I had a good giggle when I opened their homepage and it looks exactly like the Performative-UI library[1] currently in the #1 spot.
replyTrue, I think they were early to the trend though, it's looked like that basically since they launched: https://web.archive.org/web/20210821023119/https://lu.ma/
replyLuma doesn't do discoverability well unfortunately. Also very tech centric.
replyI think it depends where you are. SF is all tech stuff but https://luma.com/chicago for example is mostly non-tech.
replyOh, didn't know that. My perspective is from the UK.
replyAt least in the Bay, Luma and Partiful are much bigger than Meetup now.
replyInteresting. Luma is getting traction in London. Not so much outside.
replyIt's about the user bases - Luma and Partiful are almost entirely professionals in careers like Tech, Finance, or Entertainment (especially LA), and the events almost always vet before accepting people.
replyThis helps ensure a better noise to signal ratio that Meetup simply couldn't provide.
Interesting point, but I personally didn't find Meetup had a noise issue. You could filter for the right stuff, pretty easily. Also I don't see how Luma/Partiful will avoid this problem eventually.
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