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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Keep questioning, keep learning, and keep challenging what autocrats think they know. The world is changing rapidly, keep your knowledge up to date through regular and meaningful engagement. The most dangerous assumption is believing you've heard everything worth hearing.

Gobby A–Z guide, letter K. The slide highlights four themes: “Knowledge”, “Key insights”, “Keeping it simple”, and “Knowing what matters”. The text appears on a yellow background with hand-drawn illustrations including speech bubbles, charts, a magnifying glass, and organisational diagrams.

Message slide stating: “The most dangerous assumption is believing you've heard everything worth hearing.” The text appears on a grey and yellow background above a hand-drawn face illustration.

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#ReadingWell for #mentalhealth provides helpful information and support for managing common mental health conditions and dealing with difficult feelings and experiences. Help shape the next reading list: English survey: gobby.app/respond/zwuc... Welsh Survey: gobby.app/respond/v3JG...

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Jolly up your qualitative research by checking out Gobby for your next survey. Join perspectives, challenge judgement, and dig deeper than the obvious. The quickest decisions are rarely the wisest ones. Justice begins when people are invited to shape the journey, not merely react to it.

Gobby A-Z guide, letter J. The slide highlights four themes: “Join the conversation”, “Justice”, “Journey mapping”, and “Joining perspectives”. The text appears on a yellow background with hand-drawn illustrations including speech bubbles, charts, a magnifying glass and organisational diagrams.

Message slide stating: “Justice begins when people are invited to shape the journey, not merely react to it.” The text appears on a grey and yellow background above an illustration of balanced scales.

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Help Gobby become infamous in #qualitative research. Inclusion inspires insight, and insight ignites impact. Innovative organisations invest in understanding experiences before implementing solutions. Acting without understanding isn't innovation, it's assumption.

Gobby A-Z guide, letter I. The slide highlights four themes: “Inclusion”, “Insight”, “Impact”, and “Innovation”. The text appears on a yellow background with hand-drawn illustrations including speech bubbles, charts, a magnifying glass and organisational diagrams.

Message slide stating: “Acting without understanding isn't innovation, it's assumption.” The text appears on a grey and yellow background above a hand-drawn face illustration.

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We're looking for our next people engagement project.... Harness human experiences, hear honest perspectives, and challenge how decisions are usually made. Helpful insights emerge when people feel heard rather than handled. Human-centred change happens when honesty outweighs hierarchy.

Gobby A-Z guide, letter H. The slide highlights four themes: “Human-centred”, “Honest”, “Hearing everyone”, and “Harnessing insight”. The text appears on a yellow background with hand-drawn illustrations including speech bubbles, charts, a magnifying glass and organisational diagrams.

Message slide stating: “Helpful insights emerge when people feel heard rather than handled.” The text appears on a grey and yellow background above two illustrated speech bubbles containing an exclamation mark and a question mark.

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Gather genuine perspectives, stay grounded in reality, and generate ideas that challenge accepted thinking. Ground-breaking progress rarely comes from repeating what's always been done. It comes from giving people the opportunity to shape what happens next. Get Gobby.

Message slide stating: “Progress isn't built on comfortable conversations. It's built on honest ones.” The text appears on a grey and yellow background above two illustrated speech bubbles, one containing an exclamation mark and the other a question mark.

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Foster fearless thinking, find fresh perspectives, and challenge familiar assumptions. The safest answers are not always the best ones. Meaningful progress begins when people feel free to think differently. F*** tokensim.

Message slide stating: “If everyone agrees, you're probably missing something.” The text appears on a grey and yellow background above four illustrated community characters representing different perspectives.

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

E by 'eck. This A-Z guide to Gobby is going well. Expand engagement, elevate experiences, and uncover evidence that drives enduring change. Genuine engagement enables better understanding, better decisions, and better outcomes.

Message slide stating: “Assumptions thrive when voices are missing.” The text appears on a grey and yellow background above four illustrated community members representing different perspectives.

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It's D day in the A-Z guide to Gobby... Dumbfounded by dodgy democracy? Discover diverse perspectives, disrupt conventional thinking, and uncover data that drives better decisions. Every overlooked voice leaves a gap in understanding. Reveal the insights often missed.

Message slide stating: “Built for different perspectives, overlooked voices, and challenging assumptions.” Four illustrated community members appear along the bottom of the slide.

