[HN Gopher] Ask HN: Does Hacker News still do in person meet ups?
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Ask HN: Does Hacker News still do in person meet ups?
I found some old and inactive meetup and eventbrite groups but are
there any in person? I went to a hackathon event before covid that
was incredible and I was hoping similar "energy" still existed.
Author : people_not_bots
Score : 58 points
Date : 2022-09-19 18:49 UTC (4 hours ago)
| knuckleheads wrote:
| Let me know if anybody wants to meet up in Washington DC!
| uneekname wrote:
| I'd be down!
| temptemptemp111 wrote:
| Someone should make a global map with a web app that you can
| place a search engine protected email address on + GPS location -
| to contact in case of desire to grab a coffee over locale-focused
| startup & tech convos. Boom.
| qorrect wrote:
| Can you say that again with more words ?
| ghgdynb1 wrote:
| Yes! Applications are open for YC Winter 2023!
|
| Started out /s, but upon consideration I imagine YC really is the
| closest you could get to the spirit of HN in an in-person meetup.
| Melatonic wrote:
| Wait - people still do IRL?!
| ajkjk wrote:
| Yes? the world is full of people who want to do things in
| person.
| ravenstine wrote:
| I know, right? Meetup.com pretty much turned into
| _OnlineOnly.com_. After going online during the pandemic, my
| meetup members showed no interest in IRL meetups again after
| things calmed down, so I basically gave up figuring it 's a
| sign of the times.
| bilsbie wrote:
| Someone should do a startup to disrupt meetup.com.
|
| Meet up is the experts exchange of social planning.
| eimrine wrote:
| I have not visited any hackathon since late 2019, I so miss that
| events. I would like to visit some offline event for HN crowd.
| searchableguy wrote:
| I have seen a post about meetup in India a few days ago but
| sadly, they used whatsapp for coordination so I didn't join.
| Wonder what happened to that?
| ajkjk wrote:
| They're probably communicating on whatsapp.
| londons_explore wrote:
| > they used whatsapp for coordination so I didn't join
|
| How much personal opportunity cost is acceptable before it
| becomes worth using a platform you don't like...?
|
| Remember that even if it your life's sole goal to eliminate the
| use of that platform worldwide, you will probably achieve more
| if you take every opportunity possible, including those
| gatekept by the platform you don't like...
| anigbrowl wrote:
| There used to be bimonthly socials in SF that didn't have any
| particular focus, they were just an excuse for to hang out (and
| sometimes acquire a hangover).
| thimkerbell wrote:
| Just try to get your bivalent covid booster first.
| mtmail wrote:
| A new London one was planned for September 8th but cancelled due
| to the venue becoming unavailabel (day of Queen's death).
| https://www.meetup.com/london-hacker-news-meetup/events/2881...
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32660447 . If I recall 180
| people signed up.
| torotonnato wrote:
| Anyone in Italy, possibly Milan tth_tth
| robcohen wrote:
| I'm not aware of any events that successfully capture what HN is.
| If you want to make contacts, go to YC startup events and meet
| people. The smartest and most talented people aren't usually
| wasting their time with general catch-all tech events. They're on
| a mission and aim to meet people who can genuinely help them
| accomplish it.
|
| I'm not spitting at hackathon type events, but let's be real --
| they target recent grads.
|
| I'd love to be proven wrong on this, because I'd promptly attend
| the events that I don't believe exist.
| roflc0ptic wrote:
| I'd suggest looking into rationalist/effective altruism
| meetups. As far as professional interests and demographics, its
| hard to imagine another niche group with more overlap -
| naturally both seem born out of SF
| reducesuffering wrote:
| Agree, but unfortunately the big ones just happened. Probably
| another 6 months.
| ramesh31 wrote:
| The "work at a startup" meetups were fun, even if only to hear
| the pitches and see what Sam had to say.
|
| Is that still a thing?
| people_not_bots wrote:
| I wish I could attend an event like the YC event but I dont
| live in NorCal.
| lisper wrote:
| Why don't you organize one in your area then?
| atak1 wrote:
| Anyone here in NYC? Would love to do an IRL meetup
| aaron695 wrote:
| nyellin wrote:
| If anyone in the Tel Aviv area is interested, we (robusta.dev)
| would love to meetup!
| Klonoar wrote:
| It'd depend on where you are, for one - would be helpful to know.
|
| e.g, the Tokyo meetup is still a thing, met back in July:
| https://hntokyo.doorkeeper.jp/events/138928
| shabbatt wrote:
| I would NOT want to meet anyone from here tbh. I fear what people
| write here are how they are in real life.
|
| Not saying they are bad people just from the bad takes and
| endless pedantic arguments are something I would quickly grow
| tired in a spoken conversation.
|
| You can skip over paragraphs but in real life you can't.
| blowski wrote:
| I went to quite a few of the HN meetups in London, and they
| were great. People often behave differently in meatspace.
| kickaha wrote:
| But the beauty of it is that crap evaporates in real life. I
| don't want to overstate it, of course, but the effect is always
| huge.
| quickthrower2 wrote:
| It would be a comedy sketch if you had a real meetup, but
| people using their "Hacker News" tone. Lot's of hot takes,
| fights. Maybe each person has a up and down vote button on
| their t shirt? Some boring conversation in the corner 2
| people listen to. In 10 years time turns out it was the
| launch of Bitcoin, Figma or Dropbox or something.
| ravenstine wrote:
| Bad takes can be hilarious, though. It's only a problem when
| the participants and audience aren't chill. Discussions where
| everyone thinks everyone else is wrong are fun when everyone's
| chill. I'd wager Redditors might not be the best group of
| people to have chill conversations with, but it's kind of
| surprising to me that someone would dismiss HN'ers that easily.
| But I guess some people just don't appreciate bad takes.
|
| Also, I doubt that most people are going to focus on the
| pandemic at this point. It depends on where one lives, but even
| in LA most people have long since moved on from it, and no one
| wants to hear it at an IRL meetup revival.
| tptacek wrote:
| It does if you want it to. These have always been privately
| organized. If you set one up in Chicagoland, let me know.
| d_philla wrote:
| +1 for a Chicago area IRL event. Would also love to be in the
| know.
| wessorh wrote:
| Anyone in the Bay Area interested in a HN Meetup?
| bilsbie wrote:
| Anyone in Florida?
| jlbbellefeuille wrote:
| Anyone want to do a Sacramento / Davis / Folsom meet up?
|
| I can host!
| MiguelX413 wrote:
| I would love to!
| onemoresoop wrote:
| Ready to host like 4000 folks?
| jrnichols wrote:
| there's that many HN folks in the Sacramento area?
|
| Sounds like we could take over Discovery Park and call it
| good. :)
| splch wrote:
| An LA event would be a lot of fun!
| devteambravo wrote:
| I'm in a hackathon group with a few people locally and a few
| people from HN. We hang out on Discord and at my house. Though
| some of us have never met in person. Does that count?
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