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       title: January 11th, 2024

     

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       date: 2024-01-11, 09:23:33 -08:00

     

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       section: journal

     

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       via: https://mastodon.social/@ricmac/111738424052169502

     

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       link: https://www.meetup.com/blog/a-new-home-for-meetup/

     

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       Just saw that [Meetup was acquired by Bending Spoons](https://www.meetup.com/blog/a-new-home-for-meetup/). This is the same company that acquired Evernote.

     

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       For me, Meetup is the epitome of platform capture. I won't use it for anything I organize. [[Luma]] is what I use, but just for RSVP / attendance, and I can export email as needed.

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       link: https://lu.ma

     

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         - event

     

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         - ticketing

     

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         - platform

     

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         - calendar

     

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         - newsletter

     

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         - app

     

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       [Luma](https://lu.ma) is an event, calendar, and ticketing platform. 

     

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       Luma makes it very easy to RSVP for free events online or in person, without having to go through a long sign up process.

     

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       It has very complete email update and notification features. By default, it will send an email the day before and then the hour before an events start time, but can be customized.

     

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       For shared, curated calendars, you can also send newsletters to all those that are subscribed to the calendar.

     

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       It is a proprietary platform, but it does have an API and can be embedded as both individual events or entire calendars. I think of it mostly as like a "Substack for Events". I can export the email addresses of attendees and import them elsewhere.

     

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       I've asked the team to add an option to map domains to calendars -- so I could do `calendar.example.com` -- as another way to not just send links to someone else's platform.

     

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       ## Examples of Calendars

     

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       [[Fission]] calendar: <https://lu.ma/fission>, as well as embedded at <https://fission.codes/events>>

     

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       [[DWebYVR]] calendar: <https://lu.ma/dwebyvr>, as well as embedded at <https://dwebyvr.org/wiki/Calendar>

     

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       ## Alternatives

     

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       I have used [[Tito]] for many years for both no-charge and ticketed events.

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       link: https://ti.to

     

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       [Ti.to](https://ti.to) is a flexible ticketing and event platform with great APIs.

     

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       Good for more complicated events with multiple ticket tiers, discounts, speaker tickets, merch add ons, etc.

     

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       There is [no recurring charge for the platform](https://ti.to/pricing), they take a percentage of fees you charge through [[Stripe]].