Would be interesting to join but have to get bit more karma :)
I think you will have enough after your message ;)
We're not too strict about that, please join!
Mission accomplished Toivo
karma: 84
let me help
I’m a student at Hive here in Helsinki and would love to attend. Lurking on HN for years but not nearly enough Karma. I’ve bookmarked the form for later however I’ll try my luck anyway with the form now. Very cool to know there is an HN meet up here!
Nice one! As a seasoned industry veteran, I've been wanting to have something like this, and while there are many evening tech meetups going on around here, your schedule is much more suitable for the otherwise busy life! *starts karma mining to qualify*<p>Filled the form and included my email with the HN user ID just in case you'd be willing to deliver the meeting details that way when they've been decided.<p>The phone number is not associated with WhatsApp (never had it, and won't), but it works with Signal in case it would be more viable option for meetup info comms than email. Who knows, perhaps even a shadow group already exists there, or has potential to get established?<p>Thank you for arranging such gatherings, hoping to meet up soon!
We've been organising this for a while (a year? more?). It's quite relaxed - just a coffee morning every month or two.<p>I'm sure there are other HN local meetups who could post in this thread - please do if you have a local meetup
Replying in case anyone is in Amsterdam :)
Would love to join something like this in Brussels
Please! Would love HN meetup in Berlin.
Interested in Berlin also.
Happy to help co-organize also.
Email in profile.
+1 for Berlin. Moving there in two weeks. Pls email me; my email is in my profile (your profile doesn’t show an email at the time of writing).
Make it happen, don't wait for someone else to do the work on your behalf :)
Anyone Eindhoven?
Excellent initiative, Cal! Thanks for organising
Too bad this requires using WhatsUp.
Hi. Long-term HN user based in Helsinki. I'd join but don't really want to share my phone number with a large group of people. Can you not find another way to co-ordinate?
You don't have a throwaway Google Voice number? I use one for dating apps. Very convenient and worry free.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong (I've never used it myself), but Google Voice doesn't seem to be available in Finland at all so probably not?<p>> Google Voice is a telephone service that provides a U.S. telephone number to Google Account customers in the U.S. and Google Workspace customers in Canada, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the contiguous United States.<p>Not sure what I'm supposed to do with a US phone number anyway, I'd probably be more embarrassed about using a US phone number then letting people in a HN meetup group see my real phone number.
This is a conversation about a HN meetup in Europe. Google voice is not available on the free tier to Europeans. It requires google workspace.
There should be an email sent out whenever a meet is organized. WhatsApp group is mostly for choosing the most suitable date and a place , it’s not mandatory for participation
Doesn't WhatsApp have usernames these days?
What a great idea! Anyone that want to join up in Oslo / Norway?<p>I can use the work office, have more then enough coffee, tea etc. with space to around 150 people.<p><a href="https://forms.gle/2pDEkQTYihQ4txK29" rel="nofollow">https://forms.gle/2pDEkQTYihQ4txK29</a><p>(Copy pasted the form. Why change a winning team)
I see a bunch of people interested in Los Angeles on <a href="https://meet.hn/" rel="nofollow">https://meet.hn/</a>
Ironically, a karma threshold will rule out most Finns
I'd love to join, sadly I'm mainly lurking around here so I don't have the required karma.
Hacker News London meets up on a semi-regular basis. They have recently moved from Meetup to Luma:<p><a href="https://luma.com/calendar/cal-plFkEeW4fsaL5Nx" rel="nofollow">https://luma.com/calendar/cal-plFkEeW4fsaL5Nx</a>
I live in Helsinki so this seems fun. Commenters everywhere are a pretty strongly (self-)selected bunch so seems like a good way to get a strong selection effect without arduous requirements. Does anyone have previous experience with this kind of a setup?
> We use a WhatsApp group for co-ordination<p>I would've gladly joined if you hadn't decided on a service owned by Meta...
My thoughts exactly, but I noticed Europe is heavily dependent on WhatsApp for some reason, everyone I have ever talked to before they ask for WhatsApp and some even look shocked when you say you never use it! Instead of email, simpleX or element would do the job.
It initially begun as an email thread, but we settled on WhatsApp owing to, well, most people having WhatsApp.
I am not from the area but the deliberations about which messaging platform is kosher are an enormous time waste for every bottom-up organization, especially FOSS projects or hacker spaces.
