- Author
- Uri (Atoms vs Bits blog)
- Published
- 22 September 2025
- Kind
- Short blog list of hosting tips, from personal experience
- Original
- www.atvbt.com/21-facts-about-throwing-good-parties/
- Subject
- Mind, attention and practice
What it is
Uri writes the Atoms vs Bits blog. The post sets out 21 numbered tips for throwing parties. It frames hosting as a public service.
What it says
- Uri says mediocre pizza from a happy host beats fine food from a frazzled one.
- Uri advises advertising a quarter-to start time, so people arrive near the real hour.
- Uri says most people attend only if they expect to know 3+ others.
- Uri advises keeping invite gender ratios no worse than 60-40, to avoid a downward spiral.
- Uri says in the author's circles 1/3rd of those who say yes do not come.
- Uri suggests encouraging standing and spreading food and drinks apart to keep guests moving.
- Uri's last tip calls escalating volume the biggest problem and asks readers for a fix.
What evidence it gives
The post offers experience and rules of thumb only. The flake rate comes from the author's circles. The 70% threshold is a guess marked with a question mark. No data or outside sources are cited.
Interests and limits
The advice reflects one social scene and is not tested. Some claims, like the gender-balance threshold, are hedged with a question mark. The page carries promotions for products by the blog's co-author and friends.