[ElijahLynn]

There is a newer meetup replacement called Heylo, which makes its money from you charging for your meetups. They get a percentage. It seems much more sustainable than Meetup. I'm going to start my next Meetup on it. I'm so done with Meetup.

[solardev]

There is not a single group in my area on there, sadly (Central Oregon), vs the dozens upon dozens on Meetup.

Reminds me of the eBay & Craigslist situations where there's a strong network effect, and they're not easy to displace despite the poor UX and such. It takes someone with an already-big network (like Facebook Marketplace) to stand a real chance. It's going to be hard to dethrone Meetup.com :(