So Biased

@AmbiePam (97883)
United States
October 2, 2023 3:14pm CST
Like an awful lot of you, I do surveys to earn an extra bit of money. I have noticed some really odd surveys lately. One survey asked me which sentences were elevated thinking, and which were nonsense. One asked me if I knew the meaning of a bunch of words (I knew madrigal, but not enconium), and one was so biased I was insulted. It was obviously run by *****, a country known for so many human rights abuses it makes Putin cringe. The survey asked if I knew about a particular trade agreement, and how it benefited all of the countries surrounding it. Was I aware of how far above it ranked in the world’s consciousness because of it? I wondered how the heck that survey got on that site’s rotation?!
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (84651)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
3 Oct 23
I roll through all my survey sites every morning and count up my points. Some of them are interesting, some boring, and some I wonder why they bother to ask. I have found out that most surveys on survey sites are just revolved around from site to site, But at least I do make some bucks now and then, One survey wanted to see if I was paying attention and asked me if I was in a coma I wish there had been room to tell them that after a couple of more surveys I will be
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Amber
@AmbiePam (97883)
• United States
3 Oct 23
Yes, exactly!
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (94538)
• Arvada, Colorado
3 Oct 23
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (143796)
• Roseburg, Oregon
3 Oct 23
@RasmaSandra How about the question that asks if you went to the moon or Mars.
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Always smiling
@allknowing (145148)
• India
3 Oct 23
I gave up on even simple surveys as I found them boring and these are surely to be avoided like the plague
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Amber
@AmbiePam (97883)
• United States
3 Oct 23
@allknowing That’s great.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (97883)
• United States
3 Oct 23
Unless one needs the money, and then you put up with it while trying to keep your eyes from crossing permanently.
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Always smiling
@allknowing (145148)
• India
3 Oct 23
@AmbiePam I am on Sites where I enjoy - more a pass time
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snowy
@snowy22315 (188970)
• United States
2 Oct 23
It does make you wonder sometimes. I take 90 percent of my survey on a site that pays well, and that I trust, but every once in awhile a bad one will make it through their sensors. I took a really strange one, not on that site, this as several years ago...that consisted of looking at big spiders...were they trying to check how many you could look at before you got grossed out?? I have no idea.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (97883)
• United States
2 Oct 23
That is hilarious. And really gross.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (188970)
• United States
2 Oct 23
@AmbiePam I still can't figure out the motive for that .
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MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (84591)
• United States
4 Oct 23
I thought about doing surveys but probably don't have the patience for it. It is kind of weird how that survey came around and that you had to answer it.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (97883)
• United States
4 Oct 23
I quit for a long while because I was tired of the nonsense, but I want to be able to buy good Christmas presents for people so I ended my two year break. I’ve been able to help a few people also, and that gives me so much joy, you know?
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Amber
@AmbiePam (97883)
• United States
4 Oct 23
@Marilynda1225 Thank you!
MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (84591)
• United States
4 Oct 23
@AmbiePam you always have such a positive attitude Amber. Hope that the surveys help you with your Christmas shopping.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (352653)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Oct 23
I gave up on surveys. I rarely qualified and it became mostly a waste of time.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (97883)
• United States
3 Oct 23
I got sick of that too until I found survey sites that rewarded you even when you didn’t qualify. That totally changed it for me.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (143796)
• Roseburg, Oregon
3 Oct 23
@AmbiePam I do ones that reward you when you do not qualify to.
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Marie Coyle
@MarieCoyle (43526)
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2 Oct 23
I can't make myself do those surveys. I think often they just ask too many unnecessary questions, or are downright nosy. I think I will get my mad money by picking up pennies...haha!
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Amber
@AmbiePam (97883)
• United States
2 Oct 23
I don’t answer the really nosy ones. Like the one who offered $150 Amazon card to record my face as I watched movie previews through my phone. I said nope.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (143796)
• Roseburg, Oregon
3 Oct 23
@AmbiePam I will not let anyone use my camera because I do not want anyone recording me. Mine has duct tape over it on my lap top.
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Marie Coyle
@MarieCoyle (43526)
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2 Oct 23
@AmbiePam I just don't like them. I can't get into it. I would rather sell unneeded items or something. I'm glad you found some you can do. I wouldn't want my face recorded, either. That's just wrong, you would probably end up on a TikTok video. Ugh.
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Stacey
@xstitcher (34065)
• Petaluma, California
3 Oct 23
What the---???
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (94538)
• Arvada, Colorado
3 Oct 23
Um I had never gotten any surveys like that one..in fact, I have been getting nearly no surveys
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Amber
@AmbiePam (97883)
• United States
3 Oct 23
The weird ones have been Crowdtap and SurveyJunkie, ones you don’t do (anymore for nosy SJ). Bless MyPoints, all of their surveys are normal.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (97883)
• United States
3 Oct 23
@RebeccasFarm I agree wholeheartedly.
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (94538)
• Arvada, Colorado
3 Oct 23
@AmbiePam Yes they seem to be..but now they also want ID..if I want to change my email..they suck.
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Ebenz
@writerjo (2540)
• India
3 Oct 23
@AmbiePam .. I tried many survey sites ... As it works good in foreign countries I don't know why it's not working good in my country... I haven't been paid for survey.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (473773)
• Switzerland
3 Oct 23
I stopped doing surveys, most of the time I spend time to answer questions and at the end I receive the message that my country is not qualified.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (97883)
• United States
3 Oct 23
They should have asked you about that up front. That’s so annoying.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (473773)
• Switzerland
3 Oct 23
@AmbiePam This is also my opinion, first you check the country, they you start with the questions. It's cheating.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (318816)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
3 Oct 23
I would have skipped that survey.
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Manuela Lopes
@nela13 (58868)
• Portugal
3 Oct 23
I answer surveys too and sometimes the questions are indeed weird.
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Diana
@dya80dya (36956)
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3 Oct 23
I found weird surveys too.
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Courtney Dutton
@MommyOfEli2013 (84897)
• Rupert, Idaho
3 Oct 23
that does sound like a very odd survey, for sure. I don't recall one ever being that odd!
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (143796)
• Roseburg, Oregon
3 Oct 23
I have not come across any of those types of surveys. I do leave if I come across weird questions.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (64150)
• Centralia, Washington
3 Oct 23
That's weird and for sure off putting.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (226212)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Oct 23
Heh. I once worked for a political campaign after its opponent sent me (via phone call) a pretend survey that was actually propaganda. We (the good guys, not the propaganda senders) won!
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (187979)
• United States
3 Oct 23
I get surveys like that through Prolific. Some are so hard I turn them back in. Have a good day.
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G
@freelancermariagrace (28884)
• Philippines
3 Oct 23
Haha. I encountered such a thing. I find it weird, really.
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