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Luma is the current version of that idea so yes.

One group I followed switched to LinkedIn

yes, _every_ event I go uses Luma or something else nowadays.

I've been researching the alternatives as I've been really.annoyed by the Meetup.com enshittification.

Any other platforms besides Luma you hear about? I know some lean on WhatsApp, some tried to use FB or even LinkedIn events but these are really made for different use cases.

There is also Partiful

Which has ties to Palantir

Apple invites?

Cool that there is something else. There was also EventBrite but I guess that got enshittified as well. Anyway my question was more in the realm of: if people stays, their play works. Not justifying the modus operandi, just stating that there is indeed space for Bending Spoons' MO.

Not all the cool hipster SV tech startups end up being a planetary success, some of them end up in this zombie state.

Bending Spoons also bought Eventbrite.