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2004-05-19

Meeting Meetup

Meetup: Organizing local interest groups.. I don't know. I tried Classmates.org when it started out, and I finally gave up (though they still spam me regularly and I haven't checked how to stop that). I have seen enough reference to Meetup-coordinated events that I finally signed up. I'm not thrilled. It's an "ick" for me.
posted by Dennis at 5/19/2004 09:43:07 AM

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I was on BookCrossings last night and I compared my experience there with the uncomfortable sensations I have on Meetup.org. It is very distinct. I was interested in Meetup enough to register only because BookCrossings meetings are coordinated there and I was curious. Even then, I didn't tip over and register until Scoble posted an invitation to a Webloggers meeting. And the meetup ambience has me so off-putting that I haven't gone to a meeting yet.

For me, BookCrossings is the benchmark. Meetup is the anti-pattern. I think the difference should be palpable and also obvious. What do you think?

# posted by Dennis : 5/21/2004 01:37:27 PM