The Tuesday that turns into a chore
You start something good. A Tuesday evening run, a Thursday five-a-side, a Saturday morning walk, a monthly book club. People love it. Then the admin starts.
Every week you write the invitation again. You ask who is in, in a chat that is already full of other messages. Someone replies "maybe". Someone asks the time you gave them last week. Two people drop out an hour before and you are texting around to fill the gaps. By week six, the part you enjoyed (the activity) is smaller than the part you did not (the organising).
Group chats and one-off event pages are built for single occasions. A weekly activity is not a single occasion, so you end up rebuilding it every time.
What actually goes wrong
- Every week is a fresh start. The time, the place, the rules and the spots are retyped, and small mistakes creep in.
- "Who is in this week?" has no clean answer. Last week's list is not this week's list, and nobody can scroll back far enough to be sure.
- Newcomers arrive in the middle. They cannot see what the activity is, how it works or when it next happens, so they ask you.
- Reminders depend on you. If you forget, people forget.
How it works on Sociogram
You make the activity once. On the second screen of the create flow, "Make it yours", you will find Repeat.
- Create the activity as usual. A title, what it is, the date and time, the place, the number of spots, and whether it is public or private. For a public one you choose open to all, or by request so you approve each person.
- Tap Repeat. Choose Daily, Weekly (and pick the days, for example Tuesday and Thursday) or Dates (tap up to 20 dates on a calendar).
- Choose how often and when it ends. Every week, every two weeks, or as far apart as every 12 weeks (daily ones can repeat every 1 to 30 days). It ends after a number of times (from 2 to 60), on a date you pick, or never. Each date keeps the same time of day.
- Create it. The dates appear for the coming weeks, and more are added as time passes, up to 8 weeks ahead.
For something monthly, pick the dates.
What your members see
On Home, Explore and Search, a repeating activity shows a small repeat mark and appears once, at its next date. On the activity page, the date line tells you which date you are looking at, for example "date 2 of 8", and a Part of a series block lists how it repeats and the next dates, with See all dates for the rest.
Joining is up to each person:
- Join this date for one session.
- Pick dates to choose several.
- Join all upcoming to take every date that still has room. If any are full, they are told.
On private repeating activities, one invitation lets a person into every date.
What you control
Each date is its own activity. That is the point: a full session this Tuesday does not block next Tuesday.
- Spots and the waiting list, date by date. When a date is full and you left the waiting list on, the next person in line is offered the spot when one opens, and has 12 hours to confirm. If you run it by request, you decide who gets the spot.
- Approvals, date by date, if you chose "by request".
- A reminder goes to everyone who is in, one hour before each date.
- A chat for each date, for the host and everyone who is in.
- Edits and cancellations, date by date. Edit one date, or this date and the ones after it. Cancel a single date, or end the series.
- Conditions that stay put: add up to 10 short points ("Bring your own water", "Trainers, not sandals") and an age range, and they show on every date.
Starting a new season later? Save the activity as a template (you can keep up to 20) and start from it next time. Everything except the dates is filled in for you.
Good to know
- Joining one date does not sign you up for the others.
- Each date has its own spots, waiting list, reminder and chat. There is no single chat across all dates.
- Prices, if you set one, are collected by you directly: cash on site, card on site or your own payment link. Sociogram is free for everyone.
- Sociogram is invite-only. A member invites your UAE mobile number, and you sign in with that number. You can look at what is on across the UAE before you have an invite.
Questions people ask
Can I run an activity every day? Yes. Choose Daily, or Weekly with the days you want.
Can I do something every two weeks? Yes. Weekly activities can repeat every 1 to 12 weeks, so every 2 weeks works.
How far ahead do the dates appear? Dates are added up to 8 weeks ahead, and more appear as time passes.
What if I only want a few special dates? Choose Dates and tap up to 20 dates on a calendar.
Do people have to join every date? No. Each person chooses the dates they want.
Run your first repeating activity
Sociogram is the invite-only network for real plans across the UAE. Ask a member to invite your mobile number, or look at what is on first.
