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A WEEKLY TABLE OF FIVE · SAME FIVE, EVERY WEEK · FRIENDSHIP-FIRST

Meetup is great for finding events and interest groups. Hey Sini is the opposite shape: not a calendar of one-off events to browse, but one matched table of five near you that meets on the same night every week, until it becomes your crew.

What is Hey Sini?

Hey Sini

noun

Hey Sini is a weekly social club for making friends as an adult in Melbourne. It seats five compatible people near each other at the same table, on the same night, every week for six weeks, and then the table becomes theirs. It is friendship-first, not a dating app, and it opens neighbourhood by neighbourhood, starting around Carlton.

Format
one matched table of five
Rhythm
same night, every week · a six-week first cycle
Where
Melbourne · Jakarta
Cost
free to join · founding $19/mo
Food
you pay your own bill · we take nothing from venues
Safety
public venues · report or block · optional photo check
The limit
we suggest the spot; we do not book, host or attend
Not
a dating app, and not one-off meetups

CREDIT WHERE IT IS DUE

What Meetup does well.

Meetup is genuinely good at what it is built for. Here is the honest version, before we say where we are different.

  • A huge range of interest groups and one-off events
  • Good when you want to see what is on tonight
  • Organiser-led, so someone else picks the topic and the place
  • Works across most cities and most hobbies

MEETUP HELPS YOU FIND AN EVENT. HEY SINI GIVES YOU THE SAME FIVE PEOPLE, EVERY WEEK.

SIDE BY SIDE

Meetup and Hey Sini.

MeetupHey Sini
The shapeA feed of events and groups to browse and RSVP toOne match, one table of five, nothing to browse
Who you meetOften a different crowd at every eventThe same five, every week, so they can actually become friends
The effortYou keep choosing and turning up to new thingsWe seat you once and keep the weekly rhythm going
Group sizeAnything from a handful to hundredsFive, the largest table that holds one conversation
CostFree to browse, some events charge at the doorFree to join, dues hold your recurring seat, you pay your own bill

WHICH TO PICK

No wrong answer.

Meetup

Pick Meetup if you want variety, a one-off event tonight, or a big interest group around a specific hobby.

Hey Sini

Pick Hey Sini if you are tired of meeting new people once and want the same handful of faces to become a real friend group.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Before you switch.

Is Hey Sini like Meetup?

It solves the opposite half of the problem. Meetup is great at helping you meet people once; Hey Sini is built so you see the same five again and again, which is the part that actually turns into friendship.

Does Hey Sini have lots of groups to browse?

No, and that is on purpose. There is no feed to scroll. You tell us your area, your vibe and one night you can keep, we match you into one table of five, and that table meets every week.

YOUR MOVE

The same five, every week.

Free to join. We open one Melbourne neighbourhood at a time, the moment enough nearby people choose the same night. Take a seat and you are in the first group seated near you.

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More in the Melbourne guide, the FAQ, or pick your neighbourhood.