$345 to tap Attend. A rediculous event on a local hiking group. We think the owners let it expire, and someone else bought up the group.
For those not aware, Meetup’s leadership has been pushing the “start a business on Meetup” agenda. It’s all downhill from here.
They already made it so you have to pay for meetup+ to see meeting attendees or message anyone but the organizer.
Wow, just saw that. You can still the list, and tap on each to see pictures, but wow. And you can pay for waitlist placement. Ugh.
As a participant, if there are over a certain number of participants it tells me I have to pay to see the rest.
TBH it’s been going downhill for the last couple years since they made groups pay a yearly (I think) fee. There used to be all kinds of fun free groups but it’s slowly becoming only sponsored groups or pay to attend meetups.
or message anyone but the organizer
This is probably to stop harassment or getting unsolicited messages, but I’d rather participants aren’t to message each other at all. Except maybe in a group chat to organise rides or something.
As a user you’ve always been able to turn off inbound message initiations to protect from harassment. The payment is a new thing for the $$$.
The one group I was in switched to groups.place a while back, it’s been good. And I am seeing now that they’ve rebranded or merged with https://groups.ezumee.com/
Yea, the space is so crowded now. Tempted to set up a nonprofit to keep social interactions free of corporate grabbing. But too many initiatives on my plate right now.
Since MySpace, social groups have had a very limited lifespan. Even Facebook looks like it’s on the brink of imploding.