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Re: Re: Meetup with other Perl folks in your area (perl.meetup.com)by rinceWind (Monsignor) |
on Sep 05, 2002 at 14:31 UTC ( [id://195387]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Unfortunately Dave, I don't think that meetup.com has anything to offer us that we are not doing already. I have had a bad experience with meetup.com, as I am also a noder on E2. Looking forward to meeting up with some fellow noders in London, I arranged to go to the E2 meetup scheduled for Saturday 3rd August at 5:00 pm. I turned up at the venue (Pages Bar in Victoria) (albeit 20 minutes late) to find that another group had booked the venue, and were charging an admission. I walked away and found a different pub. Apparently there were 2 E2 noders who did find each other having paid the admission. I have since met up with Brit noders, who seem to have quite a good grape vine. Their verdict was also a distinct thumbs down for meetup.com. Here are my criticisms of meetup.com:
The existing mechanisms of discussion forums (e.g. PM), mailing lists and IRC work better than a meta meetup site and a collection of mail bots.
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