Flame a Meetup.com Founder
It's the right way to handle a change in your business model. Matt from Meetup.com is asking people to flame him on Meetup's message board. Inevitably, people are going to be upset with the move from free to paid -- probably a majority, perhaps as many as 90% of Meetup users will just walk away.
But free isn't sustainable; free isn't a business, it's a hobby, a pasttime, a diversion, and Meetup needs to pay its bills to keep the community thriving.
So kudos to the Meetup guys for handling the change forthrightly and taking it on the chin!
