[jmelul]

Definitely agree here. This is the main problem to solve for these event organization/discovery apps. This is especially true when existing solutions like Meetup already have a lot of very useful features and when your solution doesn't bring a significant added value compared to makeshift solutions (10x improvement they say?? Maybe that's a little much).

It's also hard when you refuse to use black hat and spammy tactics ;) Hopefully you guys won't have to resort to that.

We have moved out of this space with Jogabo (the meetup for sports... Well for us it was for soccer only). We are now focusing on making a social app for players with a twist of discovery. We think it will solve the chicken and egg problem.

We're not giving up, because the situation is just plain lame as it stands now. Facebook, email, whatsapp just doesn't cut it. We're in Lisbon right now and everyone and their mom plays soccer here yet it's still as much of a pain. The only games we've actually played were through local Jogabo users actually! Happy to tell you more if interested. Just ping me on twitter