Meetabit
Consumer and social
event meetup platform
SHOW HN2019
18points
8comments
#1,253of 2,195 in 2019
Top 58%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
0 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.
Pricing: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Free for organizers and attendees
From 1 comment
I thought this would be of interest given that Meetup.com changed its business model and will be charging meetup attendees. I organize a number of technical meetups, such as…
olegp on HN
Objections
Recruiters on meetups could harm community; maker says they will avoid this
From 2 comments
Won’t your company be incentivized to let loose tech recruiters on the meetups?
softwaredoug on HNBecause as tech meetup organizers ourselves we know that this would kill the meetups & by extension the service and our reputation. We plan to have the same model as Stack…
olegp on HN
Not clear it can scale without charging users
From 1 comment
My question with this, or any potential replacement to meetup, is whether the people running the site are prepared to run it at the same scale as meetup. I'd hate to see it start…
codingdave on HN
Requests
Support for non-tech general interest meetups
From 2 comments
Does it have to be tech related ? What if I want to make a small group to meet people for boardgames or something ?
fuklief on HNYeah, I agree we need some general purpose meeting websites that aren't strictly tech. oriented. That would make it harder to develop on the business model of showing tech. job…
brylie on HN
Questions
Can the service scale like Meetup.com?
From 2 comments
My question with this, or any potential replacement to meetup, is whether the people running the site are prepared to run it at the same scale as meetup. I'd hate to see it start…
codingdave on HNYes and we have the resources to do so, since we have a profitable business where we help companies find developers.
olegp on HN
Alternatives named
Meetup.com
From 1 comment
I thought this would be of interest given that Meetup.com changed its business model and will be charging meetup attendees. I organize a number of technical meetups, such as…
olegp on HN
Facebook groups or mailing lists
From 1 comment
You might be better off using Facebook groups or a mailing list then as Meetabit is likely to have a bunch of functionality you won't need.
olegp on HN