I find the weekly meetup roundups to be mostly noise, and wish they were not promoted. I don’t think they really serve much purpose that isn’t already served by the meetup posts in discussion and the nearest meetups tab.
I do like the idea of major meetup news getting promoted when it exists.
The other recurring metastuff in main (quotes threads, for example) are also annoying, and should (IMO) be in discussion.
They serve some purpose: I think a lot of places with regular meetups don’t post them to the site, and I don’t know of another good way to find out about them. (Perhaps the wiki page should be linked more prominantly?)
I also think that if we’re not going to include meetups that are not new in the meetup roundups, we should be employing another method to call more attention to them for the sake of newer members.
At the very least, the “only new meetups posted” policy should be clearly advertised with each post, lest a newbie think that the advertized meetups are all that are taking place.
Although it would take more effort to implement, the solution I think would be most effective would be to have separate Main, Discussion, and Meetups sections for the site.
I find the weekly meetup roundups to be mostly noise, and wish they were not promoted. I don’t think they really serve much purpose that isn’t already served by the meetup posts in discussion and the nearest meetups tab.
I do like the idea of major meetup news getting promoted when it exists.
The other recurring metastuff in main (quotes threads, for example) are also annoying, and should (IMO) be in discussion.
They serve some purpose: I think a lot of places with regular meetups don’t post them to the site, and I don’t know of another good way to find out about them. (Perhaps the wiki page should be linked more prominantly?)
I also think that if we’re not going to include meetups that are not new in the meetup roundups, we should be employing another method to call more attention to them for the sake of newer members.
At the very least, the “only new meetups posted” policy should be clearly advertised with each post, lest a newbie think that the advertized meetups are all that are taking place.
Although it would take more effort to implement, the solution I think would be most effective would be to have separate Main, Discussion, and Meetups sections for the site.
Note, the idea isn’t to post only new meetups, but
only new meetups appear in the title, and
if there are no new meetups, the post is still made, but it isn’t promoted.
A meetups section would be mostly noise for almost everyone, so I wouldn’t expect many people to watch it.
I suspect the “Nearest Meetups” part of the sidebar and the map are sufficient for newer members, provided the meetups in question are posted.