BOSTON GLOBE — Jan 30 — Enabled by the New York technology company Meetup.com, they are this year’s Friendster for the networking set. More than 2 million people have registered for meetups somewhere in the world. It makes its money primarily by charging $5 a month for ”premium accounts" that let meetup members e-mail each other, view enhanced profiles, and upload photos of meetup events. The only categories banned from organizing with the meetup technology are hate groups and so-called ”adult" groups.
Mark Brooks: Pierre Omidyar of eBay also invested in this company. MeetUp is a great community service. They have no real direct competition as yet, besides the likes of Yahoo Groups.