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The talk ends, someone asks “any questions?”, and the hall goes quiet.
Raising your hand feels like a commitment, and if the person ahead of you asks a long one, the question you had disappears.
Even when you work up the nerve, you wonder whether anyone else cares.

This tool lets the audience post questions from their phones and vote on each other’s.
Whatever many people want to know rises to the top, so the presenter can start there.
Questions can be anonymous, which helps in rooms where raising a hand is hard.

The audience does not need to sign in. Scan the QR code and start.

How to Use

Creating a Session

Only the person creating a session signs in with Google. One account can hold up to three sessions.

SettingWhat it decides
TitleThe session name
End timeQuestions stop being accepted after this
AnonymousWhether posts can be made without a name
TranslateWhich languages questions can be shown in (up to 4)
Like iconHeart (♥) or thumb (👍)
SortMost recent or most popular
Max lengthCharacter limit per question (300–1000)
Banned wordsWords to filter out

Handing It to the Audience

Creating a session produces a six-character room code and a QR code.

Put the QR on screen and people scan it with their phones.
It’s faster than reading out a URL, and nobody gets locked out by a typo.

Asking and Voting

Once in, people write questions and press like on others’.
Each person can vote once per question.

Set sorting to popular and the most-voted questions rise to the top.
Recent shows them in arrival order.
Popular works well during a dedicated Q&A slot; recent is easier when you’re taking questions live during the talk.

Presenter Mode

There is a separate presenter mode for the screen at the front.
Type is enlarged and the clutter stripped away so that it stays readable from the back row on a projector.

It refreshes as questions arrive, so glancing at the screen mid-talk tells you what the room is wondering about.

Good to Know

Live Translation

Translation is there for rooms where several languages mix, such as international conferences.
Pick up to four languages when creating the session and each question gets language buttons you can press to translate it.

Eight languages are supported.

Korean · EnglishChinese (Simplified) · Chinese (Traditional)
Japanese · SpanishFrench · Vietnamese

A translated sentence is remembered, so several people pressing the same question don’t trigger repeated translations.

Filtering Banned Words

Open things up anonymously and rough language will eventually show up.
A default banned-word list is built in to catch profanity, and you can add your own words when creating the session.

What needs filtering differs by event, so it’s worth writing a few in advance.

Sessions Disappear After Three Days

Three days after creation, the session and its questions are cleaned up automatically.
Once the event is over the material isn’t needed, and left alone sessions would pile up on every account.

If you need the questions kept, capture the screen or move them elsewhere right after the event.

Internationalization

The whole page supports Korean and English, switchable instantly with the KO/EN toggle in the top left.

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