How to use Make Friends & Fire

You know who you want to see and want to send a clear, warm invitation.

1. 1Open Create Invite.
2. 2Choose one or more activities you would genuinely like to do together.
3. 3Choose a mood and then the invitation format.
4. 4Optionally add a time and location.
5. 5Generate the invitation, edit the wording if you want, then share it as text, a link or an E-card.

You want to invite several people without deciding every detail yourself.

1. 1Create an invitation with several activities.
2. 2Choose Group as the sharing mode when you save and share the invitation.
3. 3Send the same link to the people you want to invite.
4. 4Everyone responds separately to activities, time, location or with a message.
5. 5Review the responses in your profile and decide together what to do.

You are doing something anyway and want other people to be able to join easily.

1. 1Choose the activity or program you already intend to do.
2. 2Create the invitation and choose Join Me.
3. 3Make the practical details as concrete as possible.
4. 4Share the Join Me link; people can join with a name or anonymously.
5. 5As organizer you can see the total and the names people chose to leave.

You are deciding whether the recipient should choose or whether all activities form one plan.

1. 1Select several activities in the Invite Maker.
2. 2Use a Menu when the recipient may choose one or several favorites.
3. 3Use Detailed Menu when you also want fuller descriptions for those choices.
4. 4Choose Full Program when every selected activity is part of the same sequence.
5. 5Check the generated wording before sharing so it is clear what is optional and what is fixed.

What you want to suggest is not in the public catalog.

1. 1Sign in and open Create Invite.
2. 2Choose Own activity and add a name and optional description.
3. 3It appears in your Own category and can immediately be used in invitations.
4. 4Manage it later through Profile → My activities.
5. 5If you want others to use it too, nominate it for admin review.

You want connection, but choosing from hundreds of ideas feels like too much.

1. 1Open I’m not sure.
2. 2Choose Guide Me.
3. 3Indicate what feels comfortable, doable or fitting right now.
4. 4Review the ranked suggestions and choose a starting point that feels good enough.
5. 5Continue to the Invite Maker and change anything you want.

You want to be surprised or quickly see combinations without browsing for a long time.

1. 1Open I’m not sure.
2. 2Use Wheel when you want the app to pick a category and then an activity.
3. 3Use Mixer when you want to combine three activities at a time.
4. 4Lock the Mixer ideas you like and remix the others.
5. 5Take the idea or combination you like into the Invite Maker.

You want the invitation to feel visual and intentional, not only clear.

1. 1Generate your invitation first.
2. 2Open the E-card view.
3. 3Compare the card styles and choose the one that fits the invitation.
4. 4Optionally add your own photo and check the crop.
5. 5Download the card or use it alongside the shareable invitation link.

Your invitation is ready and you want to send it through whatever channel is easiest for you.

1. 1Save the invitation if you want an interactive share link and responses.
2. 2Choose Share, WhatsApp, Email or Copy link.
3. 3You can also copy only the invitation text into Signal, SMS or another app.
4. 4The recipient can respond through the link without creating an account.
5. 5When you are signed in, new responses appear later in your profile.

You first want to see whether Make Friends & Fire is useful for you.

1. 1Start directly from Home; the main discovery and invitation tools do not require an account.
2. 2Try an invitation or use Guide Me, Mixer, Wheel or Fire Starter first.
3. 3Sign in only when you want to save or reuse things.
4. 4An account lets you keep invitations, responses, people, own activities and favorite conversation starters.
5. 5You can then reuse earlier invitations instead of starting from scratch.