Great App
The app is user friendly, clearly states what the tasks are, and easily pays you for the work you’ve done.
My voice matters !
Best app to get involved
Not-so-Empowered
Response from developer
Hey, sorry it felt pushy. In general, our goal is to have a variety of calls to action that you can engage with so that if there's something you don't feel comfortable doing, there are still other things you can do. But yeah, I get that if there's something you don't want to do, the reminders about it can be a lot.
Make a Difference!
Response from developer
Hey, sorry the Sosha video share toolkit has had some issues. I'll pass that along.
Love it
App
5 STARS
Very user friendly
Empowering the community
Absolute Garbage
Response from developer
I'm sorry that happened to you. Even if there's an account that we need to suspend, we shouldn't be rude about it. Organizers aren't in charge of payments, and only folks involved in stuff like payments and tax paperwork would have access to your SSN / W9, so if an organizer said that your number came out as someone else that probably means they were looking at the phone number that someone would use to log in, not what you put on your W9. I can't see your account from App Store reviews (which is why we encourage people to fill out the payments form that you mentioned), but based on your description, I think I can identify your account. It seems like you never attended a training, even after your organizer tried to help you sign up for one. And, you broke one of the rules you agreed to in your onboarding paperwork. We try to keep these rules straightforward and clear, but we take it seriously when people break them. Sorry, but it appears your account was suspended correctly.
App works perfectly fine
AI post creation and biometric data face-scanning to receive payment.
Response from developer
Hey, thanks for your review. Even though it was negative, the things you're bringing up are definitely things we're grappling with at Empower too, so I appreciate where you're coming from. Partial good news: I think when you mention Sora AI, you're actually referring to our integration with Sosha.ai? Sosha is a social media sharing website that we link to for some of our calls to action. They have AI in their name, and they have the option to use some AI features, but when you're using Sosha, you don't have to do any AI stuff. And, we have plenty of calls to action that aren't based on Sosha at all. For payments, we do use Dots in order to pay you, and they do require a photo of your face to verify your identity (to be clear, this happens on Dots' website, not directly inside the Empower app). Since we're paying people, this is partly for legal reasons (e.g., being able to issue tax forms to the right person) and partly to protect ourselves (if we didn't verify people's identity, then someone could scam us by creating a bunch of fake accounts and trying to get paid on all of them). Biometric data is sensitive, so I get not wanting to share that. And unfortunately, with the world we live in, we do need to verify identity to pay people.
My account was suspended same day as pay day when I did everything I was supposed to on the app
Response from developer
Hi, I'm sorry that your account was suspended. Some folks try to get paid without doing work or refer people they don't actually know, so we need to suspend some accounts, but if you were suspended in error, you can fill out the payments form so we can investigate and follow up. In the app, tap the Menu Icon (upper left) > Payments > Report a payment issue