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Are you courageous enough to challenge convention? Confused by the concealed context of traditional survey experiences? Cultivate culture, increase confidence, and create compelling engagement with candid open questions. Cast aside crappy surveys and capture true clarity with gobby.io

Message slide stating: “Nothing about us without us. Empower lived experiences for better decisions and outcomes.” Four illustrated community members appear along the bottom of the slide.

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

All the B's... Are you bold enough to move beyond boring rating scales? Baffled by the brevity of context? Boost belonging, banish guesswork, and build better engagement with open questions that are befitting. Bypass basic surveys and behold the brilliance with gobby.io

Slide asking: "What does a 7/10 actually mean?" followed by "Where's the voice, context, and learning?" An illustrated character appears beneath the question on a grey and yellow background.

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

We're starting our very own A-Z guide to Gobby Don't start your next people engagement project without us! Create an account and experience Gobby qualitative surveys for yourself. Or get in touch for friendly project support as well. We're shaking things up in the survey world. Join us... ✊

Gobby A-Z guide, letter A. The slide highlights three principles: "Ask better questions", "Authentic voice", and "Actionable insight". A bright yellow background features hand-drawn illustrations including speech bubbles, charts, a magnifying glass, and organisational diagrams.

Statement slide reading: "Real change starts when you ask better questions, listen to authentic voices, and act on what matters." The text appears over a grey and yellow geometric background with an illustration of a person running at the bottom of the slide.

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

We're continuing to deliver project work whilst encouraging people to sign up and use Gobby for themselves. Have you got a research project you'd like to get underway? Need help with the project approach and facilitation? Want to make the most of your Gobby account and some training would help?

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Gobby is unapologetically making #qualitative #research accessible to everyone. Built as an affordable survey platform designed to engage with groups of people that have shared experiences and ideas. As more open questions and learn from people that have been there, done that, and got the t-shirt.

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

"We allowed the matched responses and the participants liked this approach and it facilitated more engagement as we got over 120 responses to the [3] questions in total. We have a really good outline project now that will be taken out for further community consultation." Dr Jaclyn Harron

CASE STUDY
Community Planning in Action
Creggan Neighbourhood Partnership × Gobby — Derry, Northern Ireland
18 May 2026
Dr Jaclyn Harron, LumenEdge — facilitating the Gobby session
9 CNP stakeholders taking part in the live Gobby session
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Participants 1.5 hrs
Duration 50+
Ideas Generated 5
NLCF Outcomes Mapped
The Challenge
Creggan Neighbourhood Partnership (CNP) needed structured, evidence-based community data to underpin their National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) Strengthening Communities application. Traditional paper consultations risked dominant voices and slow manual collation.
All 5 NLCF Outcomes Covered
1. Improving Physical & Mental Health
2. Building Positive Relationships
3. Reducing Health Inequalities
4. Young People Reaching Their Potential
5. Children’s Social & Emotional Skills
Gobby in Action
LumenEdge Data Consulting ran a 2-hour live session using Gobby. Participants anonymously surfaced community needs, voted on priorities, and generated a ranked list of activities, all in real time. The structured export was ready before the room emptied.
“Gobby turned a room of community voices into ranked, funder-ready evidence before we left the building.”
— Dr Jaclyn Harron, LumenEdge Data Consulting
Run your own community planning session
gobby.io

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Team Gobby are talking seriously about how NOT to use #AI for supporting #qualitative (free text) survey responses. Natural Language Processing is used to identify key phrases and sentiment, nothing more. We're sticking to our guns, ensuring analysis is led by humans. #Governance #AIStrategy

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Surveys have a bad reputation. Gobby isn't competing with other survey brands. It's competing with bland. Create a FREE account today, use it, and help us give surveys a better reputation.

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Launching a new qualitative-first survey tool to the market requires one thing. Early adopters. We've made sure that: - Sign up is free (with free survey response credits). - Pricing is affordable, flexible, and transparent. - The platform is simple to use. Don't hold back!

