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Swagbucking into 2014

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  • richyp
    richyp Posts: 357 Forumite
    edited 30 October 2014 at 8:56PM
    ummm interesting

    just looking in my account filtering on mobile apps (ios):


    Lifestlyz = 18 SB
    Sportly = 10 SB and says maxed out now...

    ummmm

    Correction - an hour later they credited so still 18 SB per app :-)
  • zugzwang
    zugzwang Posts: 520 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 500 Posts
    richyp wrote: »
    If you are watching on a normal laptop there is no advertising so not sure why they would award the watch after 30 seconds or so.

    I know people that are getting the full 150 SB/day using a mouse moving macro that is constantly changing the time between each click on each video - and to date its not been detected. I also know one guy who sits and clicks on it manually all day and also gets the full amount. For both you have to manually intervene every now and then to change the selection of videos you are watching as they run out. When it comes to the apps you can just have one video on repeat for a couple of hours and job done!

    There is advertising on SBTV when you watch it on a normal laptop. It lasts 20 seconds or so. You can block it with an addon however.

    It's precisely because they can't detect cheating that well that they assume if you are watching a lot of SBTV you must be cheating, and so users like scorpiosteve gets hassled by compliance.

    Surely it's clear that watching 500 videos in a day is suspicious? Manually it would take several hours and all you get is about 75p.

    Watching too much SBTV is actually the only thing I can personally recall people on MSE posting that they've been banned for. IIRC some people get banned from like certain walls and stuff, but it's the only thing that posters have claimed to be dumped off Swagbucks completely for. Although other people here may remember other stuff?
  • QuackQuackOops
    QuackQuackOops Posts: 2,667 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    edited 30 October 2014 at 8:45PM
    On SBTV at the moment there are Lego Duplo adverts, Carphone Warehouse adverts, XBox one adverts.
    If you can't see them it might be due to an ad blocker.

    Using ad blockers will get you banned on Swagbucks.
  • On SBTV at the moment there are Lego Duplo adverts, Carphone Warehouse adverts.
    If you can't see them it might be due to an ad blocker.

    Using ad blockers will get you banned on Swagbucks.

    Want to swap? Got Netflix repeatedly showing on mine if I see Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow one more time....lol
  • Dottie13
    Dottie13 Posts: 472 Forumite
    Ok, so my latest 7 SB search win is a little mean... :/

    'is Sarah Dales of the apprentice a man?'
    :A

    Credits since November 2013
    Swagbucks = £275vouchers + 1006 pts; Pinecone = £25 + 700 pts; Valued Opinions = £60 vouchers + £6.25 Ask GfK = 570 pts; YouGov = 2125 pts; Gratis Points = 660 pts; iPoll = £3.79; MySurvey = 940 pts; Qmee = £3.08; Populus Live = £7; Smilecity (NZ) = 12517 pts; Global Test Market = 1100 pts.
  • Want to swap? Got Netflix repeatedly showing on mine if I see Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow one more time....lol

    lol yep, I've got those as well. :)
  • Tolteca87
    Tolteca87 Posts: 1,394 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    SBTV abuse is what I've seen people saying they were banned for.
  • richyp
    richyp Posts: 357 Forumite
    On SBTV at the moment there are Lego Duplo adverts, Carphone Warehouse adverts, XBox one adverts.
    If you can't see them it might be due to an ad blocker.

    Using ad blockers will get you banned on Swagbucks.

    Nothing has changed on my laptop - I used to see the 'rim cleaner' ads but now I don't get anything. I only have McAfee on Windows 7 - like I say I used to get them but now I don't. Hopefully they will not ban me as I'm not actively blocking anything.
  • Dottie13
    Dottie13 Posts: 472 Forumite
    Woohoo! Just did Dashboard survey 343921 for 43 SB.

    It says it takes 20 min but only took about 3 min and credited instantly! :)
    :A

    Credits since November 2013
    Swagbucks = £275vouchers + 1006 pts; Pinecone = £25 + 700 pts; Valued Opinions = £60 vouchers + £6.25 Ask GfK = 570 pts; YouGov = 2125 pts; Gratis Points = 660 pts; iPoll = £3.79; MySurvey = 940 pts; Qmee = £3.08; Populus Live = £7; Smilecity (NZ) = 12517 pts; Global Test Market = 1100 pts.
  • loranius
    loranius Posts: 1,090 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Actually I've had the same thing happen to me.

    I used to get a lot of ads on SBTV but not seen any lately, either on my work pc or my home pc. Nothing has changed on my system at all mind you!
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