Why Wombie exists
Social media broke the word. The group chat buried it. We’re putting it back together — one rung at a time.
Act I — The broken word
No plan formed. No friend was counting on you. Nothing happened at T-minus-2-hours. “Going” became a gesture aimed at the feed, not at the event — and organizers learned to multiply the count by a fifth.
Illustrative ranges drawn from event-industry reporting on RSVP-to-attendance gaps. Figures vary by category and city.
10–25%
Of an online “Going” count that actually shows up
Organizers plan against a fifth of the number.
<3%
Conversion from the “Interested” tap to attendance
A button that means “maybe, aimed at no one.”
40–60%
No-show rate for free events
When a yes is free, so is bailing.
Act II — The group chat won
The social feed already lost. Plans moved to the thread — and the thread is where they die. Someone pastes a link, everyone reacts, nobody buys tickets, the night passes. Our competitor was never a social network’s events tab. It’s this:
Dawid
Pub Trivia Night
The Wren · London · Thu
Seen by 6
The event was last night
Four yeses. Zero tickets. This is where plans go to die.
The lie every tool tells
Facebook, Luma, Partiful, Eventbrite — publish your event and every one of them throws confetti and goes quiet. Share your link. That’s the whole plan. But a link is not a crowd. Between “it’s live” and “they showed up” is a gap no tool will cross with you — and that’s exactly where events die.
Your event is live!
Share your link
every other tool · the finish line
…then nothing.
No plan. No nudge. No idea who’s actually coming.
the black hole · where it dies
“If you build it, they will come” was always a movie line. Never a strategy.
Act III — The hardest job nobody helps
Event coordination is consistently ranked among the most stressful jobs there is — in the company of soldiers, firefighters, and airline pilots. And organizers do it with a Going count they can’t trust, no-show rates north of 40%, and zero distribution unless they market it themselves. That’s basically why we exist.
Most stressful jobs · CareerCast
Event coordinator placed among CareerCast’s top-5 most stressful jobs in multiple annual rankings. Order shown is illustrative.
Act IV — The bridge across the black hole
Five rungs across the gap between “it’s live” and “they showed up.” Each one moves a person closer — and quietly measures them while it does. Tap a rung to see it.
Rung 01 · Save
designedSee a concert, a film night, a quiz — save it. No public post, no commitment yet. Just a private “I want to see this” that doesn’t evaporate the moment you scroll past.
The opposite of a feed: nothing here is performed at anyone.
Save to Schedule →Pub Trivia Night
The Wren · London
Saved · only you can see this
Rung 02 · Rally
bridge to buildPromote a saved event to your people and it becomes a Plan with Friends — a real shared object, not a link buried in a thread. The plan now has a home, and the home keeps score of who’s actually coming.
The moment between “look at this” and “we’re going” finally has an owner.
Plan with Friends →Rung 03 · Commit
comingThe threshold mechanic that already de-risks paid events, pointed at your friend group. Nobody’s on the hook alone — the plan flips to real the moment enough people say yes. You’re not accountable to an algorithm. You’re accountable to your friends.
Mutual commitment, not surveillance. Marta is going because you said you were.
How thresholds work →This plan is on if 4 are in
3 of 4 — one more yes and everyone’s going
Rung 04 · Show up
partial — liveMost no-shows aren’t bad faith — they’re 2-hours-before logistics. Where are we meeting? Is anyone there yet? How do I get in? Reminders, a who’s-here pulse, and a meeting point do more for attendance than any amount of shame.
Most no-shows aren’t bad faith. They’re friction. We remove it.
Live Activities →Tonight · 19:30 · Ronnie Scott's
Midnight Jazz Quartet
Rung 05 · Showed up
conceptThe top rung is verified attendance — and it starts where it’s free. Ticketed and threshold events verify themselves (payment is proof). Recurring nights verify through hosts who know their regulars. It reads as accountability you opted into. Never a public score on a human being.
Accountability you opted into — never surveillance, never a leaderboard.
Showing Up →Showed up together
A quiet record between friends — not a number anyone can rank.
What the ladder measures
Every tap on the ladder is also a measurement. Saves, votes, who’s-in, who’s on their way, who showed up last time — real signals no link-and-pray tool can see. Feed enough of them in and the guessing ends: once an event has a pulse, we’ll tell you how many people we actually expect — and because we measured it, we’ll be close.
We never fake a crowd. The number we hand you is one you can staff, cater, and breathe against — even when it’s smaller than you hoped.
Predicted attendance
18–22
high confidenceBuilt from real engagement — not a “Going” count anyone can pad.
Act V — Both sides win
For you & your people
Every concert, quiz, screening, and festival in your city is already here — and the plan to go with it.
Find events near you →For organizers
Luma and Partiful are the best way to make an event page — and they go quiet the day after. The old social feeds are stale. Every event in your city is already here, with the plan to fill the room attached.
Claim your event →The whole point
The platform that wins when you
put your phone down and walk out the door.
“Going” should be a promise you make to people who’ll notice if you don’t keep it. That’s the whole company.