Introducing Pulse Mode: Turn Your Event Into a Live Discussion
Pulse Mode is here — crowdsource discussion topics from your guests, flip through them live on the big screen, attach polls, and watch reactions roll in. Perfect for unpopular opinion nights, icebreakers, and panels.
We're excited to announce Pulse Mode — a brand-new interactive mode that transforms your event into a live, audience-driven discussion. Whether you're hosting an unpopular opinion night, running icebreakers, or moderating a panel, Pulse Mode puts the conversation in your guests' hands while keeping you in full control.
🎉 What is Pulse Mode?
Pulse Mode is a topic queue that you flip through live on the big screen. Topics can be crowdsourced from your guests ahead of time, submitted live during the event, or added directly by the host. Each topic can have polls attached, reactions from the audience, and an optional auto-advance timer that keeps the energy moving.
Think of it as the discussion board for your event — but interactive, real-time, and designed for the big screen.
🎉 How It Works
1. Build Your Topic Queue
Before your event, enable Pulse Mode in your room settings. Guests can submit their own discussion topics — think "Pineapple belongs on pizza," "The best decade for music was the 90s," or "Remote work is better than office work." You can review and approve topics before they enter the queue, or let them flow in automatically.
As the host, you can also add your own topics with optional descriptions to set the context.
2. Go Live
When you're ready, hit Start Pulse. The first topic automatically appears on the cast screen in large, readable text — perfect for TVs, projectors, or shared screens. Your guests see the active topic on their phones and can immediately start reacting and voting.
3. Engage Your Audience
For each topic, you can:
- 🎈Attach polls — Create one or more polls tied to the current topic. "Agree or disagree?" "Rate this take 1–5." Guests vote inline and results update in real time.
- 🎈Collect reactions — Guests react with emoji reactions that flow across the screen.
- 🎈Set a timer — Use auto-advance to keep things moving. When the countdown hits zero, polls close and the next topic loads automatically.
4. Navigate at Your Pace
Use the host panel to advance to the next topic, go back to a previous one, or jump to any topic in the queue. Drag and drop to reorder upcoming topics on the fly. When you advance, all open polls for the current topic close automatically.
🎉 Features at a Glance
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Crowdsourced Topics | Guests submit topics pre-event or live. Host can require approval. |
| Inline Polls | Attach multiple polls per topic. Results update in real time. |
| Emoji Reactions | Guests react to each topic. Reactions display on the cast screen. |
| Auto-Advance Timer | Set a countdown (10–300 seconds) to auto-advance through topics. |
| Anonymous Mode | Hide submitter names from guests and the cast screen. |
| Cast & Float Views | Topics display beautifully on standard cast, large screen, mobile cast, and floating PiP. |
| Drag & Drop Queue | Reorder upcoming topics with drag and drop from the host panel. |
| "Up Next" Alerts | Guests get a notification when their submitted topic is next in line. |
| Event Recap | Pulse Mode stats, hottest takes, and poll results are included in the event recap page and email. |
🎉 Who Is It For?
Pulse Mode is designed for any event where discussion drives the energy:
- 🎈Unpopular Opinion Nights — The event that inspired Pulse Mode. Queue up hot takes and let your guests react.
- 🎈Icebreakers — Kick off a party or corporate event with crowd-submitted conversation starters.
- 🎈Panel Discussions — Moderate audience questions with the queue and let attendees vote on which topics matter most.
- 🎈Debate Nights — Attach agree/disagree polls to every topic and see where the room stands.
- 🎈Team Building — "Would you rather" prompts, team trivia topics, or group decision-making.
🎉 Pulse Mode + Your Existing Setup
Pulse Mode works alongside everything you already use in Party Post Live:
- 🎈Cast screen — Pulse replaces the mixed feed when active. Switch back anytime.
- 🎈Floating PiP — Topics display in the compact floating window too.
- 🎈Polls — Pulse polls work independently of your room-level poll settings. Even if polls are turned off for the room, Pulse can have its own.
- 🎈Reactions — Same emoji reaction system, scoped to each topic.
- 🎈Recap — Pulse stats, hottest takes, and poll results are automatically included in your event recap page and email.
🎉 Getting Started
Pulse Mode is available now on all plans. Free rooms can have up to 10 topics with 2 polls per topic. Pro and Premium plans unlock higher limits.
To try it out:
- 🎈Create a new room (or edit an existing one)
- 🎈Scroll to the Pulse Mode section in room settings
- 🎈Toggle it on and configure your preferences
- 🎈Share the room code and start collecting topics
We can't wait to see the conversations you spark. 🔥
Have questions about Pulse Mode? Check out our Help Center or reach out to support. We're here to help make your event unforgettable.