Most major cities, and many minor ones, have some LW-ers.
I’d be interested in details. Does it hold only inside the US? Are there some statistics which can be used to estimate the chance of at least one person coming to such a meeting?
If the LW users could specify their coordinates in their profile, and that info be automatically processed to create a world map with some reasonable resolution telling the number of LWers in a given location (say, 100x100 km grid or so), that would be a useful application.
If concern about this is blocking you from organizing a meetup in your area, you can make a post inquiring about interest for a meetup in your area. I expect you will be reassured.
Although I’m not sure geotagging the LW readership is the best solution to the problem, some sort of reassurance that there actually are other people in a given location who’d attend would probably help grease the wheels a bit.
I’d be interested in details. Does it hold only inside the US? Are there some statistics which can be used to estimate the chance of at least one person coming to such a meeting?
If the LW users could specify their coordinates in their profile, and that info be automatically processed to create a world map with some reasonable resolution telling the number of LWers in a given location (say, 100x100 km grid or so), that would be a useful application.
If concern about this is blocking you from organizing a meetup in your area, you can make a post inquiring about interest for a meetup in your area. I expect you will be reassured.
Although I’m not sure geotagging the LW readership is the best solution to the problem, some sort of reassurance that there actually are other people in a given location who’d attend would probably help grease the wheels a bit.
LW users can specify their location, though it is not in a standard format, and AFAIK not available in aggregate. See the sitemeter-link (http://www.sitemeter.com/?a=stats&s=s18lesswrong&r=0) for some related info.
Outside of US and UK it is probably futile.
Wasn’t futile in Tel Aviv or Jerusalem or Athens.