Meetup
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
2recommend
6warn against
Jan 25, 2026first mention
Oct 15, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Meetup is kind of like that. I use it for ongoing hiking clubs and book clubs and movie clubs.”
“I always like to join hobby groups on meetup.com”
Caveats and dissent
“it's my go-to example of enshittification today”
“Meetup became a crappy stew of for-profit low effort AI flyer events”
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“not a single one has avoided constant nags of prompting for upgrades and dark patterns”
“I just don't like how meetup works, the cost, etc.”
Often compared with
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All comments 11
“it's my go-to example of enshittification today”
“Meetup became a crappy stew of for-profit low effort AI flyer events”
“It definitely does.”
“not a single one has avoided constant nags of prompting for upgrades and dark patterns”
“I just don't like how meetup works, the cost, etc.”
“a Meetup.com alternative of sorts - with fairer organiser pricing”
“Product Hunt, Meetup, and other early 2010s products (even HN) are functionally dead.”
“Meetup is kind of like that. I use it for ongoing hiking clubs and book clubs and movie clubs.”
“I always like to join hobby groups on meetup.com”
“it's one of the more frequent complaints about Meetup”
“after they enshittified”