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Midas (as in King Midas)

That's one of the more annoying aspects of doing surveys, heh. And when I'm not in the mood, I'll just dismiss the survey. I have developed fairly stock answers to the usual questions (favorite artist, favorite memory, etc.); with some alterations here or there. I would never rack my brains for a well-though out, fresh response, though. 1 to 2 sentences at the most.

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Touch

Fair enough, and I can agree with that. On the flip side, even if the question has nothing to do with the survey, I always wondered if someone looked them over for additional info. So if I tell them I go back to a restaurant based on the food, service, price and atmosphere, that tells them what is important to me in terms of buying something or being a return customer.

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Wardrobe

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Optics

Fiber

We recently cut the cable and realized we were addicted to cable TV. We signed up for Netflix, which I love, then Amazon Prime, then I added Curiosity Stream, and now we have Philo. We were paying $120 just for cable TV, and now we get almost everything we want for under $40.

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That’s a good question. When I’m on Point Club, I always put something in there. Since they review all their surveys, I don’t want to get screwed out of points. But if it’s another site, and just a partner that I’m not affiliated with I just type “I am not a bot”.

Glass :)

Shot!

I don't think a strike would be effective. Because the turnover these survey companies have is just too much and they often claim millions of members. So a 100 or thousand strikers would not be noticed. There's no easy way for a person to affect these survey companies and they know it. To be noticed, you have to be entrepreneurial, think bigger and use leverage. I've use the professional organizations like MRS, ESOMAR and others to send complaints, so that's a letter writing campaign. If you get the attention of management this way, it's usually upper level. You may also have to make contacts at the state level regulatory, like for the survey lotteries and drawings, those are regulated by gaming laws. However, I doubt that many of the people doing surveys think it's worth the effort, you would like to be an activist to pursue this course. Perhaps the best way to gain a following would be to find a journalist that covers surveying, at least a couple of articles written and attached to a news organization and persuade the person that there's a story here. Another thing that can be done is write survey reviews at SiteJabber.com, at least there they don't throttle you for being accused of "griping".

I've been getting email invitations to surveys most days. I don't even remember signing up but then I am a bit of a tart when it comes to survey sites. I don't think it's going to be very lucrative so I ignore most invites.