How EccomiH works
You post a plan. People take seats. When enough are in, it's on. Everyone turns up. That is the whole product. The rest of this page explains the few moving parts, so that nothing surprises you the first time.
A plan is six things
What, where, when, how long, how many seats, and, if you want, a minimum. You write it the way you would text a friend, padel Thursday 7 pm Al Quoz, need three, and the board turns it into a card. The card shows the time, the activity, the area, the cost if there is one, who is hosting, and how many people are already in.
The where is a real place with a pin on the map. The board shows only the area, Marina, Al Quoz, Deira. The exact spot stays private until you hold a seat. More on that below.
Seats, not "join"
Every plan has seats. You take one. If you change your mind you give it back. Some plans have a cap, a padel game needs exactly four, so three seats and the host. Most plans don't: a walk, a museum visit, a dinner where one more chair is never a problem. An open plan is never full.
The host always holds the first seat. A card that says 3 in means the host and two others.
The minimum, and why it exists
Some plans only make sense with enough people. Padel needs four. Five-a-side needs ten. For those the host sets a minimum, and the plan goes ahead only if enough people take a seat before the decision time.
This removes the oldest problem of organising anything: nobody wants to be the first to say yes to something that might not happen. On EccomiH you take a seat knowing the rule. If the minimum is reached, the plan locks and everyone with a seat is told it's on. If it isn't, the host decides at the deadline, go ahead anyway with fewer people, or call it off, and nothing counts against anyone. The rule was visible when you took your seat.
A plan without a minimum has nothing to decide. It is on from the moment it is posted.
What "it's on" unlocks
The moment a plan is on, everyone with a seat sees the exact meeting point, with directions, and a small chat opens for the logistics: I'm by the Pier 7 steps in a grey cap. The chat is for finding each other, not for getting to know each other. That part happens in person. It closes when the plan starts and disappears an hour after the plan ends.
Giving a seat back
Before the plan locks, giving a seat back is free and nobody is told. After the lock, the others are counting on you: you can still give the seat back, but it is noted as a late drop, and your seat goes to the next person in line if there is one.
Not turning up at all, on a plan that depended on you, is the only thing that really counts. Not because we want to punish anyone, but because the person who said eccomi and then came deserves the people who said they would.
After the plan
When the plan starts, seats close. When it ends, everyone who held a seat is presumed to have come. The host can untick anyone who didn't, and you can say I didn't go yourself, with no consequence. Then, for three days, the people who were there can rate the plan: was it as described? Would you do it again?
You rate the plan, never the person. There are no stars on people, no reviews, no public score. If you would rather not meet someone again, you say so privately and it simply doesn't happen, without anyone being told.
Why the exact spot is private
The board is visible to anyone in the city. The exact meeting point is visible only to people who hold a seat, and only once the plan is on. A stranger browsing the board sees Marina, Saturday 7 am, run, not which bench. Hosts don't publish where they will be standing to a whole city, and guests don't find themselves alone at a pin with people who never committed. It is a small rule that makes a big difference to who feels comfortable posting.
Hosting your first plan
Pick something you would do anyway. Write it as a text. Set a minimum only if the activity really needs one. Add the cost if there is one, and the parking if you know it. Then take your own seat, which happens automatically, and wait. The best hosts post the greeting two hours before, grey cap, by the steps, because that one line is what turns a stranger's first time into a second.
That is all there is. Someone posts, others answer, people meet.