Evite needs to be used to stay alive

Perhaps like any other social software, Evite needs to be used to stay alive. I have noticed lately that I don't log onto the Evite anymore, probably because my friends are busy with exams and papers, or that it is just faster organize an outing without Evite. For example, my friend wanted us to go to whistler with her this weekend. Instead of organizing the trip through Evite, she first left messages to everyone on ICQ to let them know about the trip and if they were interested, and then called them one by one the next day and ask if they wanted to go if they had not replied, or confirm that they are for sure going. Since she could only bring 6 people with her, and 6 people had already replied, leaving ICQ messages was already sufficient and only needed to confirm that they are going.

Since this event is small, involving only 6 people, it was more efficient not using Evite. I find that people (i.e. my friends) usually check email once, maybe twice a day, whereas they are on ICQ or MSN all night. Evite uses email to first communicate an upcoming event, so if they did not see the email that night, then there will not be many replies until the next day, whereas with the ICQ messages, my friend got replies right away. Another reason how replies could be delayed is not a lot of people want to be the first to reply. They want to know who is going first, and so they wait until someone else replies. However, with ICQ messages, people do not know who else the message was sent to, so they would only ask the organizer who is going. Since only a few people were invited, the organizer could talk to each on individually and ask if he/she wants to go, therefore, getting a faster response.