Prolific Academic Survey Alerts

silvercar

Just received a bonus payment for a study completed in August 2025. :lol

I don't know how those who complete tax returns promptly are meant to account for late payments like that!

MollyR

When I do my tax return, I include all payments actually received during the period, not those earned but not yet paid - those ones I carry forward to the next year.

mikep22

Ive had no AI studies for a few days now…naturally when I have been most in a position to actually do them. Hopefully pick up soon.

They must be spending a fortune on this as I reckon I alone mustve made close on $2k - dwarfing anything else.

serena9

Logged on this morning and they've clearly had an update. The site has been quite glitchy for a day or two, so this may be why. I was legitimately screened out of a study, and they've blocked my account for an hour for finishing the study too fast! Never had this happen before, and I have of course I have filed a report. My submissions list clearly says screened out, we shall see what happens, I'm sure it's just teething problems, but other users beware.

musey

I must not be in a target group or something. I don't think I've ever had an AI study offered

elsien

Anyone done any of these -

Image Instruction Following Evaluation

By Galactic Probe

An hour and 15 minutes - lots come up, I can't do them tonight because I've had a drink but was curious as to whether they are worth the effort?

onemouseplace

@elsien they feel quite involved after the shorter image evaluation tasks! They are all right though - the first one you do will be mostly training.

I haven't seen them around much after doing the training though so don't really feel like I've got to grips with the nuances yet. I haven't got time to do the ones up now.

elsien

prolific has sent me a warning for using LLM to write an answer which I absolutely have not done. What would be the best way to challenge it?

HampshireH

@elsien was it this (below)? I got the message too but didn't say it was a warning. I've not had any surveys for weeks and weeks. I've managed 65p in 8 weeks. So it's not something I've done if it's a warning.

Hi there,




We hope this message finds you well.




A quick reminder from the Prolific team: if a study's instructions tell you not to use AI tools (such as ChatGPT or other LLMs) to complete it, please don't use them.




Studies are designed to capture your own genuine thoughts, knowledge, and writing. Using AI-generated content when instructed not to undermines the research and violates our participation standards.




Submissions that don't follow this instruction may be rejected, and repeated or clear violations will lead to account action, including a ban.




Thanks for your understanding and continued participation.

elsien

that’s the one. I just presumed it was a warning because otherwise I thought they would just put a message on the prolific landing page.