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Re:Please read the paper before you comment by Polylactic_acid on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @01:50AM (#24268433)
Google had a surveys program where you could earn credits for the google play store and every now and then you would get a trap question usually formatted something like "Have you used x product" or "how well do you know x" where x does not exist. Anyone who answers incorrectly will see limited surveys in the future.
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Re:Please read the paper before you comment by webmaven on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @09:17AM (#24271008)
> Google had a surveys program where you could earn credits for the google play store and every now and then you would get a trap question usually formatted something like "Have you used x product" or "how well do you know x" where x does not exist. Anyone who answers incorrectly will see limited surveys in the future.

Google Rewards still exists, and as recently as a couple of weeks ago had a question in that format (though I am not sure if it was actually a nonexistent brand, and I don't recall enough about the question to look it up now).

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Re:Please read the paper before you comment by feikname on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @05:45AM (#24269605)
Not sure if they stopped using the trick questions or not but they still have the program. You can Download it in your phone from Play Store, it's called Google Rewards.
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