{"id":16882,"date":"2023-07-18T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/blog\/?p=16882"},"modified":"2023-12-18T09:24:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T14:24:39","slug":"recording-member-plus-spark-new-friendships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/blog\/recording-member-plus-spark-new-friendships\/","title":{"rendered":"Recording | Meetup+: The Best Way to Spark New Friendships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>July 30 is International Friendship Day and we&#8217;re making it easier than ever to spark more friendships with new features on Meetup Meetup+ (formerly Member+). In this Meetup Live recording, we\u2019ll be hosting a deep dive into all the platform tools we\u2019ve rolled out to bring people together and fight the loneliness epidemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch Meetup team members Annyce Davis, VP of Engineering, and Mike Bass, Senior Product Manager, for a walk-through of platform features designed to facilitate friendships. Hear real stories of members who found their community with Meetup+. Learn how organizers can also benefit from this suite of friendship features and get the scoop on what\u2019s to come with Meetup+.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Recording| Member+: The Best Way to Spark New Friendships\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L3JN-LCWl_8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Timestamps: <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Fighting the Loneliness Epidemic (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/L3JN-LCWl_8?t=91\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1:31<\/a>)\n<ul>\n<li>Members Want to Form Relationships (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/L3JN-LCWl_8?t=169\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2:49<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meetup Helping Members Form Friendships (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/L3JN-LCWl_8?t=353\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">5:53<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Why Meetup? (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/L3JN-LCWl_8?t=450\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">7:30<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How Meetup+ can Help Build Friendships (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/L3JN-LCWl_8?t=450\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">8:44<\/a>)\n<ul>\n<li>Unique Features to Meetup+ (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/L3JN-LCWl_8?t=621\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10:21<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meetup+ Goals (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/L3JN-LCWl_8?t=1261\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">21:01<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Impact of Meetup+ (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/L3JN-LCWl_8?t=1297\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">21:37<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finding Events to Make Friends (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/L3JN-LCWl_8?t=1368\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">22:48<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Q&amp;A Session (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/L3JN-LCWl_8?t=1540\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">25:40<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Top Q&amp;A Questions and Resources: <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Can we hide&nbsp;group memberships from people with Meetup+?<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Annyce:<\/em> Yes, you can hide your group memberships. There&#8217;s a setting on your profile where you can choose not to make your groups public and that will mean that anyone viewing your profile won&#8217;t be able to see shared groups with you or the group memberships that you belong to.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Are these features only available on the app, what about desktop?<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Mike:<\/em> You can get that benefit now. Our web platform functionality follows our apps, but yes, these features are on web or coming to web. An example of this is the brand new profiles feature. Right now it is on the Android app and is not yet on iPhone. Then it will come to the web in a few months. So it&#8217;s a little bit delayed there, but it&#8217;s coming and you&#8217;ll get those benefits on the website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>With Meetup+ will I have access to Meetup groups that I would not otherwise have?<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Annyce:<\/em> For now, the answer is no. 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