Questions, answered

A quiet way to find the right people at meetups, conferences and college fests. Join the event's room, see who fits what you are looking for, and connect on LinkedIn once you have both waved.

No. SparoLink never asks for your location. You find people by joining an event's room with its code or QR.

Best fit first. People who are who you want to meet, who want to meet someone like you, or who waved at you come first, and the ring around the face in focus fills to show how well they fit. It never says where anyone stands.

They see that you waved, in the room and under Met. If they wave back you both get a match and can open each other's LinkedIn. Every wave is kept under Met, so you can follow up after the event.

So everyone you meet can connect with you in one tap. We store only your handle and never connect to LinkedIn on your behalf. Instagram is optional.

People in your rooms and people you have waved with see your email, unless you hide it. On your profile, under Links and contact, tap the eye next to it: open means it shows on your card, crossed out means hidden. Your name, role and LinkedIn always show; Instagram can be hidden the same way. We never ask for your phone number.

With Google, or with your email and a password. A new email account starts with a link we send you: open it to confirm the address is yours. Forgot your password? The sign-in page emails you a link to set a new one. From Google we receive your name, verified email and profile photo, nothing else.

Open Join / Create and tap Hosting?. Choose a cover (Sparo Connect, a ready-made look or your own photo), name your event, and choose when it starts and how long it stays open. You get a 6-character code, a link and a QR code to put on a screen or a slide. To keep things fast for everyone, each host can open a few rooms a day (usually 5) and run a few at once; the screen tells you if you reach a limit.

Scanning the room's QR always lets you straight in, after a quick sign-in if you're new. The shared link asks for the code, unless the host made it an Open room (Link: Open), where anyone with the link joins. Hosts can switch it any time from the room's share button. The room's address works just like its link, and no link or QR ever shows the code, so only people the host tells can type it in.

Everyone gets one when they join, made from your name, like aman (or aman1 if that's taken). Change it with the pencil on your profile card: 4 to 20 letters, numbers, dots or underscores, starting with a letter, with no two dots in a row or dot at the end. You see straight away whether it's free.

Yes. Tap the three dots at the top of the room and switch off Show me in this room. You can still look around, but nobody there sees you or can wave at you. A small You're hidden note stays on the room until you switch it back.

Yes. In Settings, tap Show me around again. Sparo points out the main controls the next time you open each page.

Tap the three dots at the top of the room, then Leave room. It moves to Past in your Rooms list and your waves stay in Met. You can come back any time with the code, link or QR.

Tap the three dots at the top of your room. You can change the cover and the name, choose whether the link lets anyone in or asks for the code, get a new code if the old one got out, see everyone and remove someone (they can't rejoin), or end the room for everyone.

It closes for everyone and moves to Past. Your waves and matches stay under Met.

No, on purpose. SparoLink gets you to the right person in the room. Say hi in person, then continue on LinkedIn.

Anyone 18 or older. Be kind: you can report anyone who makes you uncomfortable from the contact page.

Open Me, tap the gear for Settings, then Delete account. Your profile, rooms you joined and every wave are removed at once.