Forum meet ups

[Beverly]

With my forum, we talked about doing a forum meet up at a local sci fi convention (which is about 100 miles from my home). Many of our members are very much into sci fi and it would be a great place to socialize. Just wondering if anyone else had considered this type of forum member meet up where everyone could get to know each other (in a group) offline, maybe at a convention or some other shared interest location?

 

[Nebulous]

I have no interest in meeting people I chat with on forums to be honest. I think it would be awkward and uncomfortable. Lots of people use forums as an escape from the real world.

 

[Uaithne]

I know a lot of sites do this. I, personally, am not interested because I like to keep RL and internet separate. However, that does not mean that it is a bad idea.

Just . . . be safe. Keep your forum members safe, especially if you have minors.

 

[nolvorite]

I think you can if you know each other enough.

 

[Thomasss]

I can agree that it would be awkward as hellck. :lol:

Today we could have a Skype of Google Hangout meetup, everyone stays home and in the comfort of their own computer. That would probably still be rather awkward though. 😵

 

[Mikaya]

I would personally like to meet up with some of my forum friends who I've known for a while. It would be awkward at first, but I think we'd have a blast! Going shopping or just some sightseeing would be ideal to break the ice.

 

[Cierra]

I haven't seen this done yet besides on very large forums (FlyerTalk for example). I don't think it would be fun or work well if you only had a small forum with not a lot of active members. Different time zones, locations, and even countries would be difficult too without leaving people out.

 

[Teg]

I've never actually set something like that up. That being said, my forum host does an annual meetup and I've always wanted to go. But, flying across the country is expensive-not to mention the hotels, food, and car service-so I've never been able to go.

 

[Izaya]

A forum I am a member of does this, they recently met up in NEtherlands. I personally would love to do it as I would love to meet the people I am with daily.

 

[Obsidian]

I would find it rather awkward. A lot of people you like to talk to online but not want to meet in real life. I've never seen it happen before though

 

[MrDawn]

Not interested. Some members are nice people and have great ideas. That just isn't enough to go out and meet them in real life. Some members I'm glad I won't be meeting if ever.