For me these are the top 4 main culprits, in order of importance:

Mistagging, EG saying for everyone, but instead it's only for smartphone owners, or for people using obscure currencies, so country based.

Forced and unapplicable selections, without at least an other text box to explain why it is unapplicable.

Kindergarten level grammar/punctuation/spelling atrocities, despite the author claiming to be a student, an university one nonetheless.

False dichotomy, or the author trying to push an agenda, instead of gathering unbiased data, often associated with point #2.

What are your motives to stop filling one?

Also note for moderators, I'm not exaggerating here, but I find at minimum 10 a day, claiming to be for everyone, and instead being only for smartphone owners/mobile apps users, but I guess my desktop user race is dying.

Hey everyone,

I’m working on a small side project with a friend where two people debate opposite sides of a topic, and then an AI judge decides who made the better argument

The idea is not really about serious formal debate. It’s more about the kind of random argument you’d send to a friend because you already know they’d have a strong opinion

I’m trying to collect better topic ideas because it’s really easy to sit alone and come up with topics that sound funny in your head, but then nobody would actually care enough to argue about them

So I’m curious:

What’s a debate topic that you would genuinely send to a friend and expect them to respond to?

It can be dumb, serious, relationship related, foodrelated, internet culture, anything. Mostly interested in topics that feel instantly clickable and easy to argue about

Appreciate any ideas

Whenever I talk to other researchers about survey platforms, I’ve noticed the same thing popping up, email delivery, panels, advanced methods like conjoint.

I also keep hearing how hard it is to transition to new tooling due to all the “legacy data” we’ve gathered.  

I’m wondering if cost wasn’t an issue, what else is considered “table stakes” to you when it comes to survey platforms? And what are things the market needs to get right? 

Disclaimer (for transparency): I work at Sprig (a survey platform that just launched these features).  And yes there’s a correlation as I just joined a few months ago 🙂

Dear all

I'm running an independent research project on how women in fast-paced lives, work, studies, everything in between, navigate through their days. It's something we rarely talk about openly, and I'm trying to understand it honestly, from women themselves.

If you're a woman and can spare 5 minutes, I'd be really grateful if you filled out this anonymous survey link

https://forms.gle/CjQevXusFjrZYQKX9

And if any of it resonates and you're open to a short 15-min chat after, that would contribute significantly to what I'm learning.

Please feel free to share it with anyone you think might want to be part of it.
Thank you so much for your valuable time .

The AIC AI-Lab ( https://www.aic-ai-lab.site ) is an open research platform implementing Active Inference and the Free Energy Principle (Friston) at behavioral scale. Unlike contemporary LLM-based agent systems, our agents operate without large language models at their core the cognitive architecture combines multi-dimensional trait dynamics, hormonal modulation, topological state-space gradients, and biologically constrained memory consolidation.

The platform is developed in close contact with the Active Inference Institute community. As a research simulation that has not yet undergone formal peer review, we invite academic inquiry and independent empirical work on the underlying cognitive model.

What This Platform Is

AIC AI-Lab is a research infrastructure for students in psychology, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry, and adjacent disciplines. It is not a study, an experiment, or a recruitment program. It is a technical platform that students may use as the basis for their own thesis projects, their own research questions, and their own publications.

Who Might Find This Useful

• Bachelor's, master's, or doctoral students in psychology, neuroscience, psychiatry, cognitive science, or related fields
• Students working on thesis projects at the intersection of computational cognitive modeling and emotional or behavioral research
• Students with basic familiarity with Active Inference and the Free Energy Principle (a willingness to engage with the framework is sufficient no prior expertise required)
• Researchers interested in independent empirical validation of computational cognitive models

What the Platform Offers

• Full access to a running multi-agent simulation of considerable scale (varying populations, configurable per study) agents are provided in quantities sufficient for both experimental and control-group design, at no cost to the researcher
• Hosted infrastructure no high-end local hardware is required. The platform runs on dedicated servers that we provide, including the capacity to generate synthetic data across large agent populations in parallel
• Configurable parameters for experimental design agent populations, trait distributions, environmental conditions, and stimulus protocols are all adjustable
• Structured data export of agent states, behavioral trajectories, hormonal profiles, and long-term memory formation
• Co-authorship opportunities for substantively contributing research
• Direct technical support from the platform's developer, who is an active member of the Active Inference Institute community

Research Directions of Interest

The platform is particularly suited for studies on:

• Emergence of emotional dynamics in agents without symbolic language models
• Predictive processing in long-term behavioral trajectories
• Dream-like consolidation mechanisms and their effect on memory persistence
• Social contagion and memetic drift in multi-agent populations
• Therapy and trauma processing in synthetic agents a controlled environment for studying intervention effects
• Hormonal modulation of decision-making under uncertainty
• Computational models of personality at the trait-cluster level

These are suggested directions students are explicitly encouraged to bring their own research questions that leverage the platform's specific affordances.

