Meetup

When I moved, I had no friends my age. It is difficult to find friends ages 50+. I joined a meetup group for people that are 50+ and have made some fantastic friends - couples and singles. We are all encouraged to host events that we ourselves are interested in. We all chip in voluntarily to pay the annual cost to have the meetup group. Perhaps my experience is unique, but I hope not. I encourage anyone seeking to get out of the house and enjoy time with others to join a meetup group. You may be a stranger the first time, but that won't last very long. Love my friends that I met through Meetup. Glad there is a Meetup.com.

My good friend who has had mental health issues for 5 years joined met up to get out and take his mind off things to fun group things. This organiser took offence at his photo for been too dark and through him out of a group - friend redid photo and then go thrown out again as organiser didn't read a message property and read itto mean something else and basically called him a stalker - highly offensive when the organiser looks like he does - anxiety has gone thru the roof re friend as he has been rejected all of his life - thanks KAI and thanks to meetup who allow organisers to be as ruthless and cruel as they like -1 star

After receiving an email from MeetUp about their #resist events, I unsubscribed from their email list and deleted my account. I am so ashamed and disappointed that this company has chosen to so outwardly express their political views, it's so unnecessary. They made an assumption that a majority of their members are socialist progressives, and we are NOT in fact. Hopefully they will lose membership as I am now joining a resistance to MeetUp, along with many others who are enraged by their recent actions.

I joined this group when it was initiated. Went to the first meetup, but there was nobody there! Afterwards organizer complained about my pic -- not a problem with the other meetup groups I belong to... Went to a second meetup a few moths later, total waste of time --- small group of intimates who had no interest in conversing with outsiders. This MEETUP IS A FARCE. Nothing more than a sop to the organizer's ego. Worse still it's overtly RACIST. Organizer seeks to impose his own will on members. Think Hitler! My advice, have NOTHING to do with it.

MeetUp just snubbed half of the country and half of their users in one fell swoop. MeetUp is promoting civil unrest and is spreading false news via email to it's members and organizers. Additionally, blatantly favoring one political party by giving them free membership for the left-wing, divisive meetup groups only. I had 2 faith-based groups and several of my friends are also organizers. After contacting all my members, I closed my accounts. Most of my friends are preparing to do the same.

I have joined 6 different groups that are all based on walking and hiking. On occasion, we have gone out for breakfast or lunch after. I have met so many nice people through meetup and have discovered so many new canyons, lakes, vista points, I could go on. Now that I have a nice repor with so many different people, Its easy to find someone going to the beach, mountains, or desert in California, depending on which direction that day I want to walk/hike.
I also noticed a lot of people who have moved here from different countries or states utilize meetup for just this purpose. It's very cool to meet others from around the world!

Wherever you are going just make sure you travel safely back and forth, also what is the difference between making friends at meetup or anywhere else? Be your own best friend and go to meetup or out with friends to benefit yourself, and meet likeminded people, you can meet strange people or users at work or old school friends can change whatever! It makes no difference, there is a world full of people, as long as you are careful (which is obvious anyway) you should be fine, you could know someone for 40 years and find out they've done something terrible, you could know someone 1 day and they could be lovely!

The administrators of this site have no problem with the fact that many profiles are fake in that they have no photo or not a photo of themselves or a stolen photo of another famous person. When reported with proof of the identity theft, do nothing to remove the fake profile. When I exposed one member of identity theft, they cancelled MY profile! I believe because identity theft member is a paying member. This site started off with good intentions but unfortunately has been reduced to a money-making machine with no conscience. Also, supports Scientology as they have many groups on Meetup and hold recruitment events disguised as self-help seminars.

I joined a wine and lunch/dinner group and was nervous and excited to go. I had not gone out in almost 2 1/2 years and told the group so. I was at a 2 hour meeting that went for 4 hours. I thought we were having a great time. The leader told the group I had no filter. I thought later that her comment was rude. I had been having such a good time. I am a woman and the group had women and men. One man made a sexual joke which the leader did not hear. A couple got drunk. The leader saw this. The next day I noticed I was kicked out of the next event but not the group itself. I looked up comments on meetup.com, some of which mirror my own concerns. So, I was going to pull myself out of this group because of the leader, not because of the members. Unbelievable. I thought she could have pulled me aside if she had concerns. I will make friends the natural way at my health club.

The concept is a good one. The biggest problem with Meetup is the quality of people, and there's not a whole lot you can do about that. Every Meetup Group that I organized had a lot of people joining. The biggest problem is that people don't show up to events once they join, and they don't let the organizers know if their plans change. And they have no awareness that the organizers are paying to host a Meetup. They get irritated when you ask them to monetarily contribute to keeping the Group running.

I've taken to deleting people from my groups that don't check the page or haven't been to a meeting in 3 months. Everybody's busy, and they should choose activities that they really are going to participate. This is a big help, especially now that Meetup is now charging more money based on members of your group. It's pretty sad when you see groups of 200 people, and only 5 show up at a time to meetings.

Customer Service has been great. Quick response time.

I wanted to join for only a month the website won't let you before you know it your sucked in a six month plan. I had a job offer in another city. For unforeseen circumstances I had to end my group. Leaving the group is sketchy too, because they try to keep charging you. I cancelled my card and turn them in as a fraudulent business. This practice of getting money for money for six months and no refund is a scam. The website you pay on is very misleading. Watch when you join. I refuse six months when I'm not even living in the area.