When you answer questions about kink, play, or attraction, those answers are sensitive. Lykewise is designed so that your individual answers are never exposed unless you explicitly choose to share them -- and even then, only the ones that match.
Here is how each layer works.
Blind answering means neither person can see what the other chose while answering. You each get the same questions and answer independently. There is no way to game the system by watching what the other person picks in real time.
Summary disclosure means that after both people answer, you each see a count -- how many questions the other person said yes to -- but not which ones. This gives you a sense of compatibility without revealing specifics. You use this to decide whether to approve or not.
The mutual approval gate means both people must independently choose to reveal results. If either person decides not to, nothing is shared with either side. There is no way to force disclosure.
Test questions let the set creator flag questions they said no to. If the other person says yes to those, a warning appears. This catches bad-faith answering -- someone who just says yes to everything hoping to see your answers.
Full lists mode means the question set was built from complete lists rather than hand-picked questions. This matters because if someone cherry-picks specific questions, the questions themselves could reveal their interests. Full lists remove that signal.
Hidden picks mode means both people independently choose which questions to answer from the same lists. Neither sees what the other picked. Only questions you both selected get compared. This adds another layer -- even the act of choosing a question stays private.
These layers work together. No single one is the whole story, but combined they mean your answers stay yours until you actively decide otherwise.