Allow users to list topics they are not interested in
In the same way that we can list our interested topics, it would be nice to have a 'blacklist' of topics we aren't interested. This would help to make the weekly emails and suggested groups much more relevant. For instance, I'm a single, 20-something, atheist male, yet meetup's suggestions include several 40+ groups, single women's only groups, christian singles groups, single parents, etc. Some other examples where this might be useful:
Yes on tango, no on salsa
Yes on board games, no on video games
Yes on Christian religion, no on New Age religion
etc...
Julien
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Brian
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I would love this feature. I have 'physics' as an interest and on the basis of that I get oodles of hippy, new-age spiritualist spam from freakos wanting to enlighten me on the true nature of reality. Barf!
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Michael Puskar commented
I know these ideas are 2 sides of the same coin, but I wanted to demonstrate it as 2 possible methods in case programming was easier to do one as opposed to the other.
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Duane
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At least have the option to filter out groups that are either gender or sexuality specific. This would require the option of listing my sex, sexual preference, and interest in dating preferences in your profile and for groups that are gender specific or of interest to specific sexuality identitity or available singles have those interests as part of their group profiles.
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Sean Smith
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Yeah folks - total ditto here. I would also allow a FILTER KEYWORDS field so I can exclude meetups with specific titles or descriptions. For example: "babes", "PAC", etc.
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Dan
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This idea looks like this other one...
http://meetup.uservoice.com/forums/37079-ideas-and-suggestions-for-meetup/suggestions/2583316-provide-the-option-to-permanently-removed-specifieThey are not going to implement the identical idea. So they probably won't implement this one either.
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Dan
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This idea looks like this other one...
http://meetup.uservoice.com/forums/37079-ideas-and-suggestions-for-meetup/suggestions/2583316-provide-the-option-to-permanently-removed-specifieThey are not going to implement the identical idea. So they probably won't implement this one either.
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Otto
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The filter groups really needs to be better Meetup. As you get bigger there needs to be a better filter.
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Elizabeth V.
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I just suggested this for the trending. I don't wish to see the trending for religions or race only groups. And it shouldn't be hard for each person to click buttons saying certain topics don't need to be shown on their trending. In fact, if relevant interests are shown, more people would join those groups.
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Leonard
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Similarly I'd like to e able to -1 a meetup suggestion.
I'm a married male and my likes are motorcycle and Italian but yet I'm constantly suggested single groups, ladies activities and other items that I'm not interested in.
Hopefully with the addition of a dislike/not interested. Opting mechanism the suggestions can improve relevance
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Anonymous
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I'd like to upvote this, I've been getting two or more messages from Christian groups because they always tag "single" or "new in town".
I'm cool with Jesus, don't get me wrong, it's his followers I can't abide.
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Mike Zmuda
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I'd love to see something like a "HIDE THIS MEETUP" function. This way, if you ever join a group, attend a meetup, leave the group because you hated it, and never want to see anything from that group again, you'd click the HIDE THIS MEETUP button. Simple!
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Julie
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Great Idea!
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Siberpup
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I agree. I'm getting e-mails about "new" groups that I have absolutely no interest in because they are vaguely related in very general terms to my stated interests. I'm also getting suggestions for ones WAY farther away than my stated preferred distance - like 75 - 100+ miles away for coffee??? I do see the "x" option on the sidebar; when I click the "x", a caption says I won't see this group again - but the next time I log in, there they are again. It would greatly help to have a permanent elimination option (and if circumstances change - that option can be reversed). Among others, I don't need to see listings or get e-mails about stroller strides and kiddie play dates since I'm not a parent (nothing against parents/kids, just a specific example). A feature to more individualize what we see/receive is very much needed; and would help promote the groups we are interested in vs. wading through post after post of groups that are irrelevant. As a result, I have removed myself completely from new group e-mail notices. Unfortunately, this means I will miss out on some groups of interest - but it will also cut down on all the waste & frustration.
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Steven C.
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I'm really getting tired of "nude" meetup groups. Just because I do photography doesn't mean I am in the least interested in these.
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Anonymous
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I completely agree. I want to include Social Networking, but do not want to get alerts about singles groups or social groups.
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laurie
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I completely agree with this idea. I get overwhelmed with groups/events that I have absolutely NO interest in. It would be nice to be able to filter them out. ("Hiding" individual groups would be too much work -- there are too many new groups created every day.)
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Julien
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Alternatively, a simply 'hide' feature for groups you aren't interested in would at least help.
