Are you a robot?
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (43077)
Staten Island, New York
January 12, 2021 6:06pm CST
Usually when you do a survey they have a thing you have to do to make sure you are not a robot.
You may need to type in a captcha.
You may be asked to look at images and select certain images.
For example, those with traffic lights.
Or sometimes you click on a box and that's it.
I've never actually been asked in a survey "Are you a robot?" with the option of selecting Yes or No. 
That is until I today.
I was tempted to select Yes just to see what would happen.
But I decided not to do it as I was actually trying to complete a survey so I can earn some SB (points on Swagbucks).
That is until I today.
I was tempted to select Yes just to see what would happen.
But I decided not to do it as I was actually trying to complete a survey so I can earn some SB (points on Swagbucks).19 people like this
12 responses
@moffittjc (118449)
• Gainesville, Florida
13 Jan 21
I've always wanted to respond yes to that when I saw it, but haven't had the guts to actually do it. I think next time I see that option, i'm going to select yes just to see what happens.
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@moffittjc (118449)
• Gainesville, Florida
13 Jan 21
@star_disgate Well, the worst that could happen is they disqualify me from the survey.
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@star_disgate (779)
• Phoenix, Arizona
13 Jan 21
I wonder what would happen. That is something that would be interesting to see.
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@kaylachan (57697)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
13 Jan 21
It's rare, but it's a needed evil. You can create a program that will check a box, or something of that nature. I typically look for the audio option, since I can't always see what they want me to type.
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@kaylachan (57697)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Jan 21
@lovebuglena Same here. I can understand why they do it, but god.... not very disabiled friendly. I used to think the sighted people had an easier time, but they need to make it difficult. I'm glad I don't deal with them often.
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@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
15 Jan 21
@kaylachan I remember sometimes it was hard to tell if it was a zero or the letter 0.
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@RebeccasFarm (86769)
• United States
14 Jan 21
I sure feel like one most days. Yes I have noticed everything is testing us.
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@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
14 Jan 21
Yeah. It can happen that we sometimes feel like a robot, especially when what we are doing gets monotonous.
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@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
14 Jan 21
It wasn't an image. This was a question with yes or no options.
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@oahuwriter (26780)
• United States
13 Jan 21
Surveys is redundant and you just got to remember companies need our input. I work at surveyjunkie.com.1 person likes this
@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
14 Jan 21
I've never tried surveyjunkie. Only do Swagbucks surveys and studies on Prolific.
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@oahuwriter (26780)
• United States
16 Jan 21
@lovebuglena
Ok. We gravitate to where suits us. I tried swagbucks, but for me it didn't work well. Surveyjunkie.com works great for me.
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@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
17 Jan 21
@oahuwriter I like that with Swagbucks you earn with other things as well like shopping receipts, online shopping, web searches, etc.
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@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
17 Jan 21
Oh. That could very well be the case.
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@KristenH (33351)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
14 Jan 21
@lovebuglena It's a survey site like Swagbucks when you can play games and answer surveys and watch videos. You can cash out at $10 or higher.
@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
14 Jan 21
First time I've seen in a survey on SB. And I don't think I've seen that in Prolific studies either.
@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
14 Jan 21
Never heard of Inbox Dollars. What's that?
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@LindaOHio (156276)
• United States
13 Jan 21
I'm glad you didn't say you were a robot!
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@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
14 Jan 21
I was tempted but didn't wanna get disqualified.
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@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
17 Jan 21
I am very curious to find out but what if doing that will boot me out of surveys from that point onward? I don't want that to happen.
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@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
17 Jan 21
@porwest LOL if that is even an option.
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
17 Jan 21
A robot.
Who me.
No.
But those things with trafficights annoy me when PayPal ask for one to be done.
I might tell them that I am a robot the next time just to see what does happen
@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
17 Jan 21
I always wonder if I have to select a square where there is just a tiny piece of the traffic light...
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
17 Jan 21
@lovebuglena
It takes me a few tries to get them.right
The pictures are too small to see properly on this phone.
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