I did something wrong. Spent another hour going through every settings to make sure my group was ready for launch. Then did a search on their forum and saw that they hold a group for review. Would have been nice for them to let me know this upfront.

So Is ent an email asking them when it will be active and complained about them not letting me know upfront that they will be holding the group for review (I don't have a problem with review, just would like to have know upfront).

Guess, they didnt like my complaining, so within hours of complaining, they decided to delete my group and said that I don't comply with their terms. But they wont tell me what terms I don't comply with. Nice.

Re: Why You Should Not Use Meetup

Dave Delaney — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:08:35 -0000

Good luck with it.

Re: Why You Should Not Use Meetup

Christoph — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:33:14 -0000

Thank you Dave...
Yesterday I created a "Press Release." Now I need to learn how to make this viral...Could be interesting.
Thanks again, for allowing my post.
Christoph

Re: Why You Should Not Use Meetup

Dave Delaney — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:21:23 -0000

Thanks for sharing Christoph. I'm not sure if Meetup ever changed their policy. I hope that they did.
I'm excited to check out your solution too.

Cheers.

Re: Why You Should Not Use Meetup

Christoph — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:01:49 -0000

I developed my own platform after the January 2011 episode. I am making it available to other "Organizers/Leaders." You can see my own site here: www.christoph.grooppa.com

Re: Why You Should Not Use Meetup

Dave Delaney — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:04:00 -0000

I'm so sorry to hear this. I gave up on Meetup long ago. I had expected to hear back regarding my issues, but never did.

I recommend Pingg, Anyvite, Eventbrite is awesome too.

Best of luck.

Re: Why You Should Not Use Meetup

Bikeeastside — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:57:35 -0000

Several moms and I recently created a meetup for us to take our daughters on outdoor trips together. After HOURS of listing calendar events, invites, etc, Meetup completely took our site down because they thought we were soliciting minors?!?! After some emails with Meetup to clarify, they said we could re-post it. We didn't want to re-post until we had clarification on how to word it so it wouldn't be taken down again, (b/c it was pretty shocking that they didn't think it was clear in the first place) but we continue to get no response. Our very first gathering is tomorrow, a Winter Star Party at a local park. I continue to get moms asking why they can't RSVP. All I get is their automated response. Unbelievable. I am furious.

Re: Why You Should Not Use Meetup

Dave Delaney — Sat, 28 May 2011 16:05:16 -0000

Sorry to hear about that Chris.

Re: Why You Should Not Use Meetup

Chris — Sat, 28 May 2011 14:06:34 -0000

Yeah, meetup.com is a pretty sleazy site. I had signed up, joined a few groups, attended a few events. Then last winter I just lost interest and didn't visit it for about 4 months. I tried to login a week ago only to find out that my account was deleted. Just gone. No warning or anything. I double checked my Gmail history to confirm I was using the correct address, and I was. Stay classy meetup.com.

Re: Why You Should Not Use Meetup

Dave Delaney — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:08:56 -0000

Thanks for the tip Tim.

Re: Why You Should Not Use Meetup

Tim — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 08:55:35 -0000

For my events I use amiando. It's free for free events and you've got powerful Tools for Facebook, Twitter and Email campaigns: http://www.amiando.com

Re: Why You Should Not Use Meetup

Dave Delaney — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:39:31 -0000

How about using Facebook, Anyvite or Pingg? You might have luck contacting Meetup directly.

Good luck. Thanks for the comment.

Re: Why You Should Not Use Meetup

Dave Delaney — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:40:33 -0000

Not all Meet Ups are created equally. It's best to reach out to members to learn more first.

Thanks for the comment.

Re: Why You Should Not Use Meetup

Ann — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:38:35 -0000

Meetup is a horribly bulky website. I don't find it easy to use at all. I've been waiting for them to get rid of the bulk and just be simple. Also, I've gone to a couple of meetups where I find out it's not really a get-together of like minded people- but rather a business trying to sell me some products. Waste of time.

Re: Why You Should Not Use Meetup

Carol — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:20:58 -0000

In addition to not being able to delete your own group, you can spend hours creating content for one and if meetup decides to close your group for whatever reason, you lose all your work!! When I created a group recently, Meetup decided it was not in compliance with their terms of service because its intent was to drive members to another business site. Although this was not a correct assumption, they sent me a generic email informing me that the group would be closed if I did not clarify my group's purpose within 48 hours. This occurred over the holiday weekend when Meetup's offices were closed and before I had the opportunity to respond they had closed my group and purged all content. Even after multiple attempts to reach support to try to resolve the misunderstanding or at least get my content restored, meetup did not even give me the courtesy of a return call. So much for community and collaboration.

Re: Why You Should Not Use Meetup

Dave Delaney — Fri, 14 May 2010 23:29:02 -0000

I use Anyvite and Pingg for events now. Then I promote them on FB.

Re: Why You Should Not Use Meetup

Dave Delaney — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:06:05 -0000

Thanks Terry.
I had a big issue with Meetup's original registration process. That's
because you would go through the lengths of setting up the group, only
to see it costs money after the fact.

Since they now have pricing up front, I can't fault them at this. I'm
glad it was fixed.

I actually don't mind that they charge for their service. Think of all
of the other free services without business models, Twitter comes to
mind.

I only hope they allow Meetup group owners, the one paying the bill,
more power over his or her group.

Re: Why You Should Not Use Meetup

Terry — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:19:32 -0000

It's been a problem since 2005 because in 2005 is when meetup first starting charging the montly $19 extortion. It's all about meetup management maintaining a free flow of fees to ensure their do-nothing jobs. I agree with you that a group name is similar to brand name and should be afforded the same protection so that any Tom, Dick, or Johnny-joined-lately scammer/spammer cannot take over a group.

Re: Why You Should Not Use Meetup

Dave Delaney — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:34:26 -0000

My pleasure. Be sure to read the follow up Meetup post too.

Cheers
Dave

Re: Why You Should Not Use Meetup

Marissa Benchea — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:41:00 -0000

Thanks Dave. This is actually really helpful information as we are toying with different online "group" meeting places for some specialized Shared Interest Groups we are creating at the Chamber. It looks like the use of Facebook for the Geek Breakfast has been successful.

Re: Why You Should Not Use Meetup

Ricardo Bueno — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:44:19 -0000

That's horrible! Nobody should go through something like that...seriously.

I've never hosted a group meetup through meetup.com but I've participated in several other groups. I've hosted my own events via Facebook Event pages, an email list I built to host a monthly meetup and via tools like EventBrite. I've never really experimented with others but would love to hear what everyone else is uses and your experience(s)...?