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Nobody uses
Did you ask the people you thought would use it what they actually need?
Explore perspectives with AI personas, then continue with real people’s reactions and conversations.
Building it well isn’t the same as building what people want.
43%
Poor product-market fit was identified as a failure reason for 43% of the analyzed companies.
Check your assumptions about demand before investing more time.
Poor product-market fitPoor product-market fit43%
Bad timing / macro conditions29%
Unsustainable unit economics19%
So, should you research users first?
The friction starts before you ask your first question.
Hire a research agency
Budgeting money and time for every early idea can be difficult.
Ask a community
Recruit people and ask for their opinions yourself.
Ask a community
Finding the right audience, waiting for replies, and organizing them takes time.
Ask an AI
Ask a question and get a quick answer.
Ask an AI
You need to assemble the audience context yourself, then seek human feedback separately.
You need a way to start small and keep checking with people.
Start with fast AI perspectives. Continue with human conversation.
- Under 1 min
- Estimated synthetic response time
- ~$0.100
- Per response · 120-Quill package
- Age · occupation · location · interests
- Example synthetic persona traits
- 01Set your idea and the feedback you want
- 02Start with AI perspectives, then hear people's experience
- 03Carry useful feedback into your next version
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Set your idea and the feedback you want
Write your post and choose the reaction you want. Set the audience's traits and the number of synthetic responses.
New thoughts
3
Original idea
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Start with AI perspectives, then hear people's experience
Explore different synthetic perspectives first. On a public post, people can add comments and continue the conversation.
AuthorAudience traits
A quote-writing tool for freelancers
What’s the most tedious part of your current tool?
Synthetic AI perspective
First-time quote writers may need help getting started.
Synthetic AI perspective
I’d try it if it reduced repetitive quote preparation.
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Carry useful feedback into your next version
Adopt useful reactions and revise your idea. Compare the original post with the next version to see what changed.
V11
AuthorAudience traits
A quote-writing tool for freelancers
What’s the most tedious part of your current tool?
Synthetic AI perspective
Is switching from my existing tool worthwhile?
Read-only example using the real product UI · Explore the views. Publishing, generation and payment are inactive.
While you build, share and improve your idea.
Sharpen your questions with synthetic perspectives, then explore people's experience. Find what to check next rather than treating a response as proof of demand.
Before building: explore problems and demand
Explore the conditions and barriers around a feature you think people need.
When would you need this tool, and how do you solve the problem today?
Before launch: review concepts and messaging
Compare how people might understand your description, content direction or feature proposal.
Does this explanation make it clear what the service does?
After launch: improve through feedback
Use helpful synthetic perspectives and people's experience to shape your next version.
How could we reduce the hardest part of getting started?
For you, when people's reactions matter.
From a service you build alone to a product you improve together. Explore an example that fits your situation.
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What should you check before implementing?
Use the composer to clarify your idea and the feedback you want before investing time in implementation.
Existing-tool users · First-time quote writers · People with repetitive work
New thoughts
3Original idea
Both AI responses and human-format comments are illustrative examples, not real testimonials.
How is this different from ChatGPT?
General AI tools can also follow persona prompts and search the web. Crowdians brings together steps that often sit apart: compare responses from synthetic personas with different backgrounds, invite real people into comments and follow-up discussions, and carry useful reactions into the next version of your idea.
General AI chatCrowdians
Audience perspectives
Build backgrounds and conditions in your prompts
Use matching personas with diverse backgrounds
Relevant context
Assemble searches, material, and the conversation yourself
Connect relevant research to responses when needed
Human feedback and development
Arrange sharing and human feedback separately
Connect human comments, discussion, and the next version
Different backgrounds create different perspectives
Explore an idea through synthetic personas with varied ages, occupations, locations, interests, traits and life contexts such as work, hobbies, travel and family—matched to your question and audience conditions.
Each persona brings together several kinds of traits
Backgrounds can include age, occupation, location, education, family and housing, alongside interests, personality traits and contexts such as work, hobbies, travel and family. These synthetic attributes provide a range of starting points for exploring an idea.
Your question and audience conditions shape the response
The question and the audience conditions you set guide which background details are relevant to a response. Compare possible perspectives instead of treating one answer as the answer.
Connect live search when the request needs it
Requests judged to need external evidence, such as current markets or competing alternatives, can use web search. Availability depends on search configuration, budget and results. Responses that use search show their reference sources.
Start small, with one response
Each synthetic response currently uses 1 Quill. Choose the number you need. During beta, explore without payment within the free allowance provided.
Illustrative example · Synthetic responses are a starting point for exploring possible perspectives. Check human experience and real demand separately. Human participation, timing, and audience matching are not guaranteed.
A few things you might ask
How is this different from ChatGPT?
ChatGPT can also use persona prompts and search. Crowdians connects matching synthetic perspectives, human comments and discussion, and the next version in one social flow.
How can I distinguish AI and human responses?
Synthetic responses and human comments have distinct source labels and profiles. AI perspectives don’t represent real customers or verified purchasing intent.
How do I receive human feedback?
Publish or share your post so people can add experiences, opinions, and follow-up discussion. Participation, timing, and audience matching are not guaranteed.
Can I use the beta without payment?
Start without payment using the complimentary allowance. Beta participants are planned to receive more free usage than the standard allowance. This is not unlimited usage.
How do I develop my idea afterward?
Find useful perspectives, ask follow-up questions, and write the next version of your idea.
Not sure why you should try it? Why leave your idea unexplored?
Take your product forward
Start for freePost an idea and explore synthetic perspectives alongside human reactions.
Is switching from my existing tool worthwhile?