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13 Mar 2003 by Matthew Linderman
Like Online Dating, With a Political Spin (NY Times) discusses the impact of Meetup.com — design by 37signals — on Howard Dean’s campaign. The author writes, “the site has clearly proved an irresistible tool for political networking and organizing.” After a recent meetup of supporters, Dean’s campaign director, Joe Trippi, said, “I’ve never seen anything like that, with no advance people, totally self-organized by a bunch of citizens. It was a really great moment.”
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13 Mar 2003 | JF said...
Has anyone here attended a Meetup yet?
13 Mar 2003 | Matt said...
I've been to a couple PHP meetups in NYC. I was hoping to make contacts, but the people showing up were not what I was looking for. I'm going to the web design meetup tonight. I'm guessing they'll be a slightly different crowd.
13 Mar 2003 | Joshua Kaufman said...
I've signed up for several, but they've always been canceled because no one RSVPs. There are enough people who sign up for the Meetups, but it seems they forget about them and never go to the site again.
14 Mar 2003 | alisha said...
havent had one in my area.
14 Mar 2003 | heiferman said...
thanks JK -- check out http://www.meetup.com/buzz
14 Mar 2003 | Joshua Kaufman said...
To clarify, I wouldn't say all people who sign up forget about them, just a good number. People are busy, and I understand that many things have priority over meetups. That Meetup Buzz page is clear evidence that there have been many successful meetups.
14 Mar 2003 | pb said...
I have to admit I was quite skeptical about the concept and even more so about it's financial viability. But if they analyze their usage very closely, identify areas of popularity (like political organizing, apparently) and makes some customazations to exploit such, there might be something there.
18 Mar 2003 | B said...
Why aren't there any Meetups in Iraq?
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