Prolific Academic Survey Alerts

Slinky

Value said:

I've been holding off on answering the question in the "About you" other section which is "Tell us anything else about yourself". I have no idea what to tell them! Has anyone responded with anything interesting?

I've just posted my favourite flavour of crisps.

HampshireH

I've got half way through an AI video survey to be only getting a background and no video on every single one.

No option to wrap it up so hoping it still pays out but literally just saying the are equally good/bad

Sapindus

I've got a study which I returned because it was asking about things I am ignorant on.  Now I've been paid for it.  That's just annoying.

What's more worrying is that when I clicked on the button to contact support, it said "you've already filled in this form".  I haven't filled in a form about that particular study.  I'm worried that if I do have a problem and need to contact support, it won't let me?

Racheljaa

What do people think about the three questions at the end of the surveys...do people do them? I have been but I can probably think of better uses for my time, it doesn't seem compulsory.

MollyR

I complete them - it only takes a second!

cagsd

HampshireH said:

I've got half way through an AI video survey to be only getting a background and no video on every single one.

No option to wrap it up so hoping it still pays out but literally just saying the are equally good/bad

I've had this problem a couple of times on the video ones, usually about halfway through the screens are like a grey checkerboard. I did the same as you and clicked 'equally good/bad' and have always still been paid out on them.

Over the past 6-8 weeks I must have done well over a hundred of these / the image ones. Most days, there are upwards of 50 available when I log on. Today.... nothing! 

Still, looking on the bright side, they've paid for new carpet, paint and wallpaper for my bedroom so I can't knock it even if they never come back!

Nebulous2

cagsd said:

HampshireH said:

I've got half way through an AI video survey to be only getting a background and no video on every single one.

No option to wrap it up so hoping it still pays out but literally just saying the are equally good/bad

I've had this problem a couple of times on the video ones, usually about halfway through the screens are like a grey checkerboard. I did the same as you and clicked 'equally good/bad' and have always still been paid out on them.

Over the past 6-8 weeks I must have done well over a hundred of these / the image ones. Most days, there are upwards of 50 available when I log on. Today.... nothing! 

Still, looking on the bright side, they've paid for new carpet, paint and wallpaper for my bedroom so I can't knock it even if they never come back!

I'm the same - I haven't done nearly as many, but they have been consistently there, and nothing today. 

I particularly like the image ones. I sometimes wonder if the AI is training me - to spot flaws and errors, rather than me training it to avoid making them!

SensibleSarah

There's a sense of irony with these AI training ones. I'm a freelance writer and have lost several clients (who now use AI to write everything) over the last couple of years - so it sometimes feels conflicting to help AI get better    but I've still got bills to pay so I do them anyway between 'proper' work. I know that if I don't do them - someone else will. Hoping some AI ones pop up over the next couple of days as I've actually got time to do them then - sod's law says it'll be tumbleweed territory though. 

cagsd

Heads up - 80+ of the image evaluation ones have just popped up on my page!!!

Slinky

Yay, I've finally got some AI ones.  Did 3, then the 4th went on and on and on for an eternity, never came up with the Complete message. I finally abandoned it only to discover it had supposedly timed out. I've messaged the researcher to appeal to them to pay me. Anyone else had this?