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Slashdot Effect, Live and In Person

Posted by chrisd on from the now-you-can-moderate-locally dept.

Thread writes "This group is getting together slashdot readers all over the world. Check out slashdot.meetup.com to meet up with Slashdot readers in your town." The meetup.com site is pretty much brand new, and it's a fun idea. We thought this was kind of a cool idea and something a bunch of people have asked for in email and in past stories so we thought "let's see what happens."

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  1. Other Topics Too... by GeekLife.com · · Score: 2, Informative

    Just in case you didn't look any further than the links, there are plenty of other topics too. Computer and non. Not to mention you can add your own topics/dates/etc.

  2. spam alert by solferino · · Score: 5, Informative

    warning : this is a corporate entity sponsoring th organisation of this meetup

    knowing this, it might be useful to browse their privacy agreement before giving them an email address that you like to keep spam free

    particularly this section of text :

    You also agree that we may use your information to contact you and deliver information to you that, in some cases, are targeted to your interests, such as topic group newsletters or meetup announcements (which also may include promotional communications), administrative notices, product or service offerings, and other communications relevant to your use of our service.