Meetups. Ohh meetups. I never got to see any except for that single time that a bunch of redditors went to meet the frisbee guy. It was kinda funny and cool how they kinda made his day meeting him and stuff, but IMO reddit meetups are way too big. You'd see a hundred people and never know any of them. Hell, some of them might not even be from reddit. They might be there just because other people were congregating there. But I don't know a whole lot about meetups, so tell me if I'm wrong. If Hubski had a meetup I'd go. Because Hubski is out of Michigan, I'd be able to get there easily. Assuming it's in Michigan.
NYC meetups can be pretty big but the ones I went to in New Jersey weren't as big. The biggest meetup I went to had 50 people but most meetups are around 15-25 people. I do agree that sometimes you don't really get to know everybody but it's still a fun way to meet people.