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I got my invite and tried it out. Truly amazing. Great info, fast, and right now free! I can see this being huge one day and lots of folks like me doing meeting prep who want research we are too lazy to get! I used it for market size research for a deck I was working on. I got a really strong answer.
The only thing I wish I could do was ask the researcher a followup question. I was given the option to ask another question altogether, but I'd really like to ask the researcher a clarification or followup. I will continue to use this service until I am priced out!
@adamslieb Thanks! I'm glad you're enjoying Wonder. Your comment on follow up questions is a good one, and we're hoping to have a better system for this in place soon. Please keep the feedback coming! You can email me anytime at my first name @wonderlib.
@v4violetta Sorry Violeta! Hopefully we'll clear it in the next few days. Definitely more demand than we had expected..
Before joining @betaworks, I briefly worked with @justinpw and team on an earlier product (they're all great, btw). So I've been testing early version of Wonder for a bit. I've found it to be extremely helpful for the use case of wanting deep research where I don't need the results in real-time and I also don't want to spend hours combing through potential search results. The answers have been particularly good when I'm trying to learn something new versus questions that have a discrete answer.
As an example, @rrhoover's search fora date reservation is something that probably has a set of discrete results. However, I've found the best answers in Wonder to be ones that function more like Wikipedia -- the answers primarily serve to educate and then drive interest in learning more about the topic. However the Wonder responses feel like they get me up to speed more quickly and with less work than *wandering* through Wikipedia.
I'm currently interested to know about the AI algorithms different startups are using. I just asked it "What are the primary AI algorithms used by startups". I'll post the response.
UPDATE: here is the response: https://wonderlib.com/research-n...
@matthartman Thanks Matt! I'm glad you're enjoying Wonder. It's been great having you as an early user.
@matthartman @justpw I wonder (puns intended and not done yet) if the landing page might benefit from a few examples of great use cases for Wonder - Ideally they'd also instill a sense of wonder about a few topics (the emotion I think you're going for) and help Wonder "click".
Like with Rabbits, I find myself wondering what I'd use it for until I see clever examples.
@staringispolite The landing page would definitely benefit from examples (among other things!). We have a small team and just haven't had time to get to it yet. Next time we want at least a 3 day warning before being posted on PH. =)
I definitely think there could be great value in researching answers for questions, simply because there's too much information out there, but wouldn't it be way more useful if they sent actual answers or even suggestions, rather than resources to research the topic yourself? Isn't it likely the person knows the basic starting points of the research already?
@manasvinik Thanks for the comment! We do provide actual answers and suggestions – we just like to make sure those answers include cited resources that you can explore yourself if you'd like to go deeper.
@justpw Oh cool, the copy refers to only "handpicked resources" and the reply to Ryan's question above also referenced resources, so maybe consider adding that you get actual answers? Also, curious to know if the service is intended to be free?
Used Wonder for some quick market research on a project a while back and was pleasantly surprised by the response quality.
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1. Tell Wonder what you'd like help researching
2. They'll send your request out to our research network
3. An expert researcher will email you back hand-picked resources within the hour
@manikarthik Your users would appreciate knowing what it costs before giving you their email (and getting emailed by you)
@jfeldstein Thanks Jordan. If it had a cost we would tell them what it is. (It's free!)
@jfeldstein @justpw is it free for right now just to give it a shot? I think you should have something around this. Like free during beta, or pay up front for an early adopter discounted price
This looks great. I've used fancyhands in the past for this, so interested to see how this compares. Speed vs. quality....
@shib88 Thanks Shib! I'd love to hear what you think once you have a chance to give it a try (my address is in the welcome email).
I've been using Wonder for a few weeks now and I'm in love with it! It's like combining Quora with real academics, without the long waiting time). I've based a few content marketing projects around the feedback from Wonder already - seriously, you need to check this out!
@cattrestini Thanks for the comment! Wonder gives you access to a team of human researchers who can do the digging for you.
Really neat product. I'm curious how it can be sustained as it grows, who pays the research team/network? Will there be a pricing plan implemented in the future for how many questions one can ask?
@chad_fullerton Thanks for the comment! We do intend to charge for the service at some point, though we haven't settled on the exact model. The ideal is certainly a system that is inexpensive enough for you to not have to worry about asking as many questions as you want.
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