Need a "MayBe" attending button for those not sure, and for those that what to keep their location whereabouts private.

can you add a maybe button to the rsvp section, it would really help

I am really split up when I have to RSVP for an event. IF i click "no" then i never get email updates about it again, and if i change my mind i'll forget about the event. IF i saw "yes" I will receive updates, but I might take up someone else's spot, and i don't want to do that if i'm REALLY unsure about going. Most of the times, I'm about 40% sure I'm going, and i have to see as it gets closer to the event. I still want to be reminded of it, but i don't want the organizer to think i'm going. Especially if only a few people RSVP YES. See the problem? We REALLY NEED a "Maybe" button. THANKS!

Add a maybe option for rsvp's so people can know you want to attend & can prepare accordingly while you double check your schedule.

Here in Ottawa, I'm seeing groups struggling like mad. It's not a pretty sight: four that I belong to are folding within a month of one another - and my own is hurting. And I haven't even had the chance to participate in some those groups' activities - that's how quickly some oof them are folding.

Member participation has been on a serious decline in the last year or so - even with the long-standing groups. On my end, I've found that not having the option RSVP-ing "Maybe" has had an effect on my group, in the same way that it has had an effect on my own participation in other groups.

For my part, when I used to get an email for an activity that I didn't rule out from the onset, I would keep it under consideration by RSVP-ing "Maybe". As the event approached, I would have to make up my mind, which forced me to consider it further. Often, if I had time on my hands, I would simply tell myself "Why not?" and change my RSVP to "Yes".

Now, without that option, I have to make up my mind immediately when the event is set up. ("Is it a 'Yes'...? Not sure I can commit right now, so I guess it's a 'No'"). And then I promptly forget about it. I suspect that this may be the case for others as well (I know I'm not alone in being on the fence about things), based on the change in attendance in various groups since the change.

Has anyone else noticed this? And is anyone at Meetup even considering giving us the "Maybe" option back?

When it was removed, we were told that not many people used it anyway so it shouldn't change anything. But it was a feature that Organisers could opt out of - so it shouldn't have made a difference if Meetup had kept it. In fact, it seems to me that giving us less options, less versatility, is basically devolution. :/

I would like to request having this option back, in the hope that this may change the course of things (although I suspect it's too late over here... :/). We really need solutions to help our groups. It's a dire time for us...

Regards,
Al
(organiser for Melomania)

Re add the Maybe option but do not count maybes as attending, once event starts, maybes automatically become no's. Otherwise People say 'yes' & add the comment 'Maybe' which is aggravating!

Having taken the myers/briggs test, I am sensitive to the "P" vs "J" types. And I also understand that when someone has an extremely busy life, they don't want to over committ. I think it is too bad that Meetup doesn't have a "maybe" category which does NOT count as a yes.... It only counts as a "I think this is interesting but I won't know until the last minute if I can attend. If it fills up before I change my maybe to a yes, then I know I'll miss out."

Bring back the MAYBE RSVP

sometimes i see an event but am not sure i can go but want it to save as something in my upcoming events so i dont forget about it.

I'm dismayed to see this very important idea from your Organizers has been "declined" multiple times. It works very well to have Maybe as an option for each event. Obviously, some events will be Yes/No. But "Maybe" is a necessity for our meetup.

I love the new style! One request is that you take this opportunity to fix-up the issue of whether or not 'Maybe' should be included as an RSVP option. I have a suggestion which should be a win-win for all! Previously, 'Maybe' was switched
on by default, and apparently caused consternation for some (I still can't understand why). My suggestion is that 'Maybe' be switched off by default, so that an Event Organizer must deliberately activate it on an event-by-event basis. This will mean that the vast majority of scheduled events won't have 'Maybe' as an RSVP option, but Organizers can switch it on if we wish to. Often, Organizers have very valid reasons for
wanting the 'Maybe' option to be displayed. For example, there are certain activities where no-shows are not a concern, and having 'Maybe' available means that people who are uncertain
about their ability to attend can at least show their interest. I, for one, find this a valuable tool in gauging the tastes of
members in my movie group. So, please bring 'Maybe' back as an RSVP option, but this time turned off by default, with
Organizers being able to switch it on if we wish to. Many thanks for asking for our input. Keep up the great work!

Please bring back the Maybe RSVP option. It was a useful feature for many groups I'm an organizer for, and now our statistics are suffering from no shows.

I wish you'd bring back the 'Maybe' RSVP and I've gotten that same feedback from my group members. I have no idea why it was taken away. Very, very annoying. Now I have all these 'maybe' people RSVPing yes and then commenting that they are only a maybe which throws off the 'yes' count at the top. It was just plain better to have the 'maybe' RSVP.