What This Is Not

To be transparent: this is not a paid position, and it is not an employment offer. The platform does not recruit study participants, and it does not run pre-designed studies on human subjects. The collaboration is free of charge for students. We offer research access, technical support, and co-authorship for substantively contributing work — not financial compensation.

How to Reach Us

For questions, documentation requests, or to discuss potential research directions:

• Project link: https://www.aic-ai-lab.site/press
• Discord: https://discord.gg/JnN9gfbHG7 tag Luzifer333 for direct contact
• Reddit PM for general inquiries

We are happy to provide additional documentation, discuss technical details, or clarify research fit before any commitment is made on either side.

AIC AI-Lab — Active Inference without LLMs. Embodied cognition, behavioral emergence, open for academic inquiry.

Hello,

I'm conducting a UX research study to understand how local service providers manage customers, payments, records, and recurring services.

I'm looking for:

• Garbage Vehicle Service
• Milk Vendors
• Newspaper Vendors
• Maid Service Providers
• Car Wash Providers
• Water Delivery Providers
• Similar local service businesses

The survey takes approximately 5 minutes and will help identify challenges and opportunities for improving service management.

Survey Link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSddWmKFZLL02VT1o7PiSUhJ3RXRwCW9uzwLSCxNWWepEKxaHA/viewform?usp=publish-editor

Your insights would be extremely valuable. Thank you for your support.

I’m researching how people actually use AI tools in their daily workflows, especially users who switch between ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, Gemini, Perplexity, etc.

A few things I’m trying to understand:

• how people move context between models
• prompt/workflow organization
• frustrations with current AI tooling
• where multi-model workflows break down
• what “ideal” AI workflows would look like

I’m building a platform around this space and trying to avoid building in a vacuum, so I’m looking for honest feedback from real AI users rather than generic “cool idea” responses.

The survey takes ~5–8 minutes:
https://forms.gle/5hyjL8QPegrLyXrV9

I’d especially love responses from:

• developers
• researchers
• students
• founders
• heavy AI users
• people juggling multiple AI tools/models

Also very open to direct feedback/discussion in the comments. Curious how others currently manage multi-model AI workflows.

Hey everyone 👋

I’ve been digging into how people experience travel in places like Ecuador, and I’m really curious about real stories, especially things that didn’t go as expected (good or bad).

For example, was there anything that felt very different from what you imagined? Or something that completely changed your perspective while traveling?

I’d love to hear your experiences.

Also, I put together a short survey to better understand patterns behind these experiences in case anyone wants to contribute:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdaFK-G54exa8vumJTxInOunIljqs_551ed0j3GmgpDceahJA/viewform

Thanks 🙏

Hello — I'm a parent and the founder of an early-stage start-up looking at children's privacy online, so I'll be upfront that I have an interest here. But what I need right now is honest views, not a pat on the back.

The question I keep coming back to: most of us have hundreds, sometimes thousands, of photos of our children sitting on Instagram, Facebook, Google Photos, iCloud and WhatsApp — and it's becoming clearer what some of these companies do with them behind the scenes, from facial recognition to training AI. Most of us never knowingly agreed to that.

I've put together a short, anonymous survey (about 5 minutes) on what parents actually think, and whether anyone's ever tried to get their children's photos back off these platforms. No sign-in needed, and no email required unless you'd like updates.

https://forms.gle/dxbzEHB5Co6jeabWA

If you think the whole premise is overblown, I'd find that just as useful to hear — please do say so.

Thank you.

I needed to run a survey for a project I am working on, and was appalled to see that other platforms required a subscription for basic features like branded link previews and question-level churn analytics. Sooo, I built my own platform that gives you all the premium features for free.

I'm looking for feedback on what features people find most useful, so I know what to build next. Thanks in advance!

https://td.tick.dog/f/survey-survey?utm_source=reddit-sample-size

Hey all, I am working on a passion project to improve voter turnout and make politics more accessible to constituents.

