Meetup: Social Events & Groups

The app itself is behind a paywall, just to see the events. When you do pay or after you take a trial week, you get to see the events which have a one or two sentence description, all of which have their own fees. This is just an empty your pockets scam on people trying to make connections

So I downloaded Meetup a couple months ago, but haven’t used it that much. I’d like to start, except the iOS version just doesn’t seem to wanna let me log in on my phone. I try to sign in and the app just buffers indefinitely.

The app has inconsistent notifications, and every time I’m trying to find the events for the groups I belong to, it’s a treasure hunt. Once I’m signed up to a meet up, seeing notifications for the event is also a hassle. This is a great idea and now that Meetup is charging a LOT for groups to create events maybe some of that can go to UI/IX work?

A site that is obsessed and more concerned about grabbing your money in overpriced unjustified dues for underwhelming unjustified experiences.

Too expensive for trying to do good in the community.

I thought I would try this again after many years but now I quickly remember that there is always drama. There is always somebody who does something they should not and can’t follow the rules or breaks policy. Meetup has a lot of rules, but there’s no way to enforce them and they don’t either.

Once they start charging us, the attendance rate will probably drop at least 75 % or more

I wanted to try and find some people to go hiking and backpacking with. From the first time I opened the app and to the point I uninstalled it, it seems every click has a popup wanting me to pay. Also, blocking the attendee list behind a paywall is a serious concern.

The new meetup is much harder to use. Always has ads popping up and asking for money

Latest problem: latest version of app does not show past events. They show up on website but here is yet ANOTHER problem with the app.