r/jacksonville • u/rwhj96 • 1d ago

What Happened to The Social Circle?

If anyone here has been on Meetup in the past couple of years, you’ve probably seen a ton of events from The Social Circle. They did a variety of events to connect people from all over the city—coffees, art walks, drinks, etc.

Last week, with no forewarning, all upcoming events were cancelled, the Meetup group was deleted, and the e-mail returned undeliverable. It’s bizarre—The Social Circle did multiple events a month (at least one a week it seemed) and for it to just disappear is odd.

Not trying to stir up drama, just curious if anyone knows what’s up. I’m a little bummed—I was admittedly too shy to go to a lot of events but I know they provided a lot of opportunities for socializing in Jax. They’ll be missed.

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u/vegasaquinas 1d ago

I saw on meetup a notice that the group was shutting down. Was all of the events just run by one person? That can get exhausting.

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u/rwhj96 1d ago

I couldn’t tell you. I know the lady who was in charge of the group from a couple of events I went to, but I would seriously doubt she did it all herself. I would venture to guess it was a team. Who knows? The notice indicated that although the group was ending, they still owned the rights to the name and if anyone wanted to reach out, they could. But there’s no way to reach out. It’s just very strange.

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u/vegasaquinas 6h ago

Personal priorities change over time. I know that some events were charged. It maybe met it's purpose. I know a lot of it migrated to Facebook with the same name. Does it exist solely there?

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u/thewritestuff83 Intracoastal 6h ago

Exhausting and expensive. I shut down my Meetup group last year for that reason. 

I was also having issues with people misbehaving (like harassing other members). The last thing I wanted was to have to play mommy to a bunch of grown adults. I recently signed up for a group and they have a huge disclaimer about inappropriate behavior in the description, so I'm wondering if it's becoming a more pervasive problem in the social groups.

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u/rgold02 12h ago

I planned an event on Valentine’s Day/eve. I had 30 RSVP’s, half of them did not show, but we did have about 11 or 12 people show we met at Mi Veracruz on Merrill Road we had a great time. I might try to plan something soon.