No. Our panels are constructed of verified individuals, not bots. No professional survey takers and no 3rd part panel aggregators.
The “push” model, used by companies like 1Q, aims to decrease the incentive for fraud drastically. In this model, surveys are only delivered (pushed) to individual, prequalified members based on n-size. There are no lists or “take survey now” options for bots or professional survey takers to abuse. There is nothing a respondent can do to take more surveys and they never know when they will get one. So that removes all the incentive.
Additionally, while there are many ways to commit to this principle, companies like 1Q also have 100% of surveys answered via app or SMS from a validated mobile phone. Single panelist per physical, validated mobile device removes much of the opportunity for bot responses by design.
For more details about how we beat the bots, visit: https://site.1q.com/an-open-letter-to-the-consumer-insights-industry/