Previously in Mentimote we had the ability to seamlessly and discreetly remove answers in word clouds and open-ended questions. Answers appeared in a box in real time, providing an efficient way to moderate the presentation. Removing an irrelevant or distracting answer was done with just a single click.

Now, I cannot find any method to remove answers from Mentimode. The only workaround is to turn off responses, locate the response in the presentation window (which is visible to the audience), and click the trash icon. To decrease visibility of distracting answers I could hide the answers during live presentation, but over all this method causes the following:

1) Tells my audience something is off, creating a distraction

2) Stops my presentation flow.

3) Can achieve the desired outcome of the disruptor in the audience: to get attention.

4) Can become contagious, and promote other audience members to act like disruptors.

This completely defeats one of the purposes of Mentimode: discrete and efficient moderation.

I have been using mentimeter in Higher education over the past 4 years. In my experience, the best strategy to prevent disruptors in the audience , is to avoid giving them the attention they seek.

Removing unwanted comments seamlessly, without the audience noticing was possible in mentimote in the past. It has tremendous value for efficient moderation. Please bring it back.