If you're not irritated by
seeing an ad for J. Crew, Adidas, Target, or Best Buy when you wake up your
smartphone, a new app called Slidejoy could lop some money off your monthly
phone bill. Slidejoy currently works only in the United States, but we will hopefully be expanding to other countries soon
How does Slidejoy work?
Upon turning on your phone,
you will view an aesthetically pleasing ad on their lockscreens
1. You
will have a choice to ignore the ad by sliding right and unlocking your phone
2. You
will also have a choice to engage with the ad by sliding left. Upon sliding left,
the phone will unlock and you will be directed to a destination specified by
the advertiser (YouTube, advertiser website, Google Play, coupon page, etc.)
3. To
prevent bias, you will make an equal amount regardless of whether or not you
engage with an ad
4. Over
time, Slidejoy’s proprietary machine-learning algorithm learns your ad
preference based off of your behaviors during different times of day and
curates a more relevant user experience
5. You
can cash out their earnings via Square Cash/Paypal or choose to donate it to
charity
Payment Information
You will be paid each time you
unlock your phone despite of whether you swipe left or right. Earnings you earn
on a particular day will appear in the app at 7pm EST the next day. You can
cash out your balance or donate it to selected charities. Available cash out
method is now Paypal and others yet to add.
Stopping seeing the ads
You can easily disable ads by
going to the settings tab inside the application and turn off ‘ads on lock screen.’
However, you will not accrue money if ads are disabled
Source: Cnet
