Meet up sites? Any good?

SparkySpitfire

Basically I was just browsing one of those popular meet up sites tonight and some of them sounded really interesting. However I can see how they'd fall apart due to bad organisation or could maybe attract weirdos...

Has anyone here any experience of them? I'm a bit apprehensive and looking for some anecdotes.

Just to clarify: I DON'T mean dating sites or singles meet ups, just normal ones ..like people who are interested in pints/films/dancing etc.

If this topic is better placed elsewhere I'll be happy for it to be moved

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Panthro

I use '5dollarsmeloveyoulongtime'.
Great site for a few meet ups and a few jars with good people.


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MilesMorales1

They can be good, but a lot of them is people looking for something more than just the craic. Proceed with caution, basically.

Wacker The Attacker

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danslevent

I went to a few of them when i was abroad and trying to make friends. They were really great, filled with like-minded people trying to make friends. It was really easy to chat to people because everyone was in the same boat. I would highly recommend it

SparkySpitfire

MilesMorales1 wrote: »

They can be good, but a lot of them is people looking for something more than just the craic. Proceed with caution, basically.

So that's exactly what I thought they'd be like. I might suck up the courage to give it a go soon!

Annasopra

You mean meetup.com? I find its muxed. Some really good organised groups then some not great. It depends on the group itself.

danslevent

SparkySpitfire wrote: »

So that's exactly what I thought they'd be like. I might suck up the courage to give it a go soon!

Definitely try them out, what have you got to lose? Sounds bad but maybe make your first one where there is drink involved, it will make you a bit more relaxed if you're nervous and make you more confident to try out other activity related ones, like hiking,films etc

SparkySpitfire

danslevent wrote: »

Definitely try them out, what have you got to lose? Sounds bad but maybe make your first one where there is drink involved, it will make you a bit more relaxed if you're nervous and make you more confident to try out other activity related ones, like hiking,films etc

I'm just slightly afraid of creeps because in my daily life I am a magnet for them. I don't think it's even to do with my looks because I'm average looking, more like my tendency to be steamrolled and find it hard to say no... So that is what's holding me back really

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The Backwards Man

I'm interested in pints. Are there any sites where I just can have pints and not have to meet anybody?

Where are you based, OP? There's many meetups organized through here. There's one coming up in October for AH, and I'm sure if you check your own specific Regional forum to see if anyone is organizing anything worth going to. I know the Ladies Lounge used to have a private meet-up forum, but I don't know if this is the case anymore - someone else can confirm.

Regarding the weirdos - the way I see it is that you'll get them at any organized event, whether it be online or otherwise. I haven't gone to any meetups organized through meetup.com, but I've had so much fun at events organized through here. Lots of laughs, lots of awkward drunken dancing, and some fantastic people.

What interests would you have?

syklops

SparkySpitfire wrote: »

Basically I was just browsing one of those popular meet up sites tonight and some of them sounded really interesting. However I can see how they'd fall apart due to bad organisation or could maybe attract weirdos...

Has anyone here any experience of them? I'm a bit apprehensive and looking for some anecdotes.

Just to clarify: I DON'T mean dating sites or singles meet ups, just normal ones ..like people who are interested in pints/films/dancing etc.

If this topic is better placed elsewhere I'll be happy for it to be moved

Meetup.com is pretty good. To be honest it all depends on the organiser, but it attracts less wierdos than dating sites do, and the organiser generally has to pay a fee so people who pay the fee are more motivated than people just "having a browse".

I wouldn't recommend a "Just going for pints" meetup, instead select a subject. Tiddlywinks, bird watching, chess etc. There will be a few there who are avid supporters of the topic in hand and a few who just went for the laugh. If the others are too intense, the rest of you can go for pints then.

jester77

Meetup is really good. We organise all our developer meetups through it, never had an issue. Also great when you are visiting a client or conference somewhere and you want to catch up with what's happening in their area. It's also the best way for finding job opportunities.

knucklehead6

I'd echo the users who suggest NOT going to a beers for the first time with a meetup group.

I'm in a couple of groups, mostly for hiking and the like, so when we meet up for beers it's a group of people who already 'know' each other from spending time together.

One person who never goes on hikes turned up at the christmas party last year and just looked out of place, as the rest of the group were chatting away about everything and anything but no-one knew this other person so couldn't involve them in conversation