kristinanicole- SEO Manager
As a professional i plan a official party with office employees through Facebook Events. Because Facebook is best social media platform used by everyone.
José Luis Fausto
As a college student myself, I plan private events with friends through Facebook Events. Why because usually everyone has a Facebook, and it helps knowing who is coming or not. Plus posting on the event page allows for updates to be easily shared. It also tells you who has seen the invite. Those who don't I usually just message via text since its usually a s… See more
Gary Fung- Creator of isoHunt & WonderSwipe
Convenience. There's no point to Eventbrite anymore, when they neither have Facebook's user or well designed invitation flow.Meetup brings people together in thousands of cities to do more of what they want to do in life. It is organized around one simple idea: when we get together and do the things that matter to us, we’re at our best. And that’s what Meetup does. It brings people together to do, explore, teach and learn.
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Sandipan Banerjee- Tech Ambassador, WMF
Pro: Easy UI, Free for small meetup, API works great
Con: Best features are behind the paywall.
Graham Campbell- 🚀 new ventures, faster
Meetup has an awesome design & UX, and it has grown a pretty solid user base among locals in most cities
Taimoor Hussain- Digital Marketing Strategist
Meetup is awesome and exactly what you are looking forMashable
WeWork's global empire continues to expand. The $20 billion coworking startup is reportedly set to acquire social networking service Meetup, according to Crunchbase . Meetup CEO Scott Heiferman reportedly told employees about the acquisition on Monday, and mentioned a $30 million figure - but it's not clear "if that was an acquisition price, or a reference t… See moreWIRED
As a company, Meetup has long embraced its position as a small, mission-driven operation. While other social software companies from the Web 2.0 era, such as Facebook and LinkedIn, focused on keeping their users on their sites for as long as possible, Meetup's purpose was always to get people off the internet.