Allow users to select what specific meetup groups they want hidden, instead of all.
I have some meet ups groups that I do want others to see, and I have some I would like to keep hidden. We should have the choice to choose which ones to hide, or un-hide.
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Mike
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As a group organizer, I have to be against this.
Seeing what kinds of groups potential members are in allows me to have an insight as to their intentions when adding to my group. I want to be able to weed the "creeps" out before adding them to save me and my members the headache if we get bad people coming to our events.
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Anonymous
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I don't know if this is the best place to post this, but it's along the same line. I think greetings should only be visible while looking at the profile for that page. To go with the same example that's been used below, if I look at a profile on a hiking page, I see a greeting from someone from a depression group. Hopefully, if this comment is actioned, and people can hide some groups, then the greetings are also automatically hidden
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Anonymous
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How can I hide my personal Meetup groups? Is there a special place on site? I need some help/comments as to how to do this, at least from my phone.
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Anonymous
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Thank you for posting this. I agree!
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Amiee
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I agree. We should be able to keep all the groups hidden if we don't wish for others to always follow you. I don't like having members see all the groups Im attending. Stalking from others isn't making the experience comfortable.
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Janelle
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this is exactly why i've hidden my meetup account from my facebook. i dont want people on facebook to see what meetup groups i'm in. if meetup did allow me to hide it i would have meetup posts and things on my facebook which would actually get more publicity for meetup.
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Anonymous
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I agree that users should be able to choose which groups are hidden or not, for the reasons noted below. I ended up here because that was exactly what I wanted to do and only saw " hide all" as an option.
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Anonymous
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Users should be able to choose which groups to show.
The problem for me is that I have Meetup groups related to my business and personal life. My non-business Meetup groups are not out of the ordinary but I do find it unprofessional to mix the two.
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Anonymous
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Users should be able to choose which groups to show.
The problem for me is that I have Meetup groups related to my business and personal life. My non-business Meetup groups are not out of the ordinary but I do find it unprofessional to mix the two.
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SupperClub
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I disagree. Your meetup memberships are an expression of your overall personality and character. If some people cannot handle the fact that you are a member of emotional support groups or LGBT groups, that is their problem.
Do you really want to socialise with people who judge you for having emotional problems or for being gay? You have not lost any friends as you wouldn't have got along with them anyway.
Be proud of who you are, and you will attract likeminded people.
On the other hand, if you are a member of an extreme political or religious group, or an 'adult fun' group, then accept that some may prefer not to socialise with you.
In any case, by exposing all your meetup groups, you will filter out people with whom you wouldn't get along with anyway.
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Amanda Russo
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More options please!
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Anonymous
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Want to hide emotional support group but not social groups. Please.
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Darrell
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Agreed as well!
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amanda lopez
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This is a great idea, as it support privacy and peoples expression as well.
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Anonymous
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Agreed. I would like to some, but not all, of my meetup groups to be public. I bet lots of others would too, for a variety of reasons. Not everyone is comfortable having their political or spiritual interests or their relationship status made public. People may have safety concerns, etc. But those same people may not care that their membership in a hiking or dining group is public.
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Wendy
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I generally like the idea, but I would add another feature to this: allow, upon request, the user to reveal his/her groups to another Meetup member who asks to see "the full picture" -- i.e., all the Meetup groups a member belongs to, without filters or censoring. The member can either grant or deny the request to reveal all. Although I understand why people would not want to reveal some affiliations (e.g., support groups for mental/emotional struggles), on the other hand I would like to know sooner rather than later if someone who is contacting me and getting friendly via Meetup is an aficionado of things I am not (e.g., polyamory, nudism, nymphomania, White Supremacy...). In this respect, I currently approach with caution people who mask their Meetup groups. It's a helpful red flag for me.
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Candice
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Agreed. I would like the option to show some groups in my profile and hide others.
Duplicate of http://meetup.uservoice.com/forums/37079-ideas-and-suggestions-for-meetup/suggestions/2032481-please-make-an-option-in-account-set-up-that-will-
and http://meetup.uservoice.com/forums/37079-ideas-and-suggestions-for-meetup/suggestions/2458450-re-how-do-i-hide-interests-or-hiding-groups-w -
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O.K., Let me get this straight: when I join a new group, I can choose whether or not to allow e-mails to come to me, whether or not to get reminders, whether or not to get message board notices, and whether or not to link in other social networks. But I can't choose to have some of my groups private, while sharing all the others? If my membership in some group clearly shows either my religious or political beliefs, I have to make ALL my groups private? This is not logical or helpful in any way.
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Anonymous
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Hello,
This is about safety, security and privacy concerns with using Meetup.
Millions of people do NOT want other people to see all or any of their other Meetup groups. This OBVIOUS breach of privacy and confidentiality should NEVER have occurred or been programmed. For legitimate reasons many people do not want others to know other group(s) of which they are members. Why doesn’t Meetup reverse this default setting and create a way for members to opt IN to allow “any of their fellow group members, in any of their Meetup Groups, [to] be able to view” a greeting, whether sent or received, if the member wants to? THIS SHOULD BE AN OPT-IN, NOT AN OPT-OUT option.
Also, why doesn’t Meetup create a way for members to greet another member:
1) Without having to e-mail if they want to send a greeting that they only want the recipient to see (unwanted senders already can be blocked); and
2) With a default setting of NOT allowing other members to see the greeting and an opt-in to allow other members to see the greeting?The default setting to allow “any of their fellow group members, in any of their Meetup Groups, [to] be able to view” a greeting is a glaring safety, security and privacy concern.
These ideas are easy to do and would address more safety, security and privacy concerns. Implementing them would increase participation and reduce dropouts. Meetup already allows members to “keep certain content” and “hide certain info from appearing on [their] Profiles” and to choose “not to make their Meetup membership information public” so that they can hide what groups they belong to and what groups they’re interested in. Why not also implement the ideas described above for increased safety, security and privacy?
This is not about “hiding” anything in the secretive or suspicious sense of the word. It’s about protecting one’s safety, security and privacy. The concept can be flipped and argued both ways – it’s “hiding,” therefore “sunshine” is needed to expose and block irresponsible and malicious members, or it’s “protecting one’s safety, security and privacy,” therefore “keep private” or non-disclosure options are needed to protect responsible and respectful members. Irresponsible and malicious members need to be exposed and blocked. However, reasonably responsible and respectful members should be able to know that the default option is “keep private” or “non-disclose” (not “hide”) with an opt-IN option to “allow anyone to see” or “disclose” (not “unhide”).
Does Meetup realize that, with the current opt-out policy and programming, they are contributing to the ability of irresponsible and malicious members and criminals to perpetrate identity theft and sabotage?
By the way, this is not a “free speech” or “first Amendment” issue because no one is being censored. Anyway, irresponsible and malicious members already have plenty of other ways to behave the way they do on and off of Meetup. This is a safety, security and privacy issue for responsible and respectful Meetup members.
Let’s get enough votes to get this policy and programming changed ASAP.
Thank you.
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Anonymous
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Avery wrote "click on the "vote" button, and "un-vote"" When I click on the "vote" button it does not give an "un-vote" option, only options to cast one, two or three votes. Who knows how to "un-vote"?
