Facebook wants to pay you for your opinions. What could go wrong?

Months after Facebook was forced to shut down two apps it used to collect a creepy amount of data from users in the name of market research, the company is now launching a new app designed to reward users for voluntary feedback.

The new market research app, called Viewpoints,  promises to compensate users in exchange for filling out surveys and other tasks. According to the app's terms of service, users can make up to $600 a year from the app, which pays via PayPal once a user has accumulated a set number of points by participating in its "programs." Exact details of the points system are unclear, though, and Viewpoints' terms of service notes that "some rewards may have no cash value." In a blog post announcing the app, Facebook says the first program it will offer is a "well-being survey." Read more...