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Audience Q&A

Let the room ask questions from their phones, then moderate what reaches the stage. Audience Q&A turns a passive display into a two-way channel — with a queue you control, so only the questions you approve go live.

How it works

Audience Q&A adds three linked surfaces to a room: a public ask page where anyone can submit a question, a moderator queue where you triage them, and the controller where you keep an eye on the flow while you run the clock.

Share the ask link

  1. 1
    Open the QR code modal from the controller — the same one you use to share the viewer. It also carries the audience question link, /r/<slug>/ask.
  2. 2
    Put the QR on a slide, a printed card, or the stage screen. Attendees scan it and land on the ask page with no app to install and no account to create.
  3. 3
    They type a question and submit. It drops straight into your moderation queue — it does not appear on the audience display until you decide it should.

Moderate the queue

Open /r/<slug>/moderator — reachable from the controller's More menu — to work the incoming questions. Each one moves through a simple lifecycle:

  • Queued — newly submitted and waiting for review.
  • Live — the one you've promoted as the current question being addressed on stage.
  • Done — answered, cleared from the active list.
  • Dismissed — off-topic, duplicate, or not a fit; removed without going live.

Because a person can moderate from a phone or a second laptop, one team member can screen questions while another drives the controller.

You're always the gatekeeper

Nothing an attendee submits reaches the stage automatically. Only questions you promote to live surface to the room, so a heckler or a duplicate never makes it onto the screen.

Turn questions off

Not every event wants open questions. Audience Q&A is controlled per room in the room settings — leave it off for a broadcast or a service, and turn it on only for the sessions where you want the room to participate. When it's disabled, the ask link simply isn't active.

Running a smooth Q&A

Seed the QR early

Show the QR code during the talk, not just at the end. Questions collected while the idea is fresh are sharper, and you'll have a full queue ready the moment Q&A opens.

Pair it with a timer

Put a count-up or countdown timer on the Q&A segment so the session stays on schedule even when the questions are good.

Keep reading

The viewer displayThe fullscreen stage display: wrap-up color stages, progress bar, sound alerts, blackout, and theme.The controllerBuild your rundown, start and pause the clock, extend time on the fly, and drive the room with keyboard shortcuts.Getting startedSpin up a timer room in seconds, share the controller and viewer links, and save your rooms with a free account.
Audience Q&A — TimedFlow Docs