Facebook is getting into the market research space with a new app called Facebook Viewpoints. The app will reward people for participating in surveys, tasks and research. Facebook claims the data collected from these methods will be used to improve products like Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Portal and Oculus, and to benefit the broader community. Google has a similar market research app called Google Opinion Rewards that gives users Google Play credit for Android and via Paypal for iOS users by answering survey questions. The app was first launched years ago with Google releasing it in India in 2018. Now, Facebook has decided to launch their version of a market research app called Viewpoints. Users will be required to create a Facebook Viewpoint account, after which they will be invited to join programs through which they can earn points. Users will be informed of what information will be collected, how it will be used and how many points will the user earn from that particular study. Once a number of points has been collected, users will receive a payment sent directly to their PayPal account. The first study to be launched is a Well-Being Survey which aims to study how the use of social media like ...
Tuesday, 26 November 2019
Facebook Viewpoint market research app pays users to answer surveys
Facebook is getting into the market research space with a new app called Facebook Viewpoints. The app will reward people for participating in surveys, tasks and research. Facebook claims the data collected from these methods will be used to improve products like Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Portal and Oculus, and to benefit the broader community. Google has a similar market research app called Google Opinion Rewards that gives users Google Play credit for Android and via Paypal for iOS users by answering survey questions. The app was first launched years ago with Google releasing it in India in 2018. Now, Facebook has decided to launch their version of a market research app called Viewpoints. Users will be required to create a Facebook Viewpoint account, after which they will be invited to join programs through which they can earn points. Users will be informed of what information will be collected, how it will be used and how many points will the user earn from that particular study. Once a number of points has been collected, users will receive a payment sent directly to their PayPal account. The first study to be launched is a Well-Being Survey which aims to study how the use of social media like ...
