No, but I used to be more active until I saw that they started to increasingly prevent you from talking to other participants, and even seeing who other people are (can’t even tell gender or anything) unless you paid for their higher tier. I literally saw it get added out of the blue after years of no such restrictions, and they’ve only dug deeper and deeper. I couldn’t even connect with someone with whom I met just because I didn’t attempt to get their number immediately on the spot.
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JamieDub86@piefed.social 2 months agoYou got a link to what meetup has been up to?
Flagstaff@programming.dev 2 months ago
JamieDub86@piefed.social 2 months ago
Thank you. I havent used meetup in 10 or so years. Cant remember paid features then. People also had a profile, with a picture, so as you could see interests and groups they were part of, there was also a message board for the group and messaging members wasnt an issue. Sad to see what its become.
Flagstaff@programming.dev 2 months ago
Yeah, we can no longer msg other participants without paying. I guess they’ve picked up on it having dating potential since it has a “Single” designation so it may get added to Match’s ever-growing portfolio down the years, haha.
artyom@piefed.social 2 months ago
I dunno, I left a couple years ago after they stopped providing .ics, started spamming our members that we were paying for, and then refused to provide us with the emails of our members.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Just join a group, and you’ll see. It’s so goddamn scummy and nickel/diming.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I, too, am interested in hearing about these supposed shenanigans.