Another supposedly nonpartisan organization, Meetup.com, is virtue-signaling in response to the President's effort to restrict the immigration of Islamic terrorists. Ironically, the group's founding was partly inspired by the 9/11 bombings by--you guessed it--Islamic terrorists (http://observer.com/2011/01/the-long-and-curious-history-of-meetupcom/).
I don't want your 10 digit password Meetup is not that important and too expensive. Meetup is not a high security issue for anyone. So why they instist on a 10 digit password I don't know DO YOU KNOW? I have passwords I like, they are hard to remember. Meetup is hard to remember.
They sell your information to 3rd party companies. Right now I have BMI stalking my phone and they said they got my information from Meetup. Sorry BMI and Meetup. I already have the music licenses I need.
I was an organizer for a large group for professionals in New York City for a few years and WILL NEVER attend another Meetup anywhere again. Professional events resulted in such cruel and psychotic behavior that we even had to call the police at several events. Restraining orders, having to court, etc.
I completely regret all of the time that I spent trying to put on quality events. The stand up comedians here in NYC have it right - Meetup is for LOSERS who cannot meet friends in real life.
I used to use meetup to find new events and new groups and new things to do on a daily basis.
I would just browse the calendar for that day oe the upcoming days and find new and interesting things to do and groups to join.
Now i cant even navigate the app and they took away the BEST part of meetup... THE CALENDAR!
It looks like a pinterest board now. I hate it!
Hope th3se messages reach the owners and they acually do something about it
I met the most $#*!tyiest people while attending these groups people are very rude and unsociable and kick you off the group for their enjoyment the four years I was there, I was glad to give it up and go to other groups I wouldn't recommend them as they also money grab you all the time and if you don't do what they want or meet their expectations they then remove you from the group, nasty people!
Meetup should be apologizing and OWNING UP to its paying customers for the disastrous job in executing integration of its new, very unstable, platform that is causing organizers like me almost more trouble than its worth.
Site FAQ does not update with the site's appearence. I just want to leave a group, ended up trapped inside for 15 minutes. If finding a button on that site takes this long, it deserves one star.
... but Meetup did just that.
This is probably the worst upgrade in the history of app development.
I don't even know where to start... it sux big time.
I've often touted Meetup as the best thing since pockets. Not anymore This is absurd that they would promote RESISTing anything and for free?! I hope people do leave. I just did!
Despite so many negative reviews of their Update, Meetup has yet to respond to Organizers or reach out in any capacity. What a horrible Site! They could care less about anything other than revenue.
Either they were trying to improve the Site or trying to justify someone's salary. In any event, the Meetup Team have done a wonderful job at screwing up the Site. The changes make it extremely difficult to manage for Organizers. So many features we used to be able to do cannot be done any longer. It is really bad and not conducive to joining or belonging to. It is awful.
Meetup for Event Hosts is an ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE! If I didn't read these reviews I would still be certain someone has hacked my account and is undoing everything I post. GET IT TOGETHER! WHAT A WASTE OF TIME!
If you want to create a new group they'll take your money but getting the page working & expecting support is another thing - they have absolutely no customer support. Absolutely infuriating.
Why did they have to go all George Soros. Their software was barely tolerable, but serviceable. But this alienated a very large percentage (50%) of their user base. Incredibly stupid move.
Nasty people in this group, snotty and exclusive. Don't bother to join. They will make nasty comments about you later on. Mean rotten girls there. Maybe cause they are fatties?
I would not recommend joining a Meetup group as the organisers can (and do) ban you for whatever reason with no recourse -daring to RVSP, changing your RSVP or even asking a question online and you're banned. Querying this with the organisers cuts no ice either as they'll ignore you and don't even bother going to meetup HQ itself as they'll point you towards the TOS which requires a law degree to interpret. You might do better if you've had to pay a subscription to join as then you'll have a contract with them but don't bank on it. A more un-user friendly association I've not met.
Some MeetUp groups are ok IF YOU TRUST THE PEOPLE IN THE GROUP(S). Also, I find that groups are safe if they meet at a public venue. But, the downside is that there are some groups that meet at their homes and are focused on sex -- not just TALKING about that either, but DOING it. Some of those sex groups even allow underage children to join. I even saw things with my very own eyes. I was very disgusted. MeetUp as a whole is awful, but like I said, it is better to meet in public places, and NOT at peoples' homes! That can get dangerous. You don't know what they're really after. Are they trying to rob you? Are they trying to kill you? Do they want to have sex with your children? You don't know! If I could, I would give Meetup.com ZERO stars!
I was in contact with a woman on MeetUp and a couple of days later, she ghosted me! I never thought that MeetUp had scammers, but I was dead wrong. THE SITE IS NOT RECOMMENDED! I felt very confident in using the site at first, but then, I got really disheartened.
The website itself is a SCAM, as well. People have to pay a lot of money(let's say, $90) just for singles to meet up, get to know each other and have fun, and even then, the organizers don't even show up. It's too expensive for very little outcome!
They have slowly taken away features and the new site is horrible. The app has lost a lot of features too. Our groups will be moving to another service.
I recently posted a weight loss challenge and was VERY clear and direct about what we are doing and when/where it was taking place yet MEETUP thought it was too vague and sent me an email saying it needed to be adjusted. I responded asking what I needed to change to make it accurate with what they want on the site but never responded and instead removed my group from the site COMPLETELY. This would cause me to completely restart creating the group. I can't call any phone number as it or an email to communicate DOES NOT EXIST! Pardon my french but that just sounds like a $#*! HEAD COMPANY
It allows BUSINESS NETWORKING groups that openly state they are about selling and marketing products, but if you start a DISCUSSION group for freelance translators and interpreters to meet informally face-to-face at a public venue of anyone's choice, you're thrown overboard because your group "exists solely for the selling and marketing of products and services". Doesn't get any worse than MeetUp.
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