$345 to tap Attend. A rediculous event on a local hiking group. We think the owners let it expire, and someone else bought up the group.
For those not aware, Meetup’s leadership has been pushing the “start a business on Meetup” agenda. It’s all downhill from here.
This is probably to stop harassment or getting unsolicited messages, but I’d rather participants aren’t to message each other at all. Except maybe in a group chat to organise rides or something.
As a user you’ve always been able to turn off inbound message initiations to protect from harassment. The payment is a new thing for the $$$.