Meetup.com alternatives
The mentioned $2 fee was just a test. Check out the offical statement from meetup.com (linked in the posted article): https://www.meetup.com/lp/paymentchanges>We are not, I repeat not, in the process of making a massive payment change for our existing customers.
The confusion was triggered by a limited test to a few hundred groups in two U.S. states. The payment options shared on social media will only apply to organizers who are part of this test. We apologize that the language on the page caused alarm and confusion. We would never make such a change without giving our customers advance notice.