Prolific Academic Survey Alerts

elsien

depends if you’re going via AdGuard VPN or not.

Prolific doesn’t seem to mind standard ad blockers but VPNs are a nono.

AssemblyGMX

Unusual result/messages about the same Prolific Study with identical submission codes :

There was an email notification at 0726 hours this morning rejecting my submission (Your submission was rejected for study "Chat with an AI Companion App" for the following reasons: - Other.) I completed the Study on 12th August.

There was no rejection note on my submissions.

At 0729 hours a second email notification arrived for the same submission (same completion code) saying:

Your response to Chat with an AI Companion App has been approved:

You earned: £0.70. (The 70 pence was paid to my balance.) I had only completed this Study once.

At 0751 hours there was an email from Prolific saying "New Message." When I clicked on the new message it was saying it was rejected (Reason: "other") and I would not be paid.

Immediately below this (in "Messages") there was a different (separate) notification message saying it was approved.

On my list of submissions the Study (same completion code) is there and is marked as approved and I have been paid.

Does it just sound like an error which The Researcher corrected quickly?

I sent a message to The Researcher:

"Thank you for approving my submission. At one point it looked as if Prolific thought my submission had been rejected but I wonder if this was just an error. …"

Thank you for any opinions.

moginstein

Sounds like a glitch to me. I'd ignore it, as it has reverted back to approved (and paid).

I don't like that when I get an email to say there is a message I've sometimes already read it as the email is later than the message, it can be confusing.

AssemblyGMX

Thanks for replying, moginstein. That is reassuring.

HampshireH

I got a survey 2 days ago where it was only 5 very easy questions

Got screen out (I think due to being in UK) and then prolific flashed up saying I was too fast.

Very bizarre. All questions were answered correctly from multiple choice

libra10

Having done some surveys paying in US dollars, using Paypal, how do you spend the dollars rather than balance?

Thanks for any advice.

MollyR

I withdraw the dollars to my bank account, since I very rarely buy anything online in dollars. The rate of exchange isn't brilliant by any means, but it would be worse if you tried to buy stuff online in the UK with them.

libra10

@MollyR Thanks for replying. Is it easy to do? I've looked at the Paypal app, and wasn't sure how to do it.

MollyR

I don't use financial apps - I use the web site. I go to Wallet, where I can see the total I have in both £ and $, and I can choose to withdraw my balance (or even justs part of it). It will tell you what rate of exchange you get for the dollars, and you can withdraw to your linked bank account. After withdrawing one currency, you can go on to withdraw the other one if you want too - I rarely keep a balance in Paypal, because when I make payments through it they are charged to my linked credit card, which gives me cashback.

libra10

Thanks very much @MollyR

I will withdraw the amount using the website.

Much appreciated.