Helsinki Hacker News Meetup

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VCFundedGenYer•3 minutes ago

Not going, but just adding commentary - Having a karma requirement for a physical meetup is a poor choice. People will come out physically if they truly care, gatekeeping it with internet points is a bad idea, especially if you turn people away.

71153750•about 2 hours ago

I’m a student at Hive here in Helsinki and would love to attend. Lurking on HN for years but not nearly enough Karma. I’ve bookmarked the form for later however I’ll try my luck anyway with the form now. Very cool to know there is an HN meet up here!

calpaterson•23 minutes ago

You were added :) See you in person

sqbic•about 2 hours ago

Nice one! As a seasoned industry veteran, I've been wanting to have something like this, and while there are many evening tech meetups going on around here, your schedule is much more suitable for the otherwise busy life! *starts karma mining to qualify*

Filled the form and included my email with the HN user ID just in case you'd be willing to deliver the meeting details that way when they've been decided.

The phone number is not associated with WhatsApp (never had it, and won't), but it works with Signal in case it would be more viable option for meetup info comms than email. Who knows, perhaps even a shadow group already exists there, or has potential to get established?

Thank you for arranging such gatherings, hoping to meet up soon!

toivo•about 2 hours ago

Would be interesting to join but have to get bit more karma :)

darkwater•about 2 hours ago

I think you will have enough after your message ;)

patricjansson•about 2 hours ago

Mission accomplished Toivo karma: 84

olegp•about 2 hours ago

We're not too strict about that, please join!

eric_khun•about 2 hours ago

let me help

deanc•39 minutes ago

Hi. Long-term HN user based in Helsinki. I'd join but don't really want to share my phone number with a large group of people. Can you not find another way to co-ordinate?

asimovDev•4 minutes ago

There should be an email sent out whenever a meet is organized. WhatsApp group is mostly for choosing the most suitable date and a place , it’s not mandatory for participation

Hamuko•33 minutes ago

Doesn't WhatsApp have usernames these days?

deanc•17 minutes ago

I believe in a group chat you can see everyone's phone number.

calpaterson•about 4 hours ago

We've been organising this for a while (a year? more?). It's quite relaxed - just a coffee morning every month or two.

I'm sure there are other HN local meetups who could post in this thread - please do if you have a local meetup

techsystems•15 minutes ago

Anyone Eindhoven?

weli•about 3 hours ago

Please! Would love HN meetup in Berlin.

kamyarg•37 minutes ago

Interested in Berlin also. Happy to help co-organize also. Email in profile.

earthnail•about 2 hours ago

+1 for Berlin. Moving there in two weeks. Pls email me; my email is in my profile (your profile doesn’t show an email at the time of writing).

Towaway69•15 minutes ago

Just sent out an email thread to those that have emails in Berlin!

bossyTeacher•about 2 hours ago

Make it happen, don't wait for someone else to do the work on your behalf :)

rrr_oh_man•about 3 hours ago

Excellent initiative, Cal! Thanks for organising

svlasov•about 3 hours ago

Too bad this requires using WhatsUp.

olegp•about 2 hours ago

WhatsApp isn't really required. If you submit the form, we will email about about the date and location of the next event.

wissio•about 2 hours ago

Ironically, a karma threshold will rule out most Finns

shrubby•about 2 hours ago

Damn right:D

punnerud•about 2 hours ago

What a great idea! Anyone that want to join up in Oslo / Norway?

I can use the work office, have more then enough coffee, tea etc. with space to around 150 people.

https://forms.gle/2pDEkQTYihQ4txK29

(Copy pasted the form. Why change a winning team)

e12e•about 1 hour ago

Unfortunately it's a little far to go for coffee from Tromsø.

slerb•about 3 hours ago

I'd love to join, sadly I'm mainly lurking around here so I don't have the required karma.

notpushkin•about 2 hours ago

Tell a bit more about yourself and maybe somebody would invite you as a +1?

BonerWiener•about 2 hours ago

> We use a WhatsApp group for co-ordination

I would've gladly joined if you hadn't decided on a service owned by Meta...

icy•about 2 hours ago

It initially begun as an email thread, but we settled on WhatsApp owing to, well, most people having WhatsApp.

mr_mitm•about 1 hour ago

Surely e-mail is even more widely used?

theshrike79•about 1 hour ago

Dunno if it's a generational thing or what, but I check my email like maybe once a day sometimes I can go 2-3 days without looking at it. It's just a place where Stuff gathers and I go through it when I Get around to it. Can't even remember when I used email to actually communicate with a non-business entity outside of work.

WhatsApp messages I get immediately.

RicoElectrico•about 2 hours ago

I am not from the area but the deliberations about which messaging platform is kosher are an enormous time waste for every bottom-up organization, especially FOSS projects or hacker spaces.

opan•about 1 hour ago

Interesting you think it's less important for "FOSS projects". I would think the chat should be free software especially in those circles. IRC, XMPP, Matrix, email. Lots of options that have been around for decades now.

Hamuko•about 2 hours ago

As a Finn, I've definitely had to say the phrase "No, I don't have WhatsApp" more times than I care to count. That being said, I imagine a FOSS project or hacker space to be more cognisant of WhatsApp's ownership than a car dealership trying to sell me a used car via video call. I got rid of my WhatsApp precisely because Meta started tweaking the terms of service.

calpaterson•about 1 hour ago

There is a conscientious objector to every communication system. As was said above: WhatsApp had the fewest.

izacus•about 1 hour ago

They'll enjoy their time without you just fine.

melvinroest•40 minutes ago

Anyone want to organize one in Amsterdam with me? I live near the area, would be fun :)

mchinen•about 1 hour ago

I'd love tips for maintaining a good meetup.

