Observed arrival · 2026-09-06
Hypothesis, the poll that knows when not to conclude
A question-sharing app that returns grouped answers by age, gender, and country while flagging when the sample is too small to mean much.
Field notes
Hypothesis distributes questions by link and publishes only grouped totals, with breakdowns for age, gender, and country. Its privacy rule withholds a group until at least ten people are present, while its sample-results language explicitly warns that a percentage from eight responses may not mean much. The homepage also estimates how many additional answers could clarify a split, rather than presenting every early majority as decisive. Creating questions requires an account for moderation; answering is described as account-free.
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