“Meeting Up” With

Someone New
Social media category: Meetup.com
By: Frank Darby
EDT 321
 Pros and Cons for Social Media

• Pros • Cons
1. Stalking and bullying
1. View trends and events 2. Make people waste many
2. Very entertaining hours of their time
3. Help find relationships 3. Make people become
addicted and obsessed with
4. Help stay in touch with social media
family members
4. Help spread radical views
5. Could up load pictures 5. Can have information that
can be used against people 2

in the law
 What is “Meet Up”

“This social networking portal enables you to find groups of like-minded

people, who have similar interest to you, near your locality (anywhere in the
world). It also facilitates offline group meetings and you can become a part of
such groups and their discussions.”

(60 Social Networking Sites You Need to Know 3

About,2018)
 How to Use Meet Up in My Profession
Meet Other Athletes
Find training faculties
Find people who have interest similar to mind other than athletics
Networking with other professionals

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Top 10 International Cities For

Chart Title
250,000

200,000

150,000

100,000

50,000

0
London Toronto Tel Aviv-yafo Paris Vancouver Sydney Melbourne Bangalore Berlin

Total Membership Column1 Column2

( Who's Meeting Up? Using Data to Find the Hottest Startup Cities in 5

the World , 2014 )

 Top U.S Cities For
City Total Membership Rank
New York 481,584 1
San Francisco 387,904 2
Chicago 97,494 3
Washington 91,656 4
Palo Alto 88,270 5
Boston 70,902 6
Los Angeles 66,183 7
Mountain View 65,990 8
Seattle 63,664 9
Austin 53,993 10 6

( Who's Meeting Up? Using Data to Find the

Hottest Startup Cities in the World,2014)
 Categories For

Sports &
Family Learning
Fitness

Food &
Music Film
Drinks
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(We are what we do ,2018)

 Thank you from Frank Darby Its been a pleasure to
give more information about Meetup.com

• If you like more information about Meetup.com you can contact me @

• Fdarby1@asu.edu

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 References
• 60 Social Networking Sites You Need to Know About in 2018. (2018,
February 12). Retrieved February 23, 2018, from
https://makeawebsitehub.com/social-media-sites/
• Social networking pros and cons: Are social media good? (2018). Retrieved
February 23, 2018, from https://nativist/debate/social-networking-pros-and-
cons
• We are what we do. (2018). Retrieved February 23, 2018, from
https://www.meetup.com/
• Who's Meeting Up? Using Data to Find the Hottest Startup Cities in the
World. (2014, August 07). Retrieved February 23, 2018, from
https://blog.rjmetrics.com/2014/04/23/who’s-meeting-up-a-ranking-of-top-
startup-cities/ 9
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