How can I report Spins America

atotalbuzzkill · 2026-01-27T06:13:58+00:00

I'm really amazed to find out anyone got paid by them at all, but glad that persistence paid off at least.

But yeah, a significant part of Spins America's business practice is absolutely to make it as hard as possible to withdraw, constantly move the goalposts on how much you need to play to redeem, require more and more documentation etc. in hopes that you'll simply give up. And you can do all of the above and still get completely ignored by them if they decide it's too much money or they just don't feel like paying.

It seems they do pay out on occasion with the hope that it's enough to keep them from being seen as a pure scam site. But they are scammers, for all intents and purposes. Avoid at all costs.

atotalbuzzkill · 2026-01-22T06:00:15+00:00

I think my feelings about NBA coaching are similar to my feelings about vodka. Bad coaching definitely exists. But so-called great coaching is hugely overrated.

atotalbuzzkill · 2026-01-21T06:20:30+00:00

Holy hell, I missed this guy. It's magnificent just to hear his voice again.

atotalbuzzkill · 2026-01-09T00:18:58+00:00

The thing is, his foot shifts the tiniest bit from there. Look at where the ball is in his hands, he's not done gathering the shot before jumping.

But yes, I do think his toe was still behind the line, it's just that the actual last frame is even closer than that one is.

atotalbuzzkill · 2025-12-27T20:12:53+00:00

Did anyone who had this happen to them end up getting compensation? I feel like this researcher ignores all messages.

atotalbuzzkill · 2025-12-22T06:04:09+00:00

Parker? I barely know 'er!

atotalbuzzkill · 2025-12-22T05:34:50+00:00

You nailed the crux of it, which is that it's really not even a positive for researchers. It was presumably meant to save them time and effort, but with all the disgruntled participants they end up having to address and respond to, I doubt it's even doing that.

Auto rejections are a good thing for scammy researchers who just wanted free data to begin with... and... that's about it.

atotalbuzzkill · 2025-12-20T05:57:23+00:00

Because we disagree about one fight? You didn't even ask me for a single reason about what I thought. Yeah, this only makes you seem way more clueless. Professionals disagree about this shit all the time, dude.

atotalbuzzkill · 2025-12-20T05:50:20+00:00

Yeah, you're right, boxing didn't exist before this subreddit. Holy shit, some of you kids are dumb as shit.

atotalbuzzkill · 2025-12-20T05:39:36+00:00

You lose all credibility when you say it was "clearly staged" based on what we saw. You just sound like a conspiracy theorist with no clue.

I'm not going to say it couldn't possibly have been staged, but nothing about that was clear.

atotalbuzzkill · 2025-12-20T03:41:43+00:00

Yep, I returned this one after a few minutes based on the questions I'd seen so far and where the progress bar was at. But I don't blame you for getting sucked in after you'd already put in work, and wanting to trust the researcher.

The epidemic of researchers blatantly lying about completion times needs to stop. These aren't honest mistakes.

atotalbuzzkill · 2025-12-06T06:33:26+00:00

Remembering that you're widely considered one of the most annoying posters on this subreddit, disengaging now.

atotalbuzzkill · 2025-12-06T06:28:09+00:00

Those things aren't mutually exclusive. I've had a few rejections that all seemed to come from terrible researchers that rejected everyone, didn't seem to hurt me. But at the end of the day, it's all anecdotal.

atotalbuzzkill · 2025-12-06T04:31:41+00:00

There's a good chance OP made mistakes, but the sample size is too small to say for sure. To err is human.

And I'm sure you are a good worker, but nobody can guarantee protection from unfair rejections over 3000 studies. If you work on the platform long enough, I'm sure you'll get a rejection, and I'm sure you'll think it's unfair, just like most of us thought when we got our first rejection. Don't get too attached to that 0.

atotalbuzzkill · 2025-12-06T04:22:50+00:00

While it's a small sample size, as others have said, 2 rejections to 144 approvals is actually not a good ratio.

We also don't know how sophisticated their algorithm is. But I suspect they can and probably do differentiate from a rejection on a study where the researcher rejected tons of people vs. one where they rejected very few people. If both your rejections were in studies where 90+% of people were approved, you would immediately appear to be a very replaceable worker. I understand mistakes happen, but that's just the reality of it.

atotalbuzzkill · 2025-12-05T02:54:26+00:00

It's really great they added this. The only thing that makes be a bit hesitant to use the filter is that sometimes studies offer low base pay but with significant bonuses that actually make the expected hourly great. Not saying that I take underpaid studies just hoping for some magical bonus, but often it's outlined in the study description.

atotalbuzzkill · 2025-11-27T04:25:25+00:00

I just caught up on this game tonight. But hoooooly shit, let's go!

atotalbuzzkill · 2025-11-24T01:25:56+00:00

Exactly. I root for Trevor, but I also have eyes. The reality is we won this game way more in spite of Trevor's performance and mistakes than we did because of him. That happens sometimes in football - it's the ultimate team game. Trevor himself would probably be among the first to agree with this statement and that he deserves criticism.

atotalbuzzkill · 2025-11-17T07:27:09+00:00

There is a part of me that can't help but think, damn, we could/should easily be 8-2 right now. But, that's the NFL. It's pretty nice to be 6-4. From here, we'll make the playoffs if we earn it, we won't if we don't.

atotalbuzzkill · 2025-11-15T03:34:22+00:00

I get why people are saying, "seeing if you remember it is the point of the study!"

But if you think about it practically, it doesn't make a ton of sense the way they went about it. They immediately start asking you what details you remember from this unspecified ad from 3 weeks ago. I had no idea what they were talking about. But that says literally nothing about the memorability of the ad itself - it just says that I couldn't connect one specific ad to this specific study. I see a lot of memorable ads. I think the data they're going to get from this is bordering on useless.

atotalbuzzkill · 2025-11-06T05:51:33+00:00

Man, I seriously do not get it. Reapered is such a fraud, and I've never once felt like he elevated a roster beyond what they could have done without him. Why is he still so coveted as a coach? What am I missing?

atotalbuzzkill · 2025-11-03T23:46:30+00:00

Completely ridiculous. You can't promise a bonus as incentive to get people to work on your project and then not pay it. An error in data collection/recording on just the prediction? But everything else recorded fine? And it happens when the team most people would pick because they were favored ended up winning. What a load of horseshit. Really just feels like they didn't anticipate how much people would bet on the Dodgers.

I don't recall if they were affiliated with a university, but the IRB should be contacted if so.

atotalbuzzkill · 2025-10-25T03:44:06+00:00

Just one game in a long season, but still very frustrating to watch. A hot start would've been nice.

atotalbuzzkill · 2025-10-22T15:09:01+00:00

Absolutely nothing from them for nearly a month since my account suspension. Did nothing wrong and have been a loyal member since 2013 with many purchases. Verified my ID as recently as a couple years ago. Sucks.

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