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Re:Meetup has been acquired by Bending Spoons by bdcravens on Thursday January 11, 2024 @01:20PM (#38956313)
That's the problem for Meetup and most SaaS apps: they aren't running a charity, and need to match up their offerings and demand with those who are willing to pay for their service.
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Re:Meetup has been acquired by Bending Spoons by AlbertCory on Thursday January 11, 2024 @02:34PM (#38957628)
Better as a charity, IMHO.

I hosted a movie meetup to see Moneyball. Afterwards, I asked the group, "How many liked the movie?" Every hand went up.

Then I asked, "How many are baseball fans?" No hands went up.

Good times.

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Re:Meetup has been acquired by Bending Spoons by nunez on Friday January 12, 2024 @10:36AM (#38969280)
Impossible here in Texas.

I strongly dislike sports. It is extremely difficult to find other men that do here. By "extremely difficult," I mean "you're going way out of your way to find them"

Meetup was a great place to find those people, but the platform seems mostly dormant.

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Re:Meetup has been acquired by Bending Spoons by AlbertCory on Friday January 12, 2024 @11:38AM (#38970225)
These were almost all immigrant, mostly women: Indians and Chinese. Hey, this is California.
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Re:Meetup has been acquired by Bending Spoons by nunez on Sunday January 14, 2024 @05:57AM (#38989347)
Bot?
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