Following and Notifications

Following a venue or host is how you stay in the loop. Here is what happens next.

Following a venue

When you follow a venue, you are signing up for a daily email digest about schedule changes. You get one combined email per day (at most) across all venues and hosts you follow, collecting the changes that matter since the last digest.

No spam, no marketing. Just the stuff you actually need to know.

What shows up in the digest

Your digest includes only changes that matter:

  • New events added at the venue
  • Time or date changes (the karaoke moved from Friday to Saturday, or from 8pm to 9pm)
  • Confirmed upcoming dates when an event moves from Expected to Confirmed
  • Other status updates for events that remain visible in the digest

What does NOT show up

Purely cosmetic edits are excluded. If someone fixes a typo in the event name or tweaks the description, that will not trigger a digest. You only hear about changes that affect whether you can actually show up and sing.

Following a host

Following a host works the same way. You get a daily digest when something changes about that host's upcoming events: new gigs, time changes, and confirmation updates.

This is useful if you have a host you like and want to know whenever their schedule shifts.

Batch-follow

When you follow a venue, you can also choose to follow the hosts currently linked to active recurring karaoke nights at that venue in one step. This saves you from having to find and follow each host individually.

If a new host starts at a venue you already follow, they will not be auto-followed. You would need to follow them separately or batch-follow again.

Managing your preferences

You can turn follow digest emails on or off in your notification settings. To unfollow, use the Follow button again on the venue or host page.

RSVP: marking "I'm going"

On any event page, you can mark yourself as "I'm going." This is an RSVP. It helps you keep track of the karaoke nights you plan to attend, and it helps others see which nights are popular.

RSVP visibility

You control who sees your RSVPs:

  • Public: anyone can see that you are going
  • Friends only: only your friends on KaraokeCrowd can see it
  • Private: only you can see it

You can set your default visibility in your profile preferences, or change it per event.

Cancellation alerts

Here is the important one. If you have RSVP'd to an event and it gets cancelled before it starts, you get an immediate email. Not the next digest. Right away.

This is the main reason to RSVP. You will never accidentally show up to a cancelled karaoke night again.

Friends

KaraokeCrowd has a lightweight friends system so you can build your karaoke social circle.

How it works

  • Send a friend request from someone's profile page
  • QR code: if you meet someone at a karaoke night, one of you can show a QR code and the other can scan it to send a friend request
  • Once you are friends, you can see each other's friends-only RSVPs

Profile visibility

  • Public profiles: your profile is discoverable. Others can find you and send friend requests.
  • Private profiles: others see only a minimal preview (display name and avatar). They can still send you a friend request if you allow friend requests, and existing friends stay connected.

You can toggle this in your profile preferences.

Putting it all together

The social layer on KaraokeCrowd is built around a simple idea: karaoke is better with people you know. Following keeps you informed. RSVP keeps you from showing up to cancelled nights. Friends keeps you connected.

Start by finding your regular venue, follow it, RSVP to the next event, and bring a friend.