Mobile phone used

Reimbursed with £40 amazon gift card

Info

• David’s sister
• 12 Grader - chemistry, art, biology
• Never been on Manifold before
• Regular internet user
• No experience with betting nor investment apps

Recording

Summary

Found navigating the website and completing tasks very easy

Clear lack of understanding of how the probabilities and shares work (although didn’t really seem to care too much about understanding it). Very clear that there is an initial barrier for people who have never used stock markets before.

Critical Issues

• Landing page or tutorial for new sign ups
  • Explain what M$ is
  • Explain what the probability % represents
• More emphasis on charity
  • For her seemed like the understanding she could donate for free was a large incentive to use the website
  • Need to explain better that the real USD comes out of our pocket

Other Issues

• Show the option to sell shares underneath “your bets” tab
• No place to see profits/losses after selling shares on a market you no longer have holdings in.
• More guidance on how to make a good market that can be resolved
  • First instinct to make something that resembles a poll where the majority wins