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Notes on AI-first forms, conversational research, and what people tell a good interviewer.
AI vs Human Moderators: Where Each One Fails, and How to Choose
AI moderators and human moderators break in different, predictable places. Here's what four independent studies say about each, the specific limitations of AI interviewers, and the sequencing decision that matters more than the purchasing one.
2026-09-19 · 9 min read · ai-moderated-interviews · research-methods · qualitative-research · ai-interviewer · user-research
How to Analyze Open-Ended Survey Responses at Scale
Everyone asks the open-ended question; almost nobody analyzes the answers. Here's the workflow that makes it finish-able: plain-English qualitative coding, where manual coding breaks, what AI coding gets right and wrong (with real research numbers), and how to collect text that's easier to code in the first place.
2026-09-19 · 6 min read · survey methodology · qualitative coding · open-ended questions · data quality · ai analysis
Churn Interview Questions: What to Ask After "Too Expensive"
The cancellation survey records the answer someone is willing to give in four seconds. The reason you can act on is two or three questions deeper. Here's the one-question cancel-flow survey, the 12-question churn interview to run a week later, and how to do it at scale with an AI interviewer.
2026-09-03 · 8 min read · churn · cancellation survey · customer exit interview · product feedback · ai interviews · jobs to be done
AI-Moderated Interviews: Replace Your Surveys, Not Your Interviews
The common pitch is "interviews without the researcher." That framing causes most of the failures. AI moderation is at its best replacing your surveys, not your best interviews.
2026-08-08 · 4 min read · ai-moderated-interviews · qualitative-research · ai-interviewer · research-methods
What Is a Conversational Survey? (Most of Them Aren't)
One-question-at-a-time is a layout choice, not a conversation. A real conversational survey has to do something with your answer. Here's how to tell the difference.
2026-08-07 · 3 min read · conversational-survey · chat-survey · survey-design · ai-surveys
Your NPS Score Isn't the Problem. Your Follow-Up Question Is.
In 2021, Gartner predicted 75% of organizations would ditch NPS by 2025. Didn't happen. The score is fine as a trigger. The follow-up question is where programs actually die.
2026-08-06 · 4 min read · nps · customer-feedback · follow-up-questions · product-feedback
Voice Surveys Get Twice the Words. Naive Ones Lose Half the Room.
The research on voice surveys cuts both ways: spoken answers are dramatically richer, and record-into-a-box voice surveys bleed respondents. The design choice between those outcomes is yours.
2026-08-05 · 3 min read · voice-surveys · voice-ai · respondent-experience · survey-design
Survey Fatigue Isn't a Length Problem
Everyone's advice for survey fatigue is "make it shorter." Rates fell anyway. The problem was never length — it's that surveys take attention and give nothing back.
2026-08-04 · 4 min read · survey-fatigue · response-rates · survey-methodology · data-quality
How AI Follow-Up Questions Uncover Hidden Customer Insights
AI-powered follow-up questions help businesses move beyond surface-level survey responses to uncover the context, motivations, and insights behind customer feedback.
2026-07-30 · 10 min read
Static Surveys vs. Conversational Surveys: What's the Difference?
Static surveys are built for consistency and measurement. Conversational surveys adapt to each response, ask relevant follow-up questions, and uncover the context behind customer feedback. Learn the key differences and when to use each approach. Slug
2026-07-24 · 10 min read · conversational surveys · static surveys · customer research · customer feedback · ai surveys · qualitative research