[HN Gopher] Ask HN: Why not have HN meetups?
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Ask HN: Why not have HN meetups?
I know, we're not reddit but would love to know your thoughts on
the topic? We're a bunch of curious people, and curiosity blooms in
collaborative rooms?
Author : amar-laksh
Score : 8 points
Date : 2022-03-02 20:28 UTC (2 hours ago)
| Jtsummers wrote:
| There used to be lots of meetup announcements in the first few
| years of HN. I don't know when that slowed down, but I also lived
| nowhere near most of them for over a decade (small town, good
| work, but not a big tech scene).
| WheelsAtLarge wrote:
| Sounds great but like always someone needs to go thru the hard
| work of putting it together. I bet few to none will volunteer.
| kazinator wrote:
| All you have to do is name some time and place, and that's it.
|
| Saturday, X day of Y month, in Such and Such Park, near West
| parking lot, 11:30 a.m. BYO everything.
|
| It doesn't have to be a tech conference with presentations and
| keynote speakers.
| 999900000999 wrote:
| I'd be open to something like that.
|
| Maybe a VC can get drunk and pitch out the strangest idea
| possible. I know I'm going to build my 3 hour prototype in
| Flutter, what about you.
| throwaway_4ever wrote:
| It's something I've always wondered, as I'd be interested. In the
| meantime, the "rationalist" sphere, who have similar intellectual
| interests spanning tech, policy, altruism, economics, etc., are
| mostly online but do actually have meetups spanning lots of
| global cities. I imagine you'd find 80% of what you'd want from
| an HN meetup. (caveat: I haven't been to any though)
|
| https://www.lesswrong.com/community
| akoster wrote:
| This sounds similar to 2600 meetings I used to attend in the
| before times - lots of interesting people and ideas, always
| coming away from them with a ton to add to my video queue and
| reading lists. I would maybe say one could get 70% of what
| you'd want from an HN meetup but I would still be down for an
| HN meetup if one was organized and not too far away.
|
| https://www.2600.com/meetings/
| kritr wrote:
| I actually do think this happens more in the YC startup school
| space. A lot of people who sign up for the cofounder matching are
| just looking to meet interesting people. I've personally gone out
| to play pool and eat lunch with a couple folks my roommate found
| via the platform.
| rmason wrote:
| Once COVID is fully past I'd love HN meetups. But lets give up on
| the idea that they be monthly. Not only would you burn out
| leaders but in my case having to drive to Detroit or Ann Arbor
| would mean I couldn't do it monthly.
|
| I think quarterly would be perfect. Plus in Michigan you could
| bypass the worst of winter and not have the worry of a blizzard
| wiping out all your plans.
| bruceb wrote:
| Seattle had one. Covid killed it (for now?).
| https://www.meetup.com/HackerNewsSeattleMeetup/
| mooreds wrote:
| I think that the readership is too broad. After running a meetup
| for a couple of years and being a leader/participant in other
| organizations, you need to have _something_ which unifies a
| group. Otherwise there 's no reason to hang out together.
|
| Would you have a meetup of <insert newspaper here> readers?
| That's the breadth of topics covered by HN, and I just don't see
| it being unifying enough.
| matt_heimer wrote:
| Depends.
|
| A HN pub crawl would be cool, you want diversity to keep things
| interesting while using HN as a broadly similar filter would
| help to ensure there are some overlapping interests.
|
| More targeted groups are good for learning or specific
| activities.
| mooreds wrote:
| Good point. I'd show up for a pub crawl were it within a 30
| minute drive from me (front range of Colorado, USA).
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