In any case, I’m pretty sure that there are other scheduled meetups closer to me (Houston, Austin, NC, LA) -- is this only drawing from a list that are formatted or registered?
Only three meetups have been entered using the new system. Many other meetups have been announced using normal posts in the Discussion area, and summarised in promoted meetup summary posts (which was the official way to announce meetups a day ago).
Also, it’s disconcerting for Australia to be called “nearby”, and only a little less so for it to count as “nearest”, even if that’s literally true for that set.
There are many meetups not yet entered into the new system, and their coverage of the globe is pretty good. I think Australian meetups will disappear from your list in a few days. There will be some users who really are geographically far from any organised meetups… perhaps they could resolve their disconcertion by organising a close meetup :)
Okay, I didn’t know it was only listing meetups from a new entry system (rather than, say, all recurring meetups). Any reason Australia is above Seattle? (I know that’s pretty minor as an issue.)
Agreed. If it’s labelled “Nearby” then I expect it to sort by distance and exclude anything more than ~500 miles away. Paris is not “nearby” to the US, and neither is Australia.
Alternately, relabel it “Upcoming Meetups” because that is more informative. I’d prefer to just see it re-labelled, because there will probably never be more than a couple “local” meetups near me. New York and California seem to be the only states with more than one regular meetup right now, and I doubt many of us are interested in driving 100+ miles for a meetup on any sort of regular basis.
That it’s not filtering by distance looks like a bug. I think it’ll be sensible for most users if it shows the nearest five of meetups occurring in the next 14 days. I think filtering by location is a very useful feature in the sidebar widget.
Only three meetups have been entered using the new system. Many other meetups have been announced using normal posts in the Discussion area, and summarised in promoted meetup summary posts (which was the official way to announce meetups a day ago).
There are many meetups not yet entered into the new system, and their coverage of the globe is pretty good. I think Australian meetups will disappear from your list in a few days.
There will be some users who really are geographically far from any organised meetups… perhaps they could resolve their disconcertion by organising a close meetup :)
Okay, I didn’t know it was only listing meetups from a new entry system (rather than, say, all recurring meetups). Any reason Australia is above Seattle? (I know that’s pretty minor as an issue.)
I think the earliest meetups are at the top of the list.
And we’re back to the question of why it doesn’t just say “upcoming meetups”, without the need to point out that these are “nearby”...
Agreed. If it’s labelled “Nearby” then I expect it to sort by distance and exclude anything more than ~500 miles away. Paris is not “nearby” to the US, and neither is Australia.
Alternately, relabel it “Upcoming Meetups” because that is more informative. I’d prefer to just see it re-labelled, because there will probably never be more than a couple “local” meetups near me. New York and California seem to be the only states with more than one regular meetup right now, and I doubt many of us are interested in driving 100+ miles for a meetup on any sort of regular basis.
That it’s not filtering by distance looks like a bug. I think it’ll be sensible for most users if it shows the nearest five of meetups occurring in the next 14 days. I think filtering by location is a very useful feature in the sidebar widget.