Personally, I don't always know if I will get out of work on time for a 6 PM event. And if on a day I have to work late and I can't get to meetup.com to change my RSVP - that is not good for anyone.

Previously, the biggest problem with Maybes seem to revolve around attendee counts, waiting lists, etc. Therefore, I proposed an "Enhanced" version of Maybe:

1) Allow organizers to treat Maybes as a "No", so if there is an attendee limit. The moderator can specify whether or not Maybe's are counted towards the YES count.

2) As always Meetup organizers should have complete control over this feature including the ability to activate or de-activate it.

My 3 cents(inflation!) is that Meetup should give the organizers the flexibility to customize the group as they want and disable the features that aren't desired.

This should also apply to the wording of RSVPs (Yes/No, I'm Going/ Not going, Count me in / Count me out) etc.

Not sure what the thinking was there--coercion? keep the original design of enabling the option. Power to the Organizers! How coould MEETUP change the interface without input from their customer base? Tegan's explanation reads as if MEETUP researched it internally and made the decision independent of any user thoughts. Well, here is one user that thinks it stinks. :(

Restore the maybe option. Do not remove the option to vote on this. We pay you for a service. Allow us to show support for this or lose the business.

The maybe button was crucial to my site. As the organiser I was able to take this off if I did not want the option. Now it has gone and reduces my abilities to plan correctly.

I'm calling it a "maybe" but if we are sticking with the awful "Count me in ... " etc rather than just "Yes"/"No" on the new meetup, them perhaps something like "I'm interested but ..." would be appropriate.

The new maybe would essentially be a 'no' in all but name:
1. it would NOT count towards attendance limits.
2. it would allow organisers to target ditherers.
3. it would allow group members to see people showing interest and maybe contact them to say "I'll go if you're going".

Other suggestions: Warn users who maybe that they are not committing to the event and won't be expected and that they should RSVP "Yes" later if they want to attend.

Maybe RSVPs should be allowed to leave a message just like the Yes RSVPs. In fact the message is even more important for maybes as it allows users to say why they are a maybe, allowing other members and organisers to see if there's anything they can do to turn it in to a Yes and explains why the member hasn't supported the event with a Yes.

Or if not, explain why. "Maybe RSVP option is not coming back" is not an explanation.

As a member, I rarely know my schedule very far in advance, and I don't want to cause the organizer trouble by committing to a Yes if I'm not sure.

As an organizer, most of my events now have nobody listed as attending, because most of my members who used to respond Maybe are in the same boat I am and don't want to commit to a Yes.

You end up with all the members waiting for everybody else to commit to Yes first, because nobody wants to end up being the only member at a meetup, and as a result you get no attendance at all.

As opposed to the past, when the Maybes would accumulate, indicating interested, and as the date got close the Maybes would start turning into Yes's.

It seems like everybody has a strong opinion on one side of this issue or the other. That's the perfect argument for making it an optional feature, either per group or per meetup. How does allowing it as an option hurt organizers? Organizers who don't like it aren't forced to enable it.

You (Meetup) asked how we would like to see Maybe RSVPs handled in the future (as you closed a discussion on your removal of the feature). Overall, I think the way you used to handle them was pretty good - they were optional and organizers who didn't want to deal with them didn't have to turn on the option. There was room for improvement, and there have been a number of good suggestions already made in this area - there is no need to repeat them here. You say you have no plans to bring back the Maybe RSVP. To me, this says you have no plans to pay attention to your user base, no plans to help your organizers (who, after all, are the ones that make Meetup work - without us, Meetup would be a site with no traffic and nothing interesting to see). From what I've read, there seem to be far more objections to your removal of this feature than there were accolades or complaints about it, and many of the complaints could have been handled by implementing far less drastic changes. Rather than just marking this as declined and closing all discussions related to it, why not consider what your organizers are saying to you? You have made Meetup much more difficult for many of us to manage by making this change and if this is the start of a trend of ignoring the needs of your user community, you can expect your user community to move away to other sites that offer better and more responsive support.

I know this isn't the first time this has been posted, but meetup staff doesn't seem to get it.

Rather than removing them as you have, please bring them back as an option.

We pay for Meetup, why are you removing options from us? Fewer members will RSVP at all if we can't ever offer Maybe. Now we'll have to write in our Events "RSVP Yes but leave a note if you're really a Maybe". How annoying for us and them, and annoying to administer!

The Maybe option, at the very least, made it so you knew no one was going to show. Without that option people will just RSVP yes and still not show... but we'll be left expecting them.

It also builds more interest in the meetup if there is a higher count of both Yes and Maybe.

Lastly groups had the option and it was disabled by default... so the change only hurts groups that WANTED to use the option.