Prolific Academic Survey Alerts

mikep22

Deleted_User said:

The site seems to be working again - I have just been able to log in.

Thank you.

  - I spoke too soon - it's  back to the 500 notice.  I'll try again tomorrow.  If anyone can give a link to contact Prolific when not able to log in I'll really appreciate  it, thank you.

Crimson

https://researcher-help.prolific.co/hc/en-gb/requests/new 

https://twitter.com/Prolific 

[Deleted User]

I hope you get your completion code, Value.  It is frustrating having spent so much time on your study and hope it gets sorted soon  - and that we can all log in again.

Crimson

olliebean

The site is up again - just done a couple of studies and successfully submitted them.

Cordie

I've been attempting to contact Prolific using it's Participant Submit a Request Form but I am not sure if I am doing it correctly. I'm filling in the form and submitting it but the writing remains on the page and there is no acknowledgement that it has been sent.  I don't want to badger them because I know they are busy with Covid related matters but it would be nice to know if I had actually got through to them.  Anyone know if this is how the form usually behaves.

causeequalstime

Cordie said:

I've been attempting to contact Prolific using it's Participant Submit a Request Form but I am not sure if I am doing it correctly. I'm filling in the form and submitting it but the writing remains on the page and there is no acknowledgement that it has been sent.  I don't want to badger them because I know they are busy with Covid related matters but it would be nice to know if I had actually got through to them.  Anyone know if this is how the form usually behaves.

Make sure you answer and tick the boxes marked with a red asterisk

Cordie

causeequalstime said:

Cordie said:

I've been attempting to contact Prolific using it's Participant Submit a Request Form but I am not sure if I am doing it correctly. I'm filling in the form and submitting it but the writing remains on the page and there is no acknowledgement that it has been sent.  I don't want to badger them because I know they are busy with Covid related matters but it would be nice to know if I had actually got through to them.  Anyone know if this is how the form usually behaves.

Make sure you answer and tick the boxes marked with a red asterisk

I completed all the boxes marked with a red asterisk, the two I left empty were the optional Prolific ID and attachments.  I'm not sure what you mean by tick the boxes causeequalstime.

yupiteru

mikep22 said:

Raspberry_Queen said:

mikep22 said:

Raspberry_Queen said:

I have already done £3.40 worth of submissions, and am very happy with Prolific.

I did the one about matching faces which was worth £2.50. It was about forensic face matching. I feel like I'm doing something worthwhile and contributing to science in a little way. 

I have got over £2.3k on Prolific now - its generally and quite easily the best of the survey providers.

Although that said at this exact second it is fishing me off because its not loading properly....flippin IT.

Oh wow, how long did that take you to earn that much? 
 
I earnt another £1 earlier today while doing a Zoom meeting    I had to imagine myself on a board of directors on big company and what that would entail and how I would behave. Took about 6 minutes (they said 4)

I joined in 2017 - but I do also work full time so I dont get as much as maybe some other people do. Generally its solid and I rarely get a DQ. I use it in conjunction with Qmee and to a smaller extent Swagbucks. And Populous / YouGov, but surveys are much less frequent with those two.

I recommend you get the Prolific extension on Google Chrome, which alerts you for new surveys and is helpful - note the extension is not officially from Prolific.

It looks like I can get back into Prolific now  

The Prolific Assistant extension has for a while now actually been taken over by prolific themselves.

It still doesn't work properly for me mind you on Chrome or Firefox, but it is definitely worthwhile installing.

I have through frustration installed an older version and that seems to be more consistent with alerts so far.

Prolific is by far the best site of its type, I also use Qmee, Populus Live, YouGov, Ipsos, Prizerebel and Surveybods, time permitting that is, but recently prolific has been very busy for me so I can't complain.

elsien

I'm finding at the  moment that the prolific assistant is giving studies which are either full, or allow me to reserve but then tell me they are full which is getting a bit frustrating. 

yupiteru

elsien said:

I'm finding at the  moment that the prolific assistant is giving studies which are either full, or allow me to reserve but then tell me they are full which is getting a bit frustrating. 

Yes this has been happening all day to me, the one about Mars has appeared 3 times and full each time, but I have managed to actually complete 2 so far, so it is not all bad.

albion22

elsien said:

I'm finding at the  moment that the prolific assistant is giving studies which are either full, or allow me to reserve but then tell me they are full which is getting a bit frustrating. 

This has been happening to me too today and possibly yesterday as well. Plenty of remaining places to reserve but getting a message that the study is full. If not full other messages are not eligible or the study is being paused (by the researcher). Clearly Prolific still facing technical issues on and off. Hope they sort it out soon as getting a bit frustrating.