Interesting you think it's less important for "FOSS projects". I would think the chat should be free software <i>especially</i> in those circles. IRC, XMPP, Matrix, email. Lots of options that have been around for decades now.
As a Finn, I've definitely had to say the phrase "No, I don't have WhatsApp" more times than I care to count. That being said, I imagine a FOSS project or hacker space to be more cognisant of WhatsApp's ownership than a car dealership trying to sell me a used car via video call. I got rid of my WhatsApp precisely because Meta started tweaking the terms of service.
They'll enjoy their time without you just fine.
Not going, but just adding commentary - Having a karma requirement for a physical meetup is a poor choice. People will come out physically if they truly care, gatekeeping it with internet points is a bad idea, especially if you turn people away.
Any meetups in Vancouver, Canada?
Anyone who’d be interested in a meetup in Cologne?
I am in if it one is running. email in bio if you want to reach out to coordinate.
There was one 14 years ago. I even gave a talk there once. Maybe some of the original organizers or attendees who commented on this post would be interested in rebooting it: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4754269">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4754269</a>
Sure! But where?
+1
I'd love tips for maintaining a good meetup.<p>I tend to like the smaller meetups that are focused. But they often degrade in quality as they scale. A failure mode I hit several times was group circles with a louder or opinionated person eventually entering and taking the focus of the group. For large meetups that's not an issue I suppose. Break-out groups did work, but it needs some planning.
Would anyone be interested in meeting up in Rome? My contact's on my profile and I'm happy to organize.
Anyone want to organize one in Amsterdam with me? I live near the area, would be fun :)
Any Meetups in NL? Im far from the Randstad, would've loved to host one otherwise
If you're near the Maastricht / Aachen area:<p><a href="https://www.meetup.com/euregiotechmeetup/" rel="nofollow">https://www.meetup.com/euregiotechmeetup/</a>
I'd rather not go there. Too crowded, too busy, too much violence. I wouldn't mind a city, though. Is Zwolle an option?<p>Edit: just saw your profile, sorry never mind ^^'
Eindhoven?
Makes me wonder if there's any meetups in my neck of the woods in good ole Nova Scotia. I kind of doubt it, but it would be wicked. Hope you guys have a great time!
That is amazing. Back in Helsinki soon. <3
This is what I keep telling people
Is there one for Warsaw?
Is there a list of these by country?
Man, if I still lived in Finland, I'd absolutely want to go! Seems like a fantastic idea!
Very cool, excited to join as well - lets talk there is opportunity to have a space for this up to 20-30 ppl
Nice. Does anyone know if a Stockholm group exists?
> We use a WhatsApp group for co-ordination. The time and location of the meetup is announced there.<p>That's a hard no. You really, really should use Signal instead.
This is very cool. I’ve lived in Tallinn for a while so definitely would attend if it was ~5-ish years ago.
Long shot, but if there is anybody reading this from Salzburg, lmk if you want to meet up!
theres def atleast one OG guy id love to buy a coffee/beer for there, no idea if he goes to HN meets tho, would love to attend at when Im next over there in any case.
Is there any meetup in Paris?
Thanks for reminding me to attend this. I'll try to join the next one!
Any interest in a Lisbon meetup?
Anyone north east pa USA?
great idea! pls, hnmeetup.com/[place] anyone?
Imagine hosting a meetup in Chicago and getting raided by ICE
> To keep the group focused on posters (and not just readers!) anyone can join so long as:<p>> they have a non-greenname account<p>> they have 64 karma or more<p>Is the karma checked at the door or is it at the time of submission? Seems like somebody could be at 12 and then post “actually I believe the general consensus on gravity is wrong” in the right thread the night before and roll in with 89 points
Ah, if only I were from Helsinki, I would have signed up.
64 karma requirement? Pfft. I’d go to a 1k min karma meetup tho ;)
I refuse to join any meetup where some like me meets the karma requirements.
You mean 1024 right?
You mean 1337 right? You are almost there, just need 20 more.
sounds about right, people with 64 with just drink the (supposedly) free beer and not talk until much later.
relevant: <a href="https://xkcd.com/1000/" rel="nofollow">https://xkcd.com/1000/</a>
1k? pfft, I'd go to a 10k karma meetup
It was interesting until I saw:<p>>To join, fill out the Google Form.<p>Bro gtfoh