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Comment author: philh 09 May 2014 10:33:36PM 1 point [-]

I currently see 'nearest meetups'.

I've noticed that when I'm at work (but still logged in), it shows me 'upcoming meetups' instead. My first guess, that I've made no attempt to confirm or disconfirm, is that it tries to determine your location from your IP address. If it succeeds it shows you 'nearest meetups', and if it fails it shows you 'upcoming meetups'.

I feel like there should definitely be a link to 'meetups' next to 'main' and 'discussion'. It's so easy to miss things in the sidebar.

I, too, expect this to reduce meetup turnout.

Comment author: Tenoke 10 May 2014 10:49:19AM 0 points [-]

I've noticed that when I'm at work (but still logged in), it shows me 'upcoming meetups' instead.

Looks like it is the same for me - I posted the above comment from work, however, I see 'Nearest Meetups' now that I am home. Your theory sounds reasonable.

Comment author: jackk 12 May 2014 12:34:54AM 1 point [-]

philh is correct, and nothing I pushed should've changed the sidebar behaviour.

For those that are worried about meetup attendance being affected:

How many people discover meetups through /r/discussion as opposed to the sidebar and /meetups? Perhaps I should poll this:

Before this change, how did you discover LW meetups? If none apply, please write in.

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