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The flow for creating a meet is slick and works really well. I was actually surprised that it found the pub I was suggesting to meet at so quickly and easily. Nice work. A few suggestions:

1. When I can "Invite people to suggest places and times by sharing this url with them" it would be great if there was some kind of pre-populated email that could be send that contained a blurb about the meetup and some info on how they would use the link they have been sent.

2. When I return to the site as someone who has been invited it is not immediately clear if I need to do anything, maybe a big "Yeah, I'll attend" button?

3. Could the meetup page show who has been invited and who is attending?

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Thanks for the feedback @rhubarbcustard

re 1: Yes, I will add some default text about how to use the site which can be edited before sending. In fact, I need to do more explanation generally but for now I'm going with the simplest implementation.

re 2: I'm currently working on the basis that when someone 'thumbs-up' a place, it means they will attend. I'll re-think that today. Maybe I should have an attend button for those who don't care about the place but wish to attend anyway.

re 3: It is currently possible to add a comment saying '.., .. and .. have been invited' Will that not do the job?

BTW, have you got anything to do with Rhubarb radio at the custard factory in Brum? I'm based in Brum myself ;)

#2 and #3: That is probably fine, the thing that really struck me was that it wasn't clear what the user should do when they visit the link they were given.

Only time I visit Brum is to fly somewhere from the airport, so no! Name came from a favourite sweet when I was younger and it was also the name of a great cartoon in the 70s.

Ah, perhaps the radio station at the custard factory is a reference to the cartoon or the sweet.

You are right about the expected user action not being very clear - I'll have a think about ways to fix that.

Thanks again for your interest.

Perhaps the invited party can comment to say they're going, though it'd have to be mentioned that this action is expected of the user. Even if it's just their name as a comment...but it starts to lose value if no one knows who that person is (only among friends would it make sense). If not just among friends, there might be a field for a link to one's preferred social network profile, for verification (by the organizer).

I also dislike the collaborative feature because, as another HNer mentioned, it isn't too conducive to a smooth meetup process.

If someone selects 'attending', is then asked for their first name and then, optionally, can add a one-time pic of themselves (rendered slightly larger than a thumbnail), that'd help too. The only issue with that is then you'd obviously have to deal with logins, passwords, etc.

Yes I think there is quite a distinction between how groups of friends would use this app and how people who don't know each other beforehand would. I'm aiming more for groups of friends (or at least people who would recognise each other's name and have little motivation to give wrong info). For such people who want a quick tool with no hassle around creating an account, adding pictures etc I think klavado could be good.

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