http://freebeer.com.au/2009/05/05/death-of-meetup/ Marketing consulting, search engine optimisation, web marketing and advertising, social media consultant, Perth Western Australia Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:48:18 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://freebeer.com.au/2009/05/05/death-of-meetup/comment-page-1/#comment-45732 Administrator Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:19:43 +0000 http://freebeer.com.au/2009/05/05/death-of-meetup/#comment-45732 Thanks Demon; you may be right about Meetup in the states and UK, I don't have any stats on it. My impression from what I've read is that subscribers are holding level. I think it's going to struggle long term because the Facebook events notifications are adequate for most groups and are free, but I could be wrong. Agree about Perth; it's harder to get cultural/intellectual traction in a place with so much lifestyle on offer. Don't agree that sex has anything to do with it. People are sex crazy everywhere. It's a human thing. Thanks Demon; you may be right about Meetup in the states and UK, I don’t have any stats on it. My impression from what I’ve read is that subscribers are holding level. I think it’s going to struggle long term because the Facebook events notifications are adequate for most groups and are free, but I could be wrong. Agree about Perth; it’s harder to get cultural/intellectual traction in a place with so much lifestyle on offer. Don’t agree that sex has anything to do with it. People are sex crazy everywhere. It’s a human thing.

]]> http://freebeer.com.au/2009/05/05/death-of-meetup/comment-page-1/#comment-45730 demoncleaner Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:37:34 +0000 http://freebeer.com.au/2009/05/05/death-of-meetup/#comment-45730 Meetup is far from dead, in the US and UK it is big and pulls in a huge number of people, and money. In Australia, different story though it still does reasonably well in Sydney and Melbourne as you mentioned. In Perth, aside from a couple of groups, yes it is dead though the groups still manage to hold meetups nonetheless. I guess people aren't very social in Perth or, simply already have enough friends that they don't feel the need for it. Quite strange really considering the amount of people that do join groups (and there are plenty) but who don't bother attending any of the meetings or even join in the discussions on the forums. One thing I have noticed about Perth and Australia in general is they aren;t very active online when it comes to forums, like it's some no go zone for them. That is probably one of the reasons why meetups are largely dead in Australia, just no interactivity from people online. Sure facebook is used a lot but it's usually pointless drivel and uninteresting updates on people who let's face it, are simply only looking for a date. I guess that's the main difference between Australia and the rest of the world. Australians are looking for people to fuck while everyone else is just looking for a good conversation, regardless of whether it's online or in the real world. Meetup is far from dead, in the US and UK it is big and pulls in a huge number of people, and money. In Australia, different story though it still does reasonably well in Sydney and Melbourne as you mentioned. In Perth, aside from a couple of groups, yes it is dead though the groups still manage to hold meetups nonetheless. I guess people aren’t very social in Perth or, simply already have enough friends that they don’t feel the need for it. Quite strange really considering the amount of people that do join groups (and there are plenty) but who don’t bother attending any of the meetings or even join in the discussions on the forums. One thing I have noticed about Perth and Australia in general is they aren;t very active online when it comes to forums, like it’s some no go zone for them. That is probably one of the reasons why meetups are largely dead in Australia, just no interactivity from people online. Sure facebook is used a lot but it’s usually pointless drivel and uninteresting updates on people who let’s face it, are simply only looking for a date. I guess that’s the main difference between Australia and the rest of the world. Australians are looking for people to fuck while everyone else is just looking for a good conversation, regardless of whether it’s online or in the real world.

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