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
