Product Feedback Focus Group Mirror

Search Reddit for product mentions, create subreddit-demographic personas, and run Focus Groups comparing synthetic vs real feedback

Scenario

Real product feedback exists on Reddit — buried in search results and comments. This job searches for mentions, creates Mavera personas mirroring the subreddit population (frustrated newcomer, power user, comparison shopper), then runs a Focus Group. Comparing real feedback to synthetic responses validates persona accuracy.

Architecture

Code

Python

import os, requests, time

# --- Auth setup same as Job 1 ---

PRODUCT = "Notion"

# 1. Search Reddit for product mentions
r = requests.get(f"{RD}/search", headers=RD_H,
    params={"q": PRODUCT, "sort": "relevance", "limit": 50, "type": "link", "raw_json": 1})
r.raise_for_status()
results = [p["data"] for p in r.json()["data"]["children"]]

real_feedback = []
for post in results:
    if post.get("selftext") or post.get("title"):
        real_feedback.append({"title": post["title"], "text": post.get("selftext","")[:600],
            "subreddit": post.get("subreddit",""), "score": post.get("score",0)})
    if post.get("num_comments", 0) > 5:
        cr = requests.get(f"{RD}/comments/{post['id']}", headers=RD_H,
            params={"limit": 5, "depth": 1, "sort": "top", "raw_json": 1})
        if cr.ok and len(cr.json()) > 1:
            for c in cr.json()[1]["data"]["children"]:
                body = c.get("data",{}).get("body","")
                if body and body not in ("[removed]","[deleted]"):
                    real_feedback.append({"title": f"Re: {post['title']}", "text": body[:400],
                        "subreddit": post.get("subreddit",""), "score": c["data"].get("score",0)})
        time.sleep(0.7)

# 2. Create subreddit-demographic personas
PERSONAS = [
    {"name": f"Frustrated {PRODUCT} Newcomer", "desc": f"New to {PRODUCT}, overwhelmed. Compares to simpler alternatives. Frustrated, seeks validation."},
    {"name": f"{PRODUCT} Power User", "desc": f"Uses {PRODUCT} for everything. Builds templates. Enthusiastic, slightly defensive of the product."},
    {"name": "Comparison Shopper", "desc": f"Evaluating {PRODUCT} vs Obsidian, Coda, Airtable. Analytical, price-sensitive, feature-focused."},
    {"name": "Team Lead / Manager", "desc": f"Rolled out {PRODUCT} to a team. Cares about adoption friction, onboarding, per-seat pricing."},
]
persona_ids = []
for p in PERSONAS:
    created = requests.post(f"{MV_BASE}/personas", headers=MV_H, json={
        "name": f"Reddit: {p['name']}", "description": p["desc"],
        "psychographic": {"source": "reddit_search", "product": PRODUCT},
    }).json()
    persona_ids.append({"id": created["id"], "name": p["name"]}); time.sleep(0.3)

# 3. Focus Group
fg = requests.post(f"{MV_BASE}/focus-groups", headers=MV_H, json={
    "name": f"Reddit Mirror: {PRODUCT} Feedback",
    "persona_ids": [p["id"] for p in persona_ids],
    "questions": [
        f"What was your first impression of {PRODUCT}?",
        f"What is the biggest problem you have with {PRODUCT} right now?",
        f"If you switched away from {PRODUCT}, what would you switch to and why?",
        f"What one feature would you add to {PRODUCT}?",
    ],
    "responses_per_persona": 2,
}).json()

for _ in range(20):
    time.sleep(5)
    data = requests.get(f"{MV_BASE}/focus-groups/{fg['id']}", headers=MV_H).json()
    if data.get("status") == "completed": break

for resp in data.get("responses", []):
    name = next((p["name"] for p in persona_ids if p["id"] == resp.get("persona_id")), "?")
    print(f"[{name}] Q: {resp.get('question','')[:80]}")
    print(f"  A: {resp.get('answer','')[:300]}\n")

print(f"\nREAL REDDIT (top 3 by score):")
for fb in sorted(real_feedback, key=lambda x: -x["score"])[:3]:
    print(f"[/r/{fb['subreddit']}] (score: {fb['score']}) {fb['title'][:80]}")
    print(f"  {fb['text'][:200]}\n")

Example Output

[Frustrated Notion Newcomer] Q: First impression of Notion?
  A: Overwhelming. Came from Apple Notes, got a blank page and a YouTube
     tutorial rabbit hole. Three hours later, still no functioning to-do list.

[Comparison Shopper] Q: If you switched, what to and why?
  A: Obsidian for local-first. Coda for spreadsheet logic. Template ecosystem
     keeps me in Notion, but offline is a dealbreaker.

REAL REDDIT (top by score):
[/r/Notion] (847) "I love Notion but the mobile app makes me want to throw my phone"

Error Handling

Search relevance

Add restrict_sr=true or use sort=top&t=year for higher-quality posts.

NSFW filtering

Add nsfw=false and filter over_18 === true posts.

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Reddit Integration

Focus Groups