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Meetup.com Ends Free Meetups

Posted by timothy on from the capitalist-roaders dept.

jalefkowit writes "It was nice while it lasted... massively popular social-organizing service Meetup.com has announced that from here on out, they will be charging a $19/month fee to the designated organizer of each Meetup registered with the service. Regular users (those other than meetup organizers) can continue to use it free of charge, though they suggest that some organizers may wish to split the cost with their members. Users who paid for the Meetup+ service get the fees waived for one group of their choice (if they're not organizers, they can pass this benefit on to someone who is). Here's more information about the move and why they made it."

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  1. You heard it here first ... by B3ryllium · · Score: 3, Funny

    Pimp My Computerized Dating Match!

  2. whatever happened to... by kangpeh · · Score: 5, Funny

    what ever happened to good ol' goin to clubs, getting drunk, findin a girl, who is as drunk as u, having a good night, and never seein that girl again, mutually?

    1. Re:whatever happened to... by mp3LM · · Score: 5, Funny

      STDs

    2. Re:whatever happened to... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      The fact that this got modded interesting scares me.

    3. Re:whatever happened to... by piltdownman84 · · Score: 5, Funny

      My wife caught me.

  3. Most of us never heard of this site before by Corpus_Callosum · · Score: 3, Funny
    To prove it, I quote:
    Sorry, our server experienced an error, and is unable to process your request. This may be a temporary problem due to an upgrade, so please try again in a few minutes. If the problem persists, you can report a bug in our help section.
    A slashdot effect support group, anyone?
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  4. Re:You heard it here first ... by geminidomino · · Score: 3, Funny

    I will acknowledge that I jumped the gun on that FP - since Meetup is for group gatherings.

    The two aren't mutually exlcusive, you closed-minded, puritanical clod!

  5. Re:Heard this from Democracy for America by RotJ · · Score: 4, Funny

    The great thing about America is that you can patent anything. Brings a tear to my eye.

  6. Re:Nothing to see here... by karniv0re · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is there anyone else on here who sees the need for a Firefox extention that filters out Slashdot cliches? Maybe it's just me.

  7. Re:And so ends the meetup.com dream by k-0s · · Score: 5, Funny

    I agree and I'm sure Google will only help their demise by adding a "Google Meetup" feature to be followed about 2 months later by Yahoo. Seems to be the trend as of late.

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  8. Re:No and for a reason! by deimtee · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...and with the psychic group they don't even tell you where or when the meetup is.

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    I'm guessing that wasn't on their radar screen...