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I don't know if I'm missing out on something because I'm level 2 and my daily total points has decreased from 210 to 195 due to the activities.
A program that grants points for using Bing search, which users can redeem for gift cards, sweepstakes entries, or charitable donations.
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Micro$oft takes away points and shuts down Amazon and Walmart shopping gift cards. But yet... they want me to recommend up to 10 friends to join their rewards program! ****?
If they do that, I will use Google search or Duck Duck Go. No reason to use Bing if it's not paying, especially with some of the fraudulent results I have been receiving for a website search! The legit site is no where found on the results page!
Two of the daily set have been reduced from 10 to 5 for me, and today I saw some other searches just awarding 2 points. Lately, I do a search for a well known site that used to generate the correct website, and now I get garbage sites that seem like phishing or fraudulent sites. I'm just using the emailed link to avoid the scam search results. Bing cheaped out before with a lot of back lash. I'm not sure I would continue to use if it starts netting fraudulent search results. It's bad .. wonder if it's AI screwing things up?
So, they're £5 gift card which can only be spent in Xbox store cost 5,935 points, yet the questions have gone down to 2 points each. Is this a Christmas joke? Why even bother anymore? If they want to keep penny pinching, just fire the rewards team.
Most human beings when offered something for free by doing something simple will happily accept the opportunity to do so
The main concern with all of this is why Microsoft offers points for simple tasks of clicking/tapping/typing only for a user to earn and acquire the points reward, to then have Microsoft and their 'automated system' treat us as if we're all doing something wrong and deceitful.
If Microsoft's aim is to depress people with feelings of being cheated, disillusioned, disheartened, and worthless then they are without doubt achieving their goal.
I for one am tired of being made to feel like a lab-rat in a maze full of vanishing cheese.
Perhaps this reward system has unfortunately now become a synonym for Microsoft's true ethics and their disregard for the well-being of their users ('user' also being a common term for an addict - seeing as how they have managed to get most people hooked!)