Meetup

Meetup
For Wikipedian meetings, see Wikipedia:Meetup.
Meetup
URL meetup.com
Commercial? Yes
Type of site Social networking
Available language(s) English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese
Owner Meetup Inc.
Launched 2001
Alexa rank increase 445 (November 2011)[1]

Meetup is an online social networking portal that facilitates offline group meetings in various localities around the world. Meetup allows members to find and join groups unified by a common interest, such as politics, books, games, movies, health, pets, careers or hobbies. Users enter their ZIP code or their city and the topic they want to meet about, and the website helps them arrange a place and time to meet. Topic listings are also available for users who only enter a location. The attack on the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001, was pivotal to the formation of this social network. Meetup co-founder Scott Heiferman publicly stated that the manner in which people in New York came together in the aftermath of that traumatic event inspired him to use the Internet to make it easier for people to connect with strangers in their community. [2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Meetup.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/meetup.com. Retrieved 2011-11-02. 
  2. ^ Celia Sankar, "Meetup CEO talks about doing what you love," November 16 2011.

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