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The three agreements
You need photos every member accepts, a neighborhood you will travel to, and one plan for this month. Dinner, a walk, drinks, dancing, karaoke, or late food. If any of the three is still an argument, you are not ready. Matching will not settle it. It will put the argument in front of new people.
Read the draft profile out loud. If someone says “I would not say that,” take it out. One person can type. The table has to recognize the result. That is the same test as the profile guide, applied as a gate rather than a writing tip.
The people have to be real
Everyone in the headcount can name the night and the end time. Anyone who is “in unless something comes up” is out until they pick a date. A veto only works if the uneasy person is actually in the crew and willing to use it.
Invite them through the crew screen, with a code, and wait until they are seated at the table. Browsing Tonight alone, on behalf of friends who have not joined, recreates the solo app you were trying to avoid.
Then vote, and only then
When those are true, look at other houses. A swipe is still a nomination. The crew votes, one veto stops it, and chat waits for the other house to match back. You do not owe a yes to the first table you see.
If you cannot get here, go back to starting the crew. Publishing a hopeful profile and flaking is worse for the other house than waiting a week. Ready is a small bar. It is just an honest one.
Questions people ask
- How many people count as ready?
- At least two who will both be there. A name on a list without a person in the room is not a crew.
- What if we disagree on the plan?
- Do not match yet. Pick one mood the table can see, or skip this week. Two plans means you do not have one.