4354574 t1_iz9pdgk wrote on December 7, 2022 at 2:50 PM

Meetups are notorious for how many people bail. Expect 50% of people to bail on even routine stuff like get-togethers and dinners. It's a weird psychology - if you're not going to show, why RSVP at all? People want to have multiple options to choose from on a given night. Dinners are bad because someone has paid for a table that the restaurant could be using for something else. Organizers discovered that the way around the problem was to make people deposit like $50 beforehand - suddenly everyone showed up for the dinner :)

compaqdeskpro t1_iz9tmsp wrote on December 7, 2022 at 3:20 PM

Maybe the people who jump at a social event are the most likely to ditch you for a more prestigious one?

4354574 t1_iz9zf7a wrote on December 7, 2022 at 4:00 PM

Nope.

I don't organize meetups. I just have gone to enough of them to see this behaviour, and no, there is no connection to 'more prestigious' events, as I have been to a whole continuum of events from fancy to grubby and 50% of people still don't show up to them regardless of what they are.