[blakeburch]

I'm definitely a fan of a monthly "Meet HN" thread that others have recommended, if dang would allow it. The ability to post local events and find others currently interested in meeting up could be invaluable.

The biggest bottleneck of the website is constant visibility. I have meet.hn on my profile. I haven't had anyone reach out about it. I kinda forgot that it was there. Having a "Meet HN" thread gives people looking for local connections a consistent and visible way to find others.

I currently run local events on Meetup.com (one personal and one professional). At the end of the day, the audience size there is always going to be larger than through something like this, so I do agree with sirobg that the best fit is for facilitating 1:1 conversations.

Funny enough, I am meeting with someone from HN in Austin next week, but it was purely serendipitous from a cold outreach email where we happened to be working on a similar project and realized we were in the same city.