Meetup

Wow! A lot of negative reviews on here... I notice most of the naysayers tend to focus on an incident or anecdotal happening
My experiences have been pretty good especially if you link up with one that is active and has a few organizers and not just one or two. I n my homecity in Canada there is a wide selection to choose from and the larger general activities Meet-Ups have a wide following and a number of events. I've some good acquaintances and widened my social circle far more easily than striking up conversations in a bar.
I've traveled to other cities for and looked up local meet up group(s) and just show up and they've all been welcoming. Some may charge a couple dollars but I understand that there are costs associated with hosting the site and I'm fine with that.

There are many meet ups that for all sorts of things from meeting new friends to depression groups. Meeting people is so hard these days weather dating or just finding like minded people you get along with. Meet ups allows you to go alone to a meet up and make new friends with no stress and if you are single and looking then at lest you can meet someone in a relaxed stress free environment and meet people face to face. This is a good thing why they are caning dating meet ups is beyond me at least you do not talk to someone for a month and get asked for money and find out the pension is fake and in Nigeria. Worst case if you do not like the people at a meet leave and find another meet up with people you do get along with.

Meetup is arbitrary with the enforcement of their own rules.

I built two different Meetups and in both cases they shut them down and they were both legitimate topics that have plenty of other people doing the same thing (I wasn't setting any precedents).

And the worst part - they just shut you off without giving you any tips or suggestions on how to become compliant in their system if they determine you're not. Just "POOF", you're deleted. What a crock of@#$%.

I attempted to join a platonic massage group and was denied access after completing my profile where I indicated I was required in my profile. I then sent an email asking about the reason for my denial and the organizer blocked me from further communication. I then attempted to file a complaint on the Meet UP site multiple times and each attempt resulted in an error indicating the report could not be submitted. I suspect Meet Up management intentionally took down that functionality as the receive so many complaints based on their reviews. Great concept, terrible management engagement in troubled areas and lack of enforcement to organizers to be curteous and respwctful to their clients. Would have given them a lower score if possible.

I've seen it work for nerdy singles and some outdoor activity groups. But other than that, the numbers just aren't there. People sign up for groups and never go. Look around and see how many groups with 500+ and even 1000+ people who only have 1 or 2 people showing up to scheduled events.

People don't use the Meetup interface after they've joined. I've seen it myself, and heard this from several people who ran groups and then closed them down.

I took over as organizer of a group from someone who'd started it and decided to leave. I kept it going for almost a year, and even grew it a bit. But the bottom line is, it did not bring people to our meetings.

Use Facebook or set up a website if you want to get something going. Meetup is lame.

Our Meetup has been operating for many years now. We have 700+ members on record but 100+ are active due to the nature of our group. We are a private meetup offering support therefore, our members are screened before they are accepted to ensure they are joining for the right reason and not confusing us with a singles group. We have 3 people on the leadership team and a social events organizer. We meet monthly to discuss specific topics and also try to get guest speakers. We also meet weekly in smaller groups. The feedback we get is wonderful however, we have had to deal with difficult members and have had to ban a select few but it is done after speaking with the person and giving a second chance. We cannot please everyone nor can we help everyone who comes to us.

There are many Meetups out there that anyone can start with their own agenda. I don't think Meetup overall should be blamed; it is the individual organizers who give it a bad rep.

Let me first say, I'm not a Trump supporter and his actions make me a bit nervous. Now, while I may not be a big supporter of Trump, I use this as a social site to meet new friends and try new things, not to participate in political activism/protests. If individuals want to create groups to do such things, they should. It's their right and if they believe in it, they should go for it, HOWEVER, I do not like that Meetup is taking sides in the political arena. With creating #resist and sending out that email promoting it, Meetup brought politics and agendas into it's site and it's no longer a neutral party, which made my opinion of it drop about 99%. Meetup, you should have stayed out of politics and kept your neutrality.

How they determine what is SPAM is ridiculous. AI engine needs to be retrained. Stupid sh*t. Impossible to get "community service" to reactivate an account that was deactivated by the dumb spam filter.

As an organizer of a 8,000 member + group I absolutely HATE Meetup.com They make unwanted changes and do not listen to customer feedback-- If you are staring a new group PLEASE consider other options. It may be too late for me, but you can save yourself!

With this last change they took away ALL font options, color, font size, ability to copy and paste pictures, highlight or underline, and MUCH more.
No all of my postings have to be b; ack and with at size 11 font.

It was soo good in the past, but with change after change they continue to screw the paying organizers

I have been a member since 2014. See photo 'I have not joined any group' unbelievable! Why request to join!? I have booked for lots of outings, but not coming up on iPhone. Meetup app use to work on iPhone not any more. Delete and try to install new app. Didn't load. Still working on Computer & iPad. Not happy with the way of uploading photos to our Sydney Photo fun website. The sequence is different on computer and iPad. When you upload first your photos they end up much further up and different sequence when to find them on iPad. Very confusing. Often very slow to get into website to watch uploaded photos. Too time consuming! Not happy at all at the moment with the whole website situation!

I tried to organize a few meetups with no success, so I didn't want to waste my time or money anymore and attempted to unsubscribe as an organizer and stop my cc deductions. An almost impossible feat. They charged my credit card again and once again I'm trying to stop my membership. Phone calls not accepted and emails not answered. BEWARE!