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Show HN: Roundtable (YC S23) – Survey Fraud and Bot Detection API

Jan 19, 2024 - news.ycombinator.com
Mayank and Matt from Roundtable have launched a survey fraud and bot detection API, Alias, following a pivot from their initial Survey Simulator. The decision to pivot was due to difficulties in convincing users to trust their results and a lack of clarity in their value proposition. Alias, which can be integrated into survey programs like Forsta, Qualtrics, and jsPsych, uses Javascript to track user behavior and determine if a bot is answering the survey.

The API aims to address the issue of manual QC and bot detection, a pain point identified through numerous user discovery interviews. Roundtable's solution is designed to ensure that survey data comes from high-quality participants. They have also provided a demo for users to test the system's ability to detect LLM-based text generation without triggering any flags.

Key takeaways:

  • Mayank and Matt of Roundtable launched a Survey Simulator as part of S23 but decided to pivot due to lack of user trust and unclear value proposition.
  • They conducted user discovery interviews and found a need for manual QC and bot detection.
  • They launched a survey fraud and bot detection API, Alias, that determines whether a bot is answering your survey or not.
  • The API embeds Javascript into survey programs to track user behavior and make a judgment on whether the data is from a high-quality participant.
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