How to run an honest anonymous Q&A at an all-hands
By Voxpla team ·
Most all-hands meetings end with "Any questions?" followed by silence. The questions exist, people just do not want to ask them with their name attached. An anonymous Q&A changes that, if you set it up well.
1. Make anonymity real
Allow anonymous questions in the event settings and say clearly at the start of the meeting that names are not required. In Voxpla participants join without an account. Moderators never see who asked an anonymous question, not even in an export, and the IP address is stored only as a salted hash for rate limiting, with the salt changing every 24 hours.
2. Choose the right moderation mode
- Off: questions appear on the wall immediately. Good for small teams with high trust.
- Manual: a moderator approves every question. Good when the topic is sensitive.
- Automatic: neutral questions are approved, suspicious ones wait in the queue (requires the AI features).
The profanity filter never deletes anything. It only moves a question to the moderator queue, so nothing uncomfortable disappears silently.
3. Let people vote
Upvotes show management which questions matter to most people. Sort the wall by votes and start from the top, not with the easiest question.
4. Answer the uncomfortable questions first
Credibility is won or lost on the hardest question. Highlight it on the screen, answer it, and mark it as answered so everyone sees the progress.
5. Do not leave questions hanging
There is never time for everything. Reply in writing after the meeting: participants see the answer directly under their question.
6. Make it a habit
Set the meeting up as a recurring event with a permanent join code. The next occurrence is created automatically 24 hours before it starts, and people learn that their questions are taken seriously.
7. Close the loop with management
Export the questions and poll results to CSV or XLSX, or let the AI summary (Pro and higher, when AI is switched on) describe what people asked most and what stayed unanswered.
Create a free event and try it at your next team meeting.