Posts about My Thought Counts/OTX Surveys Pls Read 1st Post!

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Originally Posted by m 'n c

I think the survey shortage we all see with Greenfield is because they are all over every reward program out there as either Greenfield or Your2Cents (as seen on SR) plus both Greenfield and Your2Cents have their own survey program you can join. Since most people who are willing to take surveys are females there is just an overabundance of us taking surveys and filling in the demographics faster than the survey companies can keep up. Unfortunately most men aren't willing to take surveys and thus why we have to get husbands, boyfriends, male friends to fill in the surveys. I don't think its a "value of opinion" issue with Greenfield but rather a demographic thing that the survey sponsors are wanting..

OTX isn't as all over the place as Greenfield which is helping us all out.

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Thanks Catherine. I understand and appreciate that. But, I can't help but notice that OTX doesn't even ask for male/female in the demographics. It's just something that bugs me, I guess.

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Originally Posted by Kycha

Thanks Catherine. I understand and appreciate that. But, I can't help but notice that OTX doesn't even ask for male/female in the demographics. It's just something that bugs me, I guess.

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I think its survey specific. I know in about a third of my surveys have a male/female qualification question. Probably just depends on which ones you get filtered towards you based on the initial screen.

When I click on the demographics page, the first page for OTX, the first question on my screen that you have to check is male/female. It's a pull down answer. Not all surveys ask for this information but the initial demographics page always has. Maybe that page is different for everyone?

Well, maybe no one else has a survey shortage with OTX, but I do!!
It seems the last 3-4 days all I have gotten are the same questions that lead to surveys I have already done - and so after 2-3 sets of questions I get the thank you but you don't qualify for any surveys today. I can clear cookies, try again, and get the very same thing. So - where are some new surveys for me?! I can't get any love on surveys these days - GF and OTX are both spurning me right now!

My problem is not getting surveys but receiving credit for them. The last three days I have done an OTX survey, completed it, and received the "Thank you" page. I have yet to receive credit for any of those surveys.
Any ideas as to what might be happening? I hate to keep wasting my time on them if they are not going to credit.

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Originally Posted by kayjo

My problem is not getting surveys but receiving credit for them. The last three days I have done an OTX survey, completed it, and received the "Thank you" page. I have yet to receive credit for any of those surveys.
Any ideas as to what might be happening? I hate to keep wasting my time on them if they are not going to credit.

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not sure if this applies to you but before I start one I clear cookies and wait to begin it a little after the top of the hour.

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Originally Posted by m 'n c

not sure if this applies to you but before I start one I clear cookies and wait to begin it a little after the top of the hour.

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Thanks. I have completed these surveys in the past without having to clear my cookies but maybe it's something new. I did surveys on the 5th, 6th, and today and not received credit. I know that the one I completed this morning was at the half hour mark so I will try taking tomorrow's just after the hour like you suggested.

Ahh it could very well be a cookie thing then since they are tracking by cookies. Definetly try clearing cookies tomorrow and seeing if that helps.

These surveys are and have been since the beginning tracked by cookies. You have to clear cookies between doing them or you will get credit for the first one and none of them after that until cookies are cleared because the original cookie is still there. If you try these and they don't credit you can clear cookies and try again in the same day but you can only get credit once per day.

I have a question about clearing cookies. Right now I take these surveys on IE. I really don't want to clear my cookies each time since I use this browser for online banking and other functions. Is it possible to take the surveys in another browser like Safari or Firefox and use that browser strictly for the OTX and SM surveys? With all the inconsistencies in the GF mess, I certainly do not want to be involved in another "fraudgate" with OTX.