by Wysteria » 20 Dec 2015, 21:48
My dashboard doesn't look like that either and I'm from the United States. I do have a drop down menu, but there are only 4 things in it: payouts, sign out, my profile and account settings. It doesn't have my credits at the top and the only thing else in the black bar at the top is the name, Usability Hub. But I think I may have solved this. I think it's possible that, Old Buddy, signed up for a test maker account instead of a test taker account. It wouldn't be hard to do, as I nearly did it myself. The front page has a sign up, but that is for people who make the tests. To get to the test taker sign up you have to go all the way down to the bottom of the page to the little, barely noticeable menu...like where sites usually keep Terms of Service and Privacy Policy links...and click on "Testers".
And, from what I was reading on the site, Karma, is only something they have for the test makers. It's something that they can use to pay for the services the Usability Hub offers, without necessarily having to pay them money.
If I remember, there was something saying that test makers could invite people of their choosing to come and take the test they created, if they so wished. So, I think the "invite friends" thing might be what is used to allow the hand picked people come and take the tests.