# Do You Use Swagbucks? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 6, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-swagbucks/608590 "2012-01-06T03:38:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-swagbucks/608590/1 "2012-01-06T03:38:40Z")
Do you use Swagbucks to gain points? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-swagbucks/608590/2 "2012-01-06T03:56:46Z")
What in shitting crikey are swagbucks? Googles… Seems to be some sort of voluntary web-based spyware? No thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-swagbucks/608590/3 "2012-01-06T04:01:10Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Do you use Swagbucks to gain points? What are “Swagbucks”, where do you get them, what are “points”, and why would I want them? ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-swagbucks/608590/4 "2012-01-06T04:03:06Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > What are “Swagbucks”, where do you get them, what are “points”, and why would I want them? I’m not sure if this is Czarcasm or not but… Swagbucks is a website where one registers and one can gain points or “swagbucks” there by using their search engine and doing other tasks. If one has enough “swagbucks” one can use them to buy things at their store which include gift cards, and consumer goods. ---
**Author:** ![Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamaika_a_jamaikaiake)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-swagbucks/608590/5 "2012-01-06T04:03:12Z")
Perhaps you could tell us what you are talking about? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-swagbucks/608590/6 "2012-01-06T04:20:53Z")
I’m checking it out, and it look hinky. You can apparently get premiums if you sign up for this program. To get the “Swag Bucks”, you have to use their search engine, watch their “Vidoes”(_that_ inspired confidence!), buy items from their catalog to earn a Swag Bucks rebate to apply towards a Free Gift Card, and various other assignments. How many of these “Swag Bucks” does it take to earn a premium of any value? You can’t tell without signing up. What are some of the premiums available? You can’t tell without signing up. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-swagbucks/608590/7 "2012-01-06T04:26:19Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I’m checking it out, and it look hinky. You can apparently get premiums if you sign up for this program. To get the “Swag Bucks”, you have to use their search engine, watch their “Vidoes”(_that_ inspired confidence!), buy items from their catalog to earn a Swag Bucks rebate to apply towards a Free Gift Card, and various other assignments. How many of these “Swag Bucks” does it take to earn a premium of any value? You can’t tell without signing up. What are some of the premiums available? You can’t tell without signing up. A five dollar Amazon gift cards is roughly 450 swagbucks for starters. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-swagbucks/608590/8 "2012-01-06T04:33:17Z")
And how amy videos or web searches does it take to get 450 swagbucks? ---
**Author:** ![Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-swagbucks/608590/9 "2012-01-06T04:33:52Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Swagbucks is a website where one registers and one can gain points or “swagbucks” there by using their search engine and doing other tasks. If one has enough “swagbucks” one can use them to buy things at their store which include gift cards, and consumer goods. OMG, did I fall in a time warp back to 1996? _Sooo_ not majoring in philosophy _this_ time!! ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-swagbucks/608590/10 "2012-01-06T04:35:15Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > And how amy videos or web searches does it take to get 450 swagbucks? I took me a few weeks but I’m not a fanatical swagbucker. Some kids usually got it every two weeks or so. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-swagbucks/608590/11 "2012-01-06T04:49:18Z")
What’s the conversion rate between Swagbucks and Stanley Nickels? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-swagbucks/608590/12 "2012-01-06T04:55:53Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > I took me a few weeks but I’m not a fanatical swagbucker. Some kids usually got it every two weeks or so. Doesn’t sound worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-swagbucks/608590/13 "2012-01-06T05:56:48Z")
And what can you get for these 450 swagbuckeroos? A toaster? An iPod? A three-day all expenses paid vacation on the Space Station? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-swagbucks/608590/14 "2012-01-06T06:06:56Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > And what can you get for these 450 swagbuckeroos? A toaster? An iPod? A three-day all expenses paid vacation on the Space Station? See post #7-a $5 [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) gift card. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-swagbucks/608590/15 "2012-01-06T06:19:49Z")
So you can earn a five dollar gift certificate with only a few weeks worth of work? I’m amazed this program isn’t more popular. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-swagbucks/608590/16 "2012-01-06T06:29:16Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > To get the “Swag Bucks”, you have to use their search engine Hell no. Hm. That didn’t come out quite right. Let’s try again. Fuck no! There we go. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-swagbucks/608590/17 "2012-01-06T06:30:17Z")
PS: I have a feeling these poll results are going to continue to be hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Accident](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-swagbucks/608590/18 "2012-01-06T11:33:51Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > PS: I have a feeling these poll results are going to continue to be hilarious. I wonder if this is going to have SDMB’s most one sided poll results. As for the question, no I don’t use it. It’ll take a lot to get me to use a search engine other than google. Now, if they had good porn videos, (equivalent to what you can find on youporn or xhamster), I might be willing to use them for that, but otherwise, no, not going to use them. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-swagbucks/608590/19 "2012-01-06T12:42:20Z")
> [@Mr.Accident](#): > > Now, if they had good porn videos, (equivalent to what you can find on youporn or xhamster), I might be willing to use them for that, but otherwise, no, not going to use them. That’s child’s play, son. Gotta switch your game up to xvideos and mammothtube. Eventually you might be able to handle motherless. And no, I’ve never heard of Swagbucks and the entire thing sounds like a bad idea. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-swagbucks/608590/20 "2012-01-06T12:45:24Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Do you use Swagbucks to gain points? I see that _you_ do. I would suggest you use CCleaner on your system, pronto. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-swagbucks/608590.md?page=2)