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

New Gobby branded threads for the summer. Dad bod friendly 🙏

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

When we get to the point of sharing a demo of the Gobby platform, many say... "I can see so many uses for Gobby" or "I wish I'd had this 6 months ago when we did..." Arrange a demo, we can show how simple it is to ask open questions to groups of people with shared experiences. gobby.io

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

One of the biggest pain points with online surveys is inflexible pricing. For individual accounts, we're making communication and #qualitativeresearch affordable for: - occasional surveys - students - people/organisations struggling financially but need valuable insights #codesign #fairpricing

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

To all the changemakers, social researchers, communicators and community champions. Gobby was built for you and the people you engage with. But we need your help. Create a free account, check it out for yourself, and then talk about it to others. #qualitative #codesign #socialimpact #changemaker

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Have you created a free Gobby account yet? If you need help convincing yourself or others, please read share this post widely! It's time to cause a stir in the survey world and I need your assistance (if you're a troublemaker, too). #qualtativeresearch #surveys #insights #impact #codesign

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

@sarahjh78.bsky.social I'm unashamedly sharing your LinkedIn post on here. Follicle slurs included! Any and all social researchers, please check out gobby.io for yourself. It's free to create an account, with the aim is to get people talking about Gobby and providing valuable feedback.

“Gary has created an important and effective qualitative survey tool.
It’s called Gobby.
It’s simple to use and powerful in its impact.
Start with a survey.
Ask your audience for their thoughts in their own words.
Analyse and interpret the data.
Share your results backed by data.
It’s simple.
It’s effective.
It’s powerful.
Try it out and let us know what you think.”
Hashtags:
#QualitativeSurveyTool #InYourOwnWords #Impact #Insights #ParticipatoryResearch

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I was not born to perform. But here I am, doing my best :) If you're not already familiar, Gobby is a new and very exciting qualitative-first survey platform. That means it prioritises people's voices. Quite frankly, I need your help. Gobby needs to be tried, tested, and talked about.

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Yes, we've launched! We're introducing qualitative-first surveys to the world, and it feels good. Take a look for yourself, engage better, and become a change-maker. This milestone has been hard fought, as a purpose-led and independent innovation project with no funding. Help us improve 👇

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

It's getting on for 15 years since Gary Beckwith, Gobby's founder, read this book. There's no doubt it helped inspire what Gobby is today. Thanks to a small group of long suffering but extraordinary people, we're sharing Gobby as qualitative-first survey platform with the world this week.

Book cover: The Powr of Co-Creation by Venkat Ramswamy and Francis Gouillart.

Two excerpts are highlighted in the book "In summary, innovation co-creation is about enabling "co-creative interactions in innovation" and "Taken together, the examples in this chapter illustrate how enterprises can successfully co-create innovation, making participants' interactions with enterprise more "multisided" and their experiences more meaningful."

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Louca-Mai Brady @louca-mai.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

HI @skourkos.bsky.social and welcome to BlueSky 👋 Lots of #PPI people to follow on here: go.bsky.app/PWEAnFR. Let me know if you'd like to be added and/or have suggestions for other people to include 😊

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Vanessa Bennett @nessbennett.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

This resource pools learnings and reflections, and offers probing questions, from 8 teams around what they reported the conditions for good co-production are - we captured negative as well as positive experiences! #coproduction #involvement #evaluation #reflective

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Think Local Act Personal @tlap.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

What needs to change to help young people and their loved ones prepare for adulthood? This new report shares what we heard from family and friend carers, and sets out practical ways to make care and support more joined-up, person-centred, and human. buff.ly/hj4afYp

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Check out our contribution to this co-produced report 👇 @tlap.bsky.social

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Co-Production Collective @coprocollective.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

We are excited to launch the Measuring Success in Co-Production: Learning by Doing programme's outputs. Read the programme’s Reports and the Reflective Learning Resource on our website: www.coproductioncollective.co.uk/news/launchi... #coproduction #measuringsucces

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Participation in research is a powerful way to connect with the people around you and develop skills you never thought possible. Gobby qualitative-first surveys asks open questions to support personal learning and development. Do you like breaking things? We're looking for beta testers.

9. Personal and Professional Development
Refine your communication and analytical skills with Gobby.
Enhance your ability to make informed decisions and advance your professional development through structured data collection and analysis.
Drop us a line to become a Gobby beta tester.
Beta be quick!
Not a researcher? …Think again.

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

There is always room for improvement. Doing things differently, and for the better, is often labelled as #innovation. Gobby qualitative-first surveys supports #communication when developing new ideas with people. Do you like breaking things? We're looking for beta testers.

