Meetup has historically been a great resource for technology events in my area… but I've found they've become quite "needy" lately. They tried to gamify joining/attending meetups, which leads to a lot of email noise. Maybe some people want to be in 100 meetup groups and attend a meetup every day of the week? But I doubt it's most users. They've also started showing "special offers". You often need to click through them to actually do what you came to the site to do.
I understand that Meetup was likely really hurt by the pandemic, but I hope this new leadership can find a way to make interacting with service fun again. It currently feels rather skeezy.
EDIT: As noted below, Bending Spoons also bought Evernote and that hasn't gone well. So, this might be a great space if someone is looking to compete!
I understand that Meetup was likely really hurt by the pandemic, but I hope this new leadership can find a way to make interacting with service fun again. It currently feels rather skeezy.
EDIT: As noted below, Bending Spoons also bought Evernote and that hasn't gone well. So, this might be a great space if someone is looking to compete!