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Re:Show HN: Captain's Table – Meet new people every month ov... by shakers on Friday June 19, 2015 @05:17PM (#9747725)
Ah, so cool! This is actually a direct result from my experience with grubwithus (which I loved). The Evaporative Cooling Effect is definitely real and caused a lot of flaking from that service.

That experience is why we don't let you see/know in advance who's coming and why we handpick the groups.

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Re:Show HN: Captain's Table – Meet new people every month ov... by shalmanese on Saturday June 20, 2015 @11:33AM (#9750197)
Hand picking groups doesn't help if you can't compel people to go. People who have 2 or 3 bad experiences will just silently stop going and those people are most likely to be the ones who have the most to offer.
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