Questions people ask

No. Your amount is never shown to the group, to other participants, or to the person who created the room. The only thing anyone sees is the final rounded cap, and a count of how many people have answered.

It is the lowest amount anyone submitted, rounded down to a round-looking step of about 5%. Never an average, never a majority vote, and never higher than what somebody said they were comfortable with. The worked examples are here.

Two reasons. A round number is easier to plan around than an exact one, and rounding blurs the lowest answer slightly so it is less identifiable.

Rounding is always downward. If the lowest submitted amount is 317, the cap is 300, never 320. The published figure can never exceed what somebody actually said.

With two people, publishing the lower of two numbers tells each of them what the other one said. Three is the smallest group where the result does not directly identify anyone. Even so, in a very small group someone who knows the others well may still be able to guess. We would rather say that plainly than claim otherwise.

Yes, from the same browser, at any point before the result appears. Once the final person answers, nothing can be changed, because the individual answers no longer exist.

No. The only thing linking you to your answer is a random token in your browser’s local storage, and we deliberately keep no other way to identify you. If it is gone, your answer still counts towards the result, but you cannot change it. Ask the organiser to reset the room if it matters.

Your browser can only hold one answer per room, so accidental duplicates are prevented. Somebody determined to answer twice from a second device or a private window can do so. We could stop that by asking for a phone number or an email address, and we would rather not collect either.

A very low answer sets a very low cap, because the rule takes the minimum. That is the point, but it does mean the tool assumes a group acting in good faith. If a result looks wrong, the organiser can reset the room, which deletes every answer and starts again.

No. It is a ceiling the group agreed nobody would be pushed past, not a target and not a commitment. Spending less is always fine.

Between 3 and 30. The organiser can raise the expected number at any time before the result appears, if the group grows.

An unfinished room is deleted 7 days after it was created. A finished one stays available for 7 days after the result appears, then the whole room is deleted. The organiser can delete it sooner.

Each room uses one currency, chosen when it is created. There is no conversion and no exchange rate involved. Everyone answers in the same currency, and the result comes back in it.

No, and it is not going to. This settles one number before anyone spends anything. Splitting costs afterwards and moving money are different jobs, done well by other tools.

Yes. There is no account, no subscription and no payment. Public pages like this one may carry advertising. The rooms themselves never do.