The Community Update features the latest news about Meetup exclusively from the Meetup team. This month, join Meetup’s VP of Product, Daniel Pardes, Product Manager Alex Loh, and Staff Android Engineer Patrick Datillio for insights on Meetup’s new event scheduler (in beta). Sign up to help us test it!
Main Takeaways:
- We’re rolling out a new event scheduler (in beta). Sign up to help us test it!
- Based on feedback and research, we’re adding new features like a dedicated agenda section, rich text formatting, a navigation bar with more structure to add information, and more!
- We’re looking for organizers to test this new tool. You’ll be providing feedback, reporting bugs and you’ll also be able to connect with other organizers who join the beta.
- We heard the requests and dark mode is here!
- We launched a dark mode option for the Meetup Android app. IOS to come soon!
- Resources mentioned:
- The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker
Top Q&A Questions:
- Is there a public roadmap for product updates?
- Dan: The reason why we don’t publish a full roadmap is because it’s a living document that always changes. The thing we want to be able to do is to share the goals and what we’re trying to accomplish over time and to get feedback during that process.
- If I opt in to the beta, will the new format transfer existing events in my group?
- Alex: Right now, for our beta users, you would have to recreate any existing events in the new scheduler. But we are working toward having the events converted automatically.
- Will the new event scheduler let us have multiple photos? Is there a character limit for event descriptions?
- Alex : Right now, it’s one photo only, but we’re working toward allowing more photos and videos down the line. There’s also no character limit on event descriptions right now.
Last modified on June 23, 2021
