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chaosmosis comments on Open Thread, October 1-15, 2012 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: chaosmosis 06 October 2012 08:38:25PM 1 point [-]

Having friends seems more or less like a prerequisite, I'm also not confident about my ability to lead a group like that. It might be a good long-term goal.

Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 08 October 2012 07:16:31AM *  2 points [-]

LW meetups don't have to be large or formal events. See Starting a Less Wrong meetup is easy. You could even write in the meetup post that it's going to be highly informal, to set expectations.

Comment author: maia 12 October 2012 03:12:22PM *  0 points [-]

Having friends seems more or less like a prerequisite

Nope!

my ability to lead a group like that

If you can send emails to people saying "There will be a meetup on X day, with Y activity," you're most of the way there. Seriously. If there's anyone in a 100-mile radius who is interested in meetups, making them happen is not hard, and in fact is probably easier than many other social activities. You could make a post on LW to gauge interest in your geographic area :)