Digital Reflection - Lack of Funding/Review/Opinion Rant Post

This would have been a review on how much I earned with Digital Reflection so far and how great it was, but I have just had the unfortunate email that they are decreasing the number of panelists they have due to lack of funding. Unfortunately, that means that they had to let go of some of their current panelists in order to keep a certain number of panelists so the program keeps going.

For those of you who don't know, Digital Reflection is a company that pays you for hooking up an internet metering device to your router, and they collect your data anonymously, for marketing reasons. It was a very passive program that gave great starting bonuses and with consistent use, a bonus of $20 every 3 months in addition to $5 a month just for having it plugged in. I do not know if they plan to change the incentive method, but I would rather have had a decrease in rewards for a little while than actually being kicked off the panel randomly and permanently. It's a bummer these are one of the few things I get chosen for, that I actually don't want to be chosen for, but I'll just call it bad luck even though I have a sneaking suspicion they chose households with less than a certain amount of people and put them in the drawing. I don't have any evidence for that but more data is always better right?

                   Truly a fitting way to end a relatively bad week. Hopefully the weekend will be better.

I joined the panel in 2016. Since then, I've redeemed $200 in paypal so far (reaching minimum cashout every 6 months or so passively), earned $225 unfortunately those who are getting kicked off will not even have partial payments as a last courtesy due to the minimum/maximum cashout being $50 paypal (or a different currency you prefer that they offer). It was great while it lasted but it's time to move on. I'll be looking for similar panels to join so if anyone can refer me to any, comment or email me at kaeosviernes@gmail.com.

Reward redemption option screenshot for those who didn't get kicked out of the panel. (Seriously I didn't know whether I should include this or not?? I hope Digital Reflection once they get back on their feet can allow the people kicked out to re-join again.