I tend to like the smaller meetups that are focused. But they often degrade in quality as they scale. A failure mode I hit several times was group circles with a louder or opinionated person eventually entering and taking the focus of the group. For large meetups that's not an issue I suppose. Break-out groups did work, but it needs some planning.

asimpletune•about 2 hours ago

Would anyone be interested in meeting up in Rome? My contact's on my profile and I'm happy to organize.

zedr•about 2 hours ago

Perhaps we could host it jointly in Milan and Rome?

king_crimson•about 2 hours ago

Anyone who’d be interested in a meetup in Cologne?

olegp•about 2 hours ago

There was one 14 years ago. I even gave a talk there once. Maybe some of the original organizers or attendees who commented on this post would be interested in rebooting it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4754269

gpugreg•about 2 hours ago

Sure! But where?

DomB•about 2 hours ago

ramon156•about 2 hours ago

Any Meetups in NL? Im far from the Randstad, would've loved to host one otherwise

TrueGeek•about 1 hour ago

If you're near the Maastricht / Aachen area:

https://www.meetup.com/euregiotechmeetup/

techsystems•14 minutes ago

Eindhoven?

tosti•about 2 hours ago

I'd rather not go there. Too crowded, too busy, too much violence. I wouldn't mind a city, though. Is Zwolle an option?

Edit: just saw your profile, sorry never mind ^^'

mixnix•32 minutes ago

Is there one for Warsaw?

qifzer•about 2 hours ago

Hacker News London meets up on a semi-regular basis. They have recently moved from Meetup to Luma:

https://luma.com/calendar/cal-plFkEeW4fsaL5Nx

Hugsbox•about 1 hour ago

Makes me wonder if there's any meetups in my neck of the woods in good ole Nova Scotia. I kind of doubt it, but it would be wicked. Hope you guys have a great time!

hnacobsxph•about 1 hour ago

This is what I keep telling people

rrr_oh_man•about 3 hours ago

That is amazing. Back in Helsinki soon. <3

matheusmoreira•about 1 hour ago

Is there a list of these by country?

tommica•about 2 hours ago

Man, if I still lived in Finland, I'd absolutely want to go! Seems like a fantastic idea!

huksley•about 2 hours ago

Very cool, excited to join as well - lets talk there is opportunity to have a space for this up to 20-30 ppl

soderfoo•about 3 hours ago

Nice. Does anyone know if a Stockholm group exists?

JackDanMeier•about 2 hours ago

Not as far as I know. We can surely start one tho. I wouldn't mind just setting a spot and time, and then those who can just show or don't.

I can make a post about it promoting it.

mingusrude•about 1 hour ago

I'd be interested too.

walagran•about 1 hour ago

HN Fika! Lmk if you set it up

notpushkin•about 2 hours ago

This is very cool. I’ve lived in Tallinn for a while so definitely would attend if it was ~5-ish years ago.

knuckleheads•about 2 hours ago

Long shot, but if there is anybody reading this from Salzburg, lmk if you want to meet up!

mchinen•about 1 hour ago

Any interest in a Lisbon meetup?

ionwake•about 2 hours ago

theres def atleast one OG guy id love to buy a coffee/beer for there, no idea if he goes to HN meets tho, would love to attend at when Im next over there in any case.

Arshad-Talpur•about 3 hours ago

Is there any meetup in Paris?

icy•about 3 hours ago

Thanks for reminding me to attend this. I'll try to join the next one!

getpokedagain•about 2 hours ago

Anyone north east pa USA?

dlojudice•about 2 hours ago

great idea! pls, hnmeetup.com/[place] anyone?

notpushkin•about 1 hour ago

https://meet.hn/ is tangential but not quite for meetups, just discovering who lives nearby. Could be a good starting point though!

jrflowers•about 2 hours ago

> To keep the group focused on posters (and not just readers!) anyone can join so long as:

> they have a non-greenname account

> they have 64 karma or more

Is the karma checked at the door or is it at the time of submission? Seems like somebody could be at 12 and then post “actually I believe the general consensus on gravity is wrong” in the right thread the night before and roll in with 89 points

earthnail•about 2 hours ago

Then they made a proper effort to get there. Fair game IMHO.

block_dagger•about 3 hours ago

64 karma requirement? Pfft. I’d go to a 1k min karma meetup tho ;)

rrr_oh_man•about 2 hours ago

I refuse to join any meetup where some like me meets the karma requirements.

ifdefdebug•about 3 hours ago

You mean 1024 right?

voxelghost•about 2 hours ago

You mean 1337 right? You are almost there, just need 20 more.

xxs•about 2 hours ago

sounds about right, people with 64 with just drink the (supposedly) free beer and not talk until much later.

Metacelsus•about 2 hours ago

relevant: https://xkcd.com/1000/

Retr0id•about 2 hours ago

1k? pfft, I'd go to a 10k karma meetup

valvar•5 minutes ago

Personally, I’d only meet with those in the triple digits of karma.

jdw64•about 3 hours ago

Ah, if only I were from Helsinki, I would have signed up.

xxs•about 2 hours ago

Tallinn - then take ferry

trilogic•about 2 hours ago

It was interesting until I saw:

>To join, fill out the Google Form.

Bro gtfoh

opan•about 1 hour ago

What would you suggest instead for others hosting events like this?