Comments on “Opentest
Kaan Soral@kaansoral
As someone who used "Mechanical Turk" powered usability testing services before, I can safely say that they are very practical but mostly useless, 90% of random people just tell you what you probably want to hear and only 10% point out useful stuff -- Opentest seems like it can eliminate this issue but remain practical, I see you advertise the Facebook Engin… See more
Shahed Khan@_shahedk · Founder @ Loom. Prev @ Upfront VC
@kaansoral thanks for the feedback! yes, allowing the ability to pick a specific type of tester (designer, engineer, product manager) is definitely something we're working on. Let me know how I can help get you to run your first usability test with Opentest :-)
Joe Thomas@joethomas_x · Head of Product, Loom
Hey @kaansoral ! Great feedback. That is a perfect example of one multiple pain points we are trying to address. Lack of trust that you'll get value, and too much time sifting through the nonsensical stuff. We apologize for the lack of details about the Expert network. We are in the process of creating a stand alone page that describes who the Experts are … See more
Kaan Soral@kaansoral
@_shahedk @joethomas_x - thank you both for the replies, sounds great Can't wait to use opentest once I have some free time, from experience, receiving feedback is probably much harder than giving it :D
Joe Thomas@joethomas_x · Head of Product, Loom
@kaansoral @_shahedk Very very true. But as I'm sure you've learned openness and humility are cornerstones to success. Looking forward to matching you with an expert.
Cole Mercer@colemercer · Product @ SoundCloud
@joethomas_x love the idea. just submitted an expert application.
Stuart of Vacord@vacord · Founder, StartupResources.io
@kaansoral I definitely disagree that mechanical turk feedback is "mostly useless." In my experience, the feedback I've gotten from there is helpful, and often surprisingly enlightened. I've been impressed with mturk feedback enough that I'm building two services around it, http://igniteyourmatch.com for feedback on online dating profiles (I used it on my ow… See more
Shahed Khan@_shahedk · Founder @ Loom. Prev @ Upfront VC
@colemercer Thanks Cole! I'll gladly look into your application. Look forward to getting back to you asap! :-)
Kaan Soral@kaansoral
@vacord I personally like https://userbob.com/ - very simple and the owner is a very decent builder, transparent about everything - yet regular people just can't be impartial in such a scenario, useful, actionable feedback is rare (you pay them, so they are naturally mostly positive, and since they are efficient mechanical turk workers, they generally perfor… See more