Meetup.com Reviews

I'm one of those people that like to join official organizations and keep myself involved in local activities, even if it means getting labeled in a stereotypical way for associating with a specific club or group. Now that I have moved to a new part of the country, I find myself once again looking around for different activist groups, social gatherings, and other ways to fill my time. One web site that has helped me get connected is Meetup.com, a web service for keeping notified.

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Meetup.com is designed to help people find other people with a common interest. It sorts is different...

I use several methods of social networking such as Yahoo Groups, Facebook and even starting tweet tweeting at Twitter but Meetup.com is the first site I have seen that successfully takes social or professional networking away from the Internet and back to the real world. 

Meetup.com is a social and professional networking online service that does charge a fee for groups.  On the site you create a profile, and then you are notified of groups in your area with the same interests - whether social or professional.  For example I use Meetup.com for one of my mother's groups but also for meeting...

Meetup is a great concept. People worldwide have joined meetup and able to share ideas and thoughts. It doesn't matter what you are looking for you can find it on meetup and if its not there you can post it so others looking for it can join your group. My first group I joined was for people who had the same health condition as I. It was back in 2003 and it was a great support for myself and them for us to be able to meet and not only talk about our problems and what worked for each one of us or didn't. But we were able to put a face to the names and that was very helpful. I recently joined for...

By the time my 3rd kid rolled around, I was getting bored hanging out at home all the time with no friends (all my friends had careers instead of families!), so I decided to do an internet search for playgroups. That search led me to meetup.com and it's been the best 3 years of my mommyhood. We go to playdates atleast 2 times a week and my kids have a blast playing with other kids. I enjoy the MNO (moms night out) and it's great knowing there's other moms out there dealing with the same issues raising their kids.