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Sorry melbourne, I just meant what does it have to do with General Discussion instead of being in the Lounge Discussions.

Tellwut is looking for members, Take notice SP and put that in your next news letter. This is the second time in six weeks. I of course always have something to comment on the survey industry. This version, I put Tellwut between a rock and a slime place. There are several deterrents to referring friends to tellwut. Tellwut allows external panels to abuse members, long time to screen out. I think panels can figure out if there's a match in 20 questions, not 20 minutes. The issue of Undisclosed routers, tellwut says this is not allowed. However, external panels still do it. Since i’m probably on only one sending feedback, the practice contiinues. Routers are back to back screeners the member gets passed thru. Undisclosed omnibus surveys. Omnibus surveys are actially several or more surveys stitched together, back-to-back on a a range of often unrelated topics. The panelist can be shuttled from on panel website to another during an omnibus. The real stinker to omnibus surveys is that panels can get free work. If an omnibus is comprised of 5 sub-surveys, and you screen out of the last one. The panelist gets nothing for 20 minutes and four prior surveys get to keep the information. This is allowed by the terms and conditions Y’all agree to. Trying to get the penny points from and omnibus takes effort, time and aggravation. If the points are awarded, double effort was expended. The next thing that is probably the hardest to overcome, are first impressions. This was the big block when i tried to convince others to try surveys. Many candidates i reached out for referral already have had a first impression. Oft, they have already been screwed out of time and effort by those ultra hyped mobile game survey sites. Burgeoning panelist s learn to expect being screwed out of money. First impressions take a lot more than penny points to over come. Probably the best candidate group for panelist activities are middle aged and younger disabled. However, there is great trepidation engaging in surveys. Because they are worried they may loose their benefits if they engage with surveys that pay something.. they are not going to risk their monthly stipend for penny points. The survey industry knows this, but will not help these candidates understanding how survey earnings fit into disability or retirement. Lastly, I am not about to risk poisoning a friendship for penny points. There are some terrible panels that operate through Tellwut and other panelist administration sites. Tellwut basically whitewashes those garbage survey groups. However, if one can identify a poison panel, such as JD Power, its possible to request Tellwut blocked them, like they can block panelists for frivolous and fraudulent, activity, this is 97.5% effective, those junk panels can still sneak in through router surveys.

I agree. This entire thread should be moved to the Lounge. It doesn't belong here.

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Pinecone is part of neilsen. I’m estimating this from the URL changes i notice once i under take a survey. Pinecone can be odd. They can send surveys that are spot on to your profile. And then send guys six months of surveys for expecting mothers. . They check every survey for quality responses and can take a few days to award the $3. They do a fair amount of product testing and that can pay a few bucks to fifty. pinecone can be a waiting game to join. They can also neutralize an account and stop sending opportunities, if they decide your profile isn't useful. I experienced that once.

Dynata has become so crap when I see survey is one of theirs (usually redirected from another site) I just abort Better than getting screened out after 30 minutes or more

I started doing surveys again after taking about a 3 month break (which actually felt great). I was able to finish one survey and then got DQ'd from 5 in a row. I had to laugh because the last one that DQ'd me asked me how many employees are at my business. I have a small business and so I chose "less than 1000." I was kicked back to Survey Junkie who told me I don't qualify. Are there really CEOs of companies that have tens of thousands (or even hundreds of thousands) of employees who spend their time taking these surveys? I can't imagine there are very many...

Just give random answers, if the math has nothing to do with the survey it won't matter.

I don't think they can stop you, after all you belonged to other sites when they bought them. So what are they gonna do, kick everybody off because they belong to another of their sites, I don't think so, and they would probably have a lawsuit on them if they did. If they do have that policy and want to enforce it then they would have to disband the other sites when they buy them, or combind them all into one site. That's my opinion.

I have learned to recognize when a survey is going to go long. For instance if the progress meter is advancing very slowly or there is no progress meter at all. Also if a survey is asking very detailed questions and a lot of them. About 10-15 minutes in you get signs that it is going to go much longer at this point I have found that it is better to cut your loses and bail out, head for greener pastures. Another way to avoid excessively long ones is to never take one that is listed over 20 minutes.

What does this have to do with surveys?

I would not vote for Trump under any circumstances.

I am really not happy with Biden right now but I definitely wouldn't want Trump