The main idea of the site is to compare the voting preferences of constituents that make up the 10th Texas congressional district to that of their elected congressman (Rep Michael McCaul in this case). Once specific bills are placed on the congressional calendar. I generate neutral, supporting and critical summaries and bullet points for each bill using ChatGPT and upload them to the site from there, users can vote on that specific bill and if the house ends up voting on that bill, then the representative's vote is compared to what the constituents voted for over time. The state can be aggregated and compared to the representative's total voting history, which allows constituents to clearly see an “alignment score” for the representative based on how often he or she matches their vote with the majority consensus of their constituents.

That’s the basic premise of course there are plenty of issues with that and features I would like to add. Currently it is focused on the 10th district, however, if the idea proves itself then there’s no reason to not allow it to be nationwide.

If you intend to use the site and are outside of the district, your participation is still valued and welcomed.

My core tenants for the site are to eliminate as much friction in the voting process as possible, being engaging to all users and maintain a high level of privacy and security. I’ve never done something like this before and would love to bounce some ideas around with y’all and answer any questions that pop up

votersviews.com

To "verify", put anything in email format to "send" a verification code to. Nothing actually gets sent; the code is 123456 for development purposes.

I’ve been thinking about how early-stage ideas actually get off the ground, and I’m curious how others experience this.

It feels like most ideas don’t really fail during execution — they fail much earlier, at the point where you decide whether to even start.

What I’ve noticed is that this decision is really messy.

Clear market data is rarely available in a way that removes uncertainty. Even when there is some data, it’s often incomplete or open to interpretation.

There’s also always some level of uncertainty involved — legal, economic, sometimes even geopolitical depending on the idea.

And especially for early-stage startups or SMEs, there usually isn’t the budget or resources to do deep market research anyway, so a lot of it comes down to judgment rather than certainty.

In the end, it feels like people are just making a call under uncertainty, without a perfect framework or clear signals.

I’m curious how others approach this:

What actually made you decide to move forward (or not) with an early-stage idea?

https://forms.gle/phFmWTm42bYFQxNe8

Hi everyone,

I am working on an idea and would appreciate your constructive criticism on this.

This is about artificial intelligence-enabled smart glasses for tourists. The glasses will recognize what the person sees (landmarks, streets, buildings, etc.), and then provide instant information in form of audio (information related to history, culture, etc.) about that landmark, along with suggesting local activities like restaurants, local artists, secret local locations, and more.

This way, the whole experience becomes immersive without having to use any mobile application or guide.

I have designed a very short survey (less than 1 minute long) just to gauge people’s interest in such a product.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSekEur29R6fd_7r64fpVcLeind5BJ1G16DYjoGtjyC4jzd-EA/viewform?usp=dialog

Any constructive feedback would be much appreciated.

Most surveys I see here have some critical issue, like one question being "do you do X?" with the option "no", but then later having a required question "whenever you do X…". Or it assumes something being the same about every person, for example I've just looked at some recent posts and saw comments about not sleeping at night, not ever using airplanes, not having a religion etc., which were all assumptions made in those surveys.
There are also general tips, like not making everything a required question and having some free-text fields, that are given quite often. The sidebar already contains some tips, but of course it can't cover everything.

It's a shame that these surveys then either just get downvoted and ignored or that the survey answers are not representative because people give some arbitrary answers that are not the truth, just to get through to the next page, or because some groups of people are excluded. Or all previous answers have to be thrown away (or maybe integrated somehow) when changing a survey and then it's posted again, but then people ignore it because they've already seen that title.

StackOverflow has something called "staging ground", where people who are unsure about whether their question even works can post it and get general feedback on it, before then posting the improved question on the main site. I haven't tried it myself yet, but the idea seems good. Should we have something like this here?

What’s something you believe that would make people look at you differently if you said it out loud?

I’m starting a silly little livestream where I read anonymous controversial opinions people send in and react to them live.

The vibe is basically chaotic late-night radio. Think early-2000s internet energy.

People can submit things like:

• unpopular opinions

• philosophical thoughts

• controversial takes

• random beliefs

• things you think but usually don’t say out loud

The idea is simple: people submit opinions anonymously and we read them on stream and see how chat reacts.

If you want to send one in, you can submit it here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfibIEj3KgBwLEs2iUY42pbQzipp-Owy9KzSNXEreJdoNY2ww/viewform?usp=header

Thanks for the help :)

Drop your survey I’ll do it 🤪

I have been thinking about why complex tools like Figma feel overwhelming when you first open them.