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Yep, you've heard it all before... The costs of recruitment and building trust with communities are far greater than retaining valuable people and skills. Gobby qualitative-first surveys supports #communication and #relationships. Do you like breaking things? We're looking for beta testers.

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

If you're not measuring #SocialImpact, what could be the benefits of doing so? Gobby qualitative-first surveys support people and communities to tell their stories in real time. Do you like breaking things? We're looking for beta testers. Please get in touch and I'll talk through the process.

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

We live in a socially connected world. Why are traditional survey tools still isolating people and what they have to say? Gobby qualitative-first surveys embrace group intelligence and peer understanding. Do you like breaking things? We're looking for beta testers.

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

The need for efficiency and reducing costs is real. Gobby qualitative-first surveys are designed to reach more people at low cost, complementing meaningful conversations for better decision-making. We're looking for beta testers. Please get in touch and I'll talk through the process.

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Where people value the principles of equity and lived experiences, there's a lot of talk and not enough action. With the Gobby qualitative-first survey tool, there's no excuse not ask more open questions and act on the results. Also, do you like breaking things? We're looking for beta testers.

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Could we be more aligned in drawing conclusions and decisions? Also, do you like breaking things? Are you using survey tools and interested in testing something new and more equitable? If the answer is yes, we're looking for beta testers. Please get in touch and I'll talk through the process.

2. Bridging Perception Gaps
Gobby helps break communication barriers and gain authentic insights.

Open-ended questions reveal genuine experiences and perceptions, allowing you to identify and address discrepancies whilst developing mutual understanding.
Drop us a line to become a Gobby beta tester.
Beta be quick!
Not a researcher? …Think again.

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Are you interested in hearing what people have to say? Do you like breaking things? Are you using, or wanting to use, online survey tools and interested in testing something new? If the answer is yes, we're looking for beta testers. Please get in touch and I'll talk through the simple process.

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Beta tester: a person who tests a product, providing feedback on a product's performance and usability. In March, we'll be sharing a series of posts, recruiting beta testers for the Gobby subscription (SaaS) product. Interested in testing this qualitative-first survey tool? Email: info@gobby.io

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Co-Production Collective @coprocollective.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Today we are proud to launch our joint report with People's Voice Media on 'Understanding Racism in Co-Production Spaces' Read our blog from Isaac Samuels for a link to the report and to find out more. #anti-racism #coproduction www.coproductioncollective.co.uk/news/underst...

Cover image of 'Understanding Ant-Racism in Co-production Spaces: Centring the Voices of Racialised Individual' Report - with this title and the quote "You can't do co-production without talking about racism" above it and Illustration of 6 people from racialised backgrounds by Kareen Cox (showing their head and shoulders) on the top left there is image of a man win blue jumper with dreadlocks in the middle is a woman in a blue jumper saying be kind on the right is a woman wearing hijab on the bottom row is an older man with a beard next to woman with glasses wearing a jumper with blue blue flowers next to a man wearing a turban - underneath text says February 2025 v1.2 Produced by People's Voice Media

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Co-Production Collective @coprocollective.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

We are proud to launch Amplifying Voices with People's Voice Media, funded by The National Lottery Fund, for individuals from the global majority who want to develop new skills, strengthen their expertise, and make a real impact in their communities. www.coproductioncollective.co.uk/news/changem...

Photo of hand writing 'Acting' on piece of paper with the words 'Cheerleading and Curiosity' and 'Empathy' and 'Gentleness and Kind' in red and ' Asking questions' in black ink with some post its on as well - Photo credit: People's Voice Media

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Evidence is what powerful people say it is. Brace for a very rough ride over the next few years.

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

With two more Gobby survey projects coming to a close, and new updates to the software, we're open to new survey projects. Are you looking to do some #qualitative research? Need to meaningfully communicate and engage with people in the process? #codesign #coproduction #socialimpact

Winning Hearts and Minds Manchester Evaluation report. A page dedicated to the results of a Gobby survey with quotes from people that use their heart and mental health services, including "More like friends really"

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Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Sick of hearing about #AI? Well, this week, we introduce #AI to Gobby #surveys to aid #qualitative analysis and #reporting 😇 (Sorry) But, we're keeping it light to ensure HI (Human Intelligence) remains at the centre of #coproduction. #Qualitative and mixed methods #research with responsible AI

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