MeetUp.com has changed a lot since it was originally founded in 2001. The website that heralds itself as a place where it is “easy for anyone to organize a local group or find one of the thousands already meeting up face-to-face” came under fire—not for the first time—last year after its re-launch included layout and design changes that users felt looked cheap and unattractive, and which downgraded photos, and allowed any member of a MeetUp group to organize events despite the fact that only lead organizers were hit with MeetUp’s high monthly fees. Since then, loyalty to the site has…