Comment by jeltz
1 year ago
I am skeptical about 4. There is a reason Meetup ate Facebook for many things despite it requiring a new account, Facebook groups are terrible and Meetup shows that you can compete.
1 year ago
I am skeptical about 4. There is a reason Meetup ate Facebook for many things despite it requiring a new account, Facebook groups are terrible and Meetup shows that you can compete.
Event organizers shouldn’t centralize on Facebook.
A substantial number of people I know under 40, myself included, have deleted Facebook or logged off indefinitely (my spouse still has it so that’s how I found out.) The meetup I regularly attend that advertises on both platforms sees significant new attendees from meetup.com. It’s a shame the platform itself is falling into such disarray post-pandemic.
That is a good sign, for sure. Maybe revise to 'Facebook will eat 20% of your lunch - your business model will need to account for that'. Products like this don't have a big moat other than their network.
Products that truly intend to sow community will be okay with losing 20% of the crowd which are indeed a group who will put forth lower effort, higher noise than signal contributions, and severely change your offering's requirements.
Think HN or lobste.rs vs....well, Facebook!