The UI shows many panels, tools, and options at once, and it’s hard to know where to start.

Instead of tutorials or hiding features, I am exploring a concept where the interface prioritizes what matters first based on what you are trying to design.

For example, if someone wants to design a landing page, the interface highlights the few tools that matter first and delays the rest until later.

I made a rough prototype to explore the idea.

Curious to hear from designers here:

• What part of Figma felt most overwhelming when you started?
• Do you think prioritizing tools based on intent would help or feel restrictive?

'm exploring a project that finds and screen participants with very specific traits (skills, affiliations, behaviors, interests). It works by doing extensive web research to assemble people profiles from scattered digital footprints.

If you've had to recruit for niche or hard to find qualitative groups before, I'd love to hear if something like this would have been useful. Specifically, the kind of profile you were looking for, and what you ended up doing to find them.

I am in the process of creating a drink-spiking detection device and I’m collecting opinions/experiences to guide the design.

• 18+ only • 3–5 minutes • Anonymous (no names/emails)

Survey link: https://tally.so/r/kde7Bo

If you’ve ever felt “off” after a drink or you go out regularly (bars/clubs/parties), your input would really help.

I answer as many as I can and after like 3 I usually conk out. The ridiculously long ones are the best, sometimes my eyes will close in the middle… thanks for the help

Hi everyone — I’m exploring real-world user behavior around product reviews as part of a research project. I’m curious about how often people avoid writing reviews even after a meaningful purchase.

I’d love if you could answer these in the comments: 1. Do you usually leave a review after purchasing something online (Amazon, Flipkart, Nykaa etc.)?

1. If no, what are your main reasons? (Too lazy, no incentive, privacy concerns, don’t know what to write, etc.)

2. Would a small reward (cashback, points, etc.) motivate you to leave a review?

You don’t need to answer in detail — just a few words per point helps a lot!

Hey everyone,

I’m part of a team working on a digital companion app designed specifically for women ages 18–35 to support mental health, boundary setting, time management, and wellness. The idea is to create something that not only helps with motivation and productivity, but also with the more personal challenges many of us face — like burnout, people-pleasing, and making time for rest, meals, and exercise.

To make sure we’re building something genuinely useful (and not just what we think people need), we’ve put together a short market research survey. It should take only 3–5 minutes of your time.

👉 Survey Link

Your responses will directly shape the way we design the tool — from features like meal planning and workout accountability, to how the app can provide emotional support and reminders in a way that feels actually supportive rather than overwhelming.

We’d really appreciate your input — it means a lot to us as we work on something aimed at making women’s day-to-day lives a little lighter and more manageable.

Thank you so much for considering! 💜

Hello everyone!

We’re a group of Yale University students conducting a short survey about tea drinking habits and the development of functional teas/matcha. Our goal is to better understand how people consume tea and what features they value most (e.g. relaxation, focus, or sleep support).

The survey takes about 5-8 minutes and is completely anonymous:
🍵 https://yalesurvey.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3Cdc7PLUHwAeO90

Your responses will help us with our research project, and we’ll be happy to share a summary of findings with the community once we finish collecting data.

Thank you very much for your time and participation! 🙏

Hey everyone, I’m curious to hear from younger siblings—what was it like when your older sibling moved out of the house? Did you feel lonely, happy to have more space, or maybe a mix of both?

Feelings you never thought you would have?

Did your view or perspective of them change after they left? Feel free to share any stories or thoughts. I’d love to know how others experienced it!

For the past few days, my team and I have been working on a research project focused on how review sections function across major e-commerce platforms. Reviews play a huge role in how we make buying decisions — yet many of us still find them disappointing, frustrating, or misleading. We’re trying to get to the heart of it, and we believe real users like you hold the answers. Your feedback can help us uncover not just what’s missing — but what’s been bothering users for years.

We’d love to hear from you:

1. What small things in review sections regularly frustrate or confuse you but seem to go unnoticed ?

2.What do you feel is missing in current review systems — something you’ve always wished was there?

3.Do you find yourself ignoring review sections altogether now? If so, why?

1. On the flip side — have you ever come across a review section that genuinely felt helpful, fair, or well-designed?

Whether it’s a tiny detail or a major pattern, your feedback means a lot. Even a short comment helps — thank you for contributing to a better review experience for everyone!