Overkill on the survey quality control

@maezee (41985)
United States
September 20, 2016 9:02am CST
Not sure how many other paid survey participants we have on here but I wanted to rant. Im pretty active on a few GPT and survey sites and there is one website - where some surveys go through - that literally put you thriugh hoops to try to qualify for a survey. Like qualifying on its own isnt a task in itself. So this website asks about 10 questions unrelated to the surveys youll be trying to qualify for , and then asks for a paragraph of your opinion on some contreversial issue Ack! While I get they want quality answers, this to me seems like overkill. Have you run across this?
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Manisha
@ms1864 (6882)
• Bangalore, India
20 Sep 16
Ah yes...the qualifying questions....they are kinda repetitive too....the ones i get at least...i am starting to think surveys are a waste of time...
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maezee
@maezee (41985)
• United States
21 Sep 16
Some certainly can be!
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Sue H.
@CinnamonGrl (7086)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
20 Sep 16
I don't take the time to try surveys anymore. There are so few I qualify for, and it takes up so much of your time when you could be making money elsewhere. It's crazy.
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maezee
@maezee (41985)
• United States
20 Sep 16
Exactly! I would give them up but its the primaryway I make money online. Not all are that awful though.
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$herryericha
@sherryericha (1806)
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
20 Sep 16
Wow, it is annoying the amount of questions you have to answer. And you know all they want to do is spam you daily. A paragraph is too much
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maezee
@maezee (41985)
• United States
20 Sep 16
I would say so! My survey sites dont spam but the ones I try to do through that site are exhausting!
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$herryericha
@sherryericha (1806)
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
20 Sep 16
@maezee. Yes . It can get frustrating, also, when they repeat the same questions over and over.
Jen
@polyxena (2628)
• Sturgis, Michigan
20 Sep 16
I used to be better at GPT aand survey sites, make about $4 a day, and lately it's been so tough to make a $1 a day, which almost doesn't seem worth it, I'm focusing my time on sites this one, because I kind of know what I'm expecting, and I'm able to give my opinion without being shut out right away.
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maezee
@maezee (41985)
• United States
21 Sep 16
Yes! Exactly. And even though the earning is small its much more enjoyable. Mind me asking whih GPT site you were on? I use Treasure Trooper and Cash Crate personally. They are ok.
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Jen
@polyxena (2628)
• Sturgis, Michigan
23 Sep 16
@maezee Right now it's just Swagbucks, but I used to do YouGov, and Quickrewards, but I gave up on most of them as of lately.
Laurel (L_B)
@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
20 Sep 16
I tried the survey sites some time ago now and what turned me against them was that you had to jumped through so many hoops to qualify. I could sit there and waste an hour and still not find a survey I qualified for even after answering the same questions over and over again. It was not for me!
maezee
@maezee (41985)
• United States
21 Sep 16
Yes! I agree. Although I have noticed it depends on the site. GPT sites seem especially bad about qualifying for surveys whereas straight survey sites seem to be much better avout it. But I agree. Even without the qualifying drama, youre still making only a dollar or so per hour - on a good day lol
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maezee
@maezee (41985)
• United States
21 Sep 16
@Happy2BeMe i get it!
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Laurel (L_B)
@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
21 Sep 16
@maezee I just don't enjoy it. It's not for me.