TikTok recently added a new Q&A feature to the app that lets content creators answer questions from users. While the feature is already available, there are some requirements that creators will want to be aware of before attempting to add the feature to their bio. As of right now, not everyone is eligible to use TikTok’s new Q&A feature.
TikTok continues to be a massively popular platform and while its recent issues in the United States now look likely to be over, the app has been rolling out a number of updates recently designed to improve the overall user experience for both users and creators. These community changes included a new text-to-speech feature, as well as the option to engage with followers through a question and answer format.
One of the benefits of the new Q&A feature is that it can be enabled in the account’s bio, making it super easy for others to locate and ask a question. To enable the Q&A feature, the TikTok account holder first needs to tap on the Me button in the app’s bottom bar to head to their profile page. From here, it is just a matter of tapping the three-dot menu button, tapping on Creator, and then on Q&A before finally taping on “Turn on Q&A.” As to be expected, turning off the Q&A works the same way, albeit tapping the “Turn off Q&A” button instead.
What To Know Before Enabling Q&A
Although the new feature is a good way for content creators to engage with an audience, and further build on that relationship, not everyone is automatically entitled to add a Q&A to their account. The biggest issue some users will encounter is that the feature is currently in a testing phase. Therefore, users will need to have access to the test to begin with. In addition, accounts are only eligible to add a Q&A to their bio if they already have more than 10,000 followers. There is also an age restriction in place as well. While anyone thirteen years of age or older can set up a TikTok account, the Q&A feature is only available to those who are a minimum of eighteen years of age. These are not necessarily the only restrictions in place either. For example, the feature is also only available to those who have a Creator profile and creators that have set their accounts to public.
If a TikTok user finds they don’t have the option to turn on the Q&A feature in the settings section of the app, then that might be an indication that the account currently doesn’t meet the requirements to take part. Although even in these cases, it still might be worth making sure the most recent version of the TikTok app is installed on the phone and updating if there’s a new version available.
