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Gauging interest for a Tokyo area meetup group

8 Post author: lirene 23 July 2014 11:55AM

I'd like to gauge interest in an (english-language) Tokyo area meetup - given Tokyo's size, if a couple people are interested, it would be good to pick a location/day that's convenient for everybody. Otherwise I will announce a date and time and wait in a cafe with a book hoping that somebody will turn up.

 

I have been to several LW gatherings and have met consistently awesome and nice people, so if any Tokyo lurkers are reading this, I can assure you it's totally worth it to come! Please make yourself heard in the comments if you are interested.

Comments (6)

Comment author: jbay 26 July 2014 06:33:31AM 1 point [-]

Ah, too bad! I'm just about to move out of Tokyo. I would have loved to participate in a LW gathering here otherwise.

There's a ~20% chance that I will be back in Tokyo next year, for a period of a few years. So you can count me as 1/5th of an 'interested' response

Comment author: gwilkes 07 August 2014 08:05:02AM 0 points [-]

I'm interested and I live here. Certainly as Elo said a Facebook group may help get more awareness. A Meetup group I think would be even better to start with.

Comment author: earthwormchuck163 05 August 2014 10:32:43AM 0 points [-]

I am on vacation in Japan until the end of August, I might be interested in attending a meetup. Judging from the lack of comments here this never took off, but I might as well leave this here just in case.

Comment author: Elo 26 July 2014 10:32:39AM 0 points [-]

start a facebook group to generate interest. it seems to be the way to go. maybe you can attract people travelling through Tokyo.

Comment author: riceissa 02 December 2014 12:47:16AM 0 points [-]

Okay I've created a Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LessWrongTokyo/

(To be sure, I don't currently live in Tokyo, but I visit there every summer and would be very interested in attending during that time.)

Comment author: Elo 08 December 2014 07:57:55AM 1 point [-]

I edited the meetup wiki to include your facebook group for you :). Good luck!