&gt; <i>Surely I&#x27;m not the only one?</i><p>You&#x27;re not. I too am subscribed to a lot of groups, so are my friends, and I guess many, many other people. Meetup groups basically work in the same way as Facebook fanpages - you subscribe to them in order to get notified about new events, or to see them popping up when you open the app. There&#x27;s really no other use for subscribing.<p>For the group I help run, as well as those I know locally, Meetup only serves two purposes: first, to manage event attendance (give&#x2F;sell tickets), and second, enabling your group to be found when people open up Meetup app and search the place they&#x27;re in for interesting events.