We can create a ‘going’ button simply if we reuse the existing Docuss links.
Going will be a Docuss link and clicking on it will automatically post to ‘going’ thread in Discourse. The number of posts in that thread will then be visible in a Docuss bubble on the activity page.
If we create a new Category for this ‘hidden-going’ then i can create Template text like ‘Ooooh yeah, I’m going!!!’ which users can keep or edit their own message.
Users can also delete their comment to mark as ‘not coming’
One challenge is whether i can set a rule on the thread that users can only post once to prevent someone commenting 100 times to make the activity look more popular than it is. I’ll have to investigate this.