Why “Meetup” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
I would love a meetup alternative so I gave this a look, here's my experience and feedback: Open up the site, (click away cookie consent banner), only way to see nearby events i…
by ozyschmozy · Sep 21, 2026
I'm doing a meetup app too and my biggest issue have been avoiding spammers, scammers and local criminals abusing the userbase and risking getting myself in legal trouble while…
by owebmaster · Sep 21, 2026
I think meetup apps need to be aggressively anti-commercial. Meetup became a crappy stew of for-profit low effort AI flyer events designed to harvest money from people. I used a…
by cedws · Sep 21, 2026
Good to know, I think meetup is now $15 per second or something crazy
by throwitaway222 · Sep 20, 2026
If you want to start in that niche you really need to double down on a specific subset of that niche to get people to use it. Right now you are not offering much over Facebook E…
by dewey · Sep 20, 2026
> The problem with this is not technology- its the lack of interesting meetups i want to join in my city Maybe! Or maybe there's more going on than you know about? A meetup I re…
by radius89 · Sep 20, 2026
Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "meetup" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "meetup" over time.
Meetup is an American social media platform and social networking service for hosting and organizing in-person and virtual activities, gatherings, and events for people and communities of similar interests, hobbies, and professions. The service has 60 million users. The company has both free tiers and paid tiers. Read more on Wikipedia