I was wondering what people thought about an app I ve been t

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I was wondering what people thought about an app I ve been thinking about for virtual communities to use I ve been thinking about something called like AFK Meetup and it would be a place for members to list an approximate area of the globe they are in so if people are traveling then it could be easier to start something with the people in an area to try to get together I d prioritize it as a Slack App + Discord app with a simple web interface and perhaps I d even make it easier to create get togethers across multiple communities

Cole · Answer

I m curious to hear < Ivan Reese> and other community organizers thoughts or concerns I have two groups I manage that I d try it with between HyperTalk discord and Rust East Coast discord

Cole · Answer

I particularly like the idea of it being across meetups so while I m in Brazil Rio de Janeiro these two weeks I could check in one interface if there are any community members across multiple servers that are also in RJ or have listed RJ as a place they spend some time

Cole · Answer

It could also link it to a Twitter bio name or something but that s perhaps over doing the core idea

Cole · Answer

cc < Alan Laidlaw> < Paul Butler> < Jess Martin> amp < Garth Goldwater> who I ve discussed organizer stuff with before

Jess Martin · Answer

interesting I ve used <https smallworld kiwi > when visiting NYC to find people to meet up with and to invite specific people to Tools for Thought Rocks events So I d definitely be open to giving it a try

Jess Martin · Answer

gt I particularly like the idea of it being across meetups so while I m in Brazil Rio de Janeiro these two weeks I could check in one interface if there are any community members across multiple servers Yes please I also spend a good time spanning multiple discords slacks so this would be very helpful

Ivan Reese · Answer

Yeah this sounds like something that d be nice to have

Ivan Reese · Answer

The only concern I have is the same concern I always have with the intersection of official community thing and meeting up with strangers in person That being for some folks meeting up in person is NBD For others it s really scary and for any number of reasons So I m hesitant reluctant to make anything about in person meetups seem official because that might suggest a level of safety and or supervision that doesn t exist In short I just want everyone to have the right expectations

Cole · Answer

< Ivan Reese> that s a great point I will need to consider some of this concern area I think I d like to take some cues from Discord s safety UX where you cannot browse people unless you share a community with them Or maybe even more precise privacy of location tooling The existence of these tools put onto the individual would probably be good but also it could indicate more clearly that it is about self organized groups linked by virtual communities

Ivan Reese · Answer

Yeah that browse point is spot on If you can browse people by location I think a lot of folks will completely nope out of that

Cole · Answer

As well making the event organizing happen off platform could help So you could see someone from FoC is in Turkey or whatever and you DM them after seeing them in this opt in directory