This month sees one big improvement: Mosuki now only shows you events in your area. As we get new users outside of San Francisco, it’s become more important to limit the events we show you to just events in your area.
What do you need to do to take advantage of this? Just make sure your zip code on your profile is correct, and when you enter a new event, make sure you use a place with an address, zip code, or city and state.
Do you want to know what’s going on in a new city when you’re traveling? Just change your zip code on your profile (and remember to change it back when you get home.)
As you might expect, this new feature required more under-the-hood changes than most updates, and the release has its share of bug fixes and minor improvements. But we won’t bore you with the details — why don’t you find a cool event and go to it instead?
What’s the range on the zip codes? i.e. is there a way to set it to show me events that are within 50/100/200 miles of my area, or am I stuck with the defaults for now?
(I know there are many SF people who don’t ever venture into the East Bay, and vice versa.)
Right now the range is fixed at 80 miles. (That seems really big, but keep in mind that before this change, Mosuki showed you all events on the system, no matter how far away.)
We’re going to add a control that will let you set your own radius soon.
For San Francisco residents, 80 miles will show you everything in the Bay Area, but not as far as Sacramento. One exception is any event posted to a scene you are in will always show up. For example, if someone posts a beer festival in Sacramento to the Beer scene, you’ll see it in your event lists.
In the future, we’ll be providing some tools on the event lists so users can change what shows up.
.:. jeremy
Fantastic! That seems like a workable radius for now, and probably the one I’ll end up with even after you add the ability to pick. You guys are doing that “smart” thing again.