Attendance tells an organizer whether you expect to join an event. Your response appears alongside the community's totals, giving everyone a more useful picture than a list of people who merely opened the article.
Choose An Honest Response
You have one current response for each event:
The selected choice is highlighted. Counts summarize the latest responses; they do not reserve seats or add appointments to a personal calendar. Read the event article before responding if you need the agenda or joining arrangements.
The event article keeps scheduling and attendance beside its agenda and discussion.
Change Your Mind Without Starting Over
Select another response when your availability changes. Your earlier answer is replaced, its count decreases, and the new choice increases. To leave the event unanswered, select your highlighted response again.
The saved choice follows you when you return to the event. You can respond from an interactive event card or the article's attendance controls. The direct article disables these controls when the event is no longer active, and draft cards do not accept responses.
You must be signed in, joined to the owning space, and able to access the event's area. Public discovery lets you read an invitation before joining, but does not remove these requirements. A failed response displays an error; check your access or connection and verify the saved selection before relying on it.
Repeated Events Share The Answer
A recurring series has one attendance response per person, shared across its calendar occurrences. It does not keep a separate guest list for each date. If you can attend only some sessions, explain that in the event discussion so the organizer can plan accurately.
For sessions that need independent responses, organizers should create separate events. Calendar and recurring events explains the difference.
When An Event Starts A Meeting
A published event in a subspace or activity can start a meeting at its scheduled start. Invitations include the author and people who answered Confirmed or Tentative. Declining does not place you on that participant invitation list.
An attendance response does not join the meeting for you. Open the invitation when you are ready to participate. Also check the article for any arrangements the organizer has specified. Calendar repetition does not schedule a new automatic meeting for every occurrence.
Common Questions
Can I choose both Confirmed and Tentative?
No. Selecting one replaces the other. Choose Tentative when you have not decided.
Can I withdraw an answer?
Yes. Select the highlighted response again to clear it.
Are the totals a final guest list?
No. People may change their plans or leave an event unanswered. Counts are useful planning signals, not a guarantee of attendance.
Do I need event-management permission to respond?
No. Membership and access to the event's area are enough. Responding gives you no permission to edit the invitation.
For the complete discovery and response flow, see Find and follow events.