Years of technical issues have left me frustrated as an organizer.
Been a very active groups organizer since 2016
Really Frustrated with Meetup
Had 30 Meetup groups at one time, down to 12 & planning to jump ship.
Aside from years of frustrations these are the most recent that are my tipping point
1. Price increase in Canada (from 23,99 US to 26.87 US = around 36.00 Canadian $) Too Much!
2. Pages have always been & are still slow across most devices
3. When you edit an event then save, often the event is duplicated on the parent date, each time.
4. Group Members receive notices for events, days after events are completed
5. Editor seems unstable, at least for me, often get #### in front of text on event pages
6. Lack of features, functions & controls - paying for a glorified calendar that is available free elsewhere
7. Years & Years of other frustrations
8. Members always complaining about too many e-mail messages from meetup
9. Meetup is has adds now - ON PAID GROUPS. We pay premium prices & have to see ads as well
Done with Meetup here. There are so many alternatives.
This is one we found that was pretty good & recommending. There are also so many other options. Do some research. I like this one.
https://groups.ezumee.com
1. Free Groups for organizers - members pay 1.75 month to belong or
2. Organizers pay 9.95 Canadian (about 7.95 usd) includes 3 groups, Free for Group members
2. Pages load fast
3. Gives full control over events settings, can customize home page & events
4. Has in groups video chat (extra cost but still lower than Zoom for example)
5. Has in groups games - included
6. Has in groups file sharing - small extra cost for file sharing
7. In groups presentation system - included
8. In groups forums (optional discourse type forums available)
And many other features. Includes control over date, time, frequency that event messages get sent out to avoid the super frustrating amount of e-mail messages from meetup.
Pretty Happy with it & wanted to share this alternative to meetup with everyone. Been frustration free with this one & the lower cost appreciated.
While researching I found so many new options. This one but there are others. Instead of complaining about Meetup, suggest finding an alternative to get rid of your stress & frustrations.
This is my own experience with Meetup. Also my own experience in finding an alternative. Sharing.
Cheers
Ethan