Yeah, it would be great to somehow know how active a group is. Though it’s definitely non-trivial to make that happen. Right now all groups were created in the last few months, so you know at least that if they are dead, they haven’t been dead for long.
My model is that showing a group that is actually in the same city but might or might not be active is more important than showing far away events that are guaranteed to be real. In both cases the user will be disappointed, but I think your hit rate is going to be higher for the groups, since there are so many more of them, and most events don’t get advertised. I don’t think this means you have to show more clutter or anything, as long as you can get the user’s rough location (via IP if necessary) you should be able to show nearby groups with nothing else but the location.
Yeah, it would be great to somehow know how active a group is. Though it’s definitely non-trivial to make that happen. Right now all groups were created in the last few months, so you know at least that if they are dead, they haven’t been dead for long.
My model is that showing a group that is actually in the same city but might or might not be active is more important than showing far away events that are guaranteed to be real. In both cases the user will be disappointed, but I think your hit rate is going to be higher for the groups, since there are so many more of them, and most events don’t get advertised. I don’t think this means you have to show more clutter or anything, as long as you can get the user’s rough location (via IP if necessary) you should be able to show nearby groups with nothing else but the location.