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October 15, 2019 10:29 pm

Meetup wants to charge users $2 just to RSVP for events and some are furious




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Meetup, an online platform that lets you find events and meet people offline that have similar interests, has announced it is testing out a new payment structure that will charge users to RSVP for an event. The company tells The Verge it began this test last month, and it’s been charging a subset of users $2 simply to say they’re going to an event. The change has naturally upset some in the Meetup community.


Prior to this test, the only people who were charged to use the service were event organizers. Organizers pay between $9.99 and $23.99 a month, depending on location and the subscription model of choice. This allows you to organize up to three groups with unlimited members. In the new payment version Meetup is testing, the...



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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/15/20893343/meetup-users-furious-new-rsvp-payment-test

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