Prolific Academic Survey Alerts

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Anyanka1 said:

You are all very lucky, I think.  It seems to be the case, from experience, that the newer you are, the more surveys you receive.  I have been doing this for over five years and this is the worst summer ever.  I used to average £5 per week, sometimes more but have had nothing for nearly a fortnight.  I just wish the only outstanding one would cough up; at least then I could stop looking at it.

Same here. just 2 studies this month alone and still waiting on 3 studies to pay out from mid august. Seems alot more are just being let to sit for 21 days before auto payment. The prolific alert thing is next to useless as 98% of everything that it alerts for is already full, which is more annoying than not getting any studies.

John1963

Anyanka1 said:

You are all very lucky, I think.  It seems to be the case, from experience, that the newer you are, the more surveys you receive.  I have been doing this for over five years and this is the worst summer ever.  I used to average £5 per week, sometimes more but have had nothing for nearly a fortnight.  I just wish the only outstanding one would cough up; at least then I could stop looking at it.

Has anyone any idea whether the Google alert thingy does not work if you decline to let them track "how you are using the site"?  I think Google invade my privacy more than enough already but I tried using DuckDuckGo instead and the alert did not work then, either.

As the "New Boy" I'll keep reporting my experience.  Whilst the £7.50 is an outlier, Iooking at my submission history I have submitted responses to 45 studies, out of which I am awaiting responses on 10.  All in all I'm averaging £2'odd each at the moment.  I thought the same on me being new - let's see what happens.  

As I guess most if not all others are,  I'm straight down the line in responding and have disqualified myself a couple of times.  I'm finding the studies very interesting - probably says something about me!

Racheljaa

There's a long study there now with a few places but it's the wrong time of day for me to do it...

Lummoxley

John1963 said:

I'm finding the studies very interesting - probably says something about me!

Not just you, I find some of the studies fascinating. Of course there are some that are mind-numbingly boring and some that just seem pointless.

I've been a member since Jan 2020 and have cashed in £1,150 so well pleased. But, like others, the last couple of weeks have been very quite.

MollyR

They have been quiet - but I've had several studies today, which I am pleased with.

I have noticed, however, that the Prolific site is operating slowly;  a researcher messaged me around 6:30 and I wasn't notified of it until 6:55, by which time the study he was alerting me to (a follow-up from an earlier one today) was full.

olliebean

I guess I'm doing pretty well out of it - averaging £50-60/month over the couple of years since I joined, and while there are ups and downs, I've not noticed any particular decline recently (already up over £30 this month, thanks largely to a couple of really well paying "Investment in group project" studies just yesterday). I have noticed more full-before-I-click studies than there used to be, but it doesn't seem to have affected my overall earnings.

Tomatillo

Do people tend to bother with the really little ones? I have had a few that are under 20p which seems fairly pointless but I am concerned that I won't be sent as a many if I don't respond. 

MollyR

They all have to pay the same minimum rate per hour (if they don't, Prolific makes them top it up) so it's just as productive to spend a minute or two earning a few pence as to spend an hour earning a few quid.  And sometimes the very short ones are to identify respondents to be personally invited (via e-mail from Prolific) for a longer study in the future.

ElefantEd

The 20p ones only take a minute, and are ideal if you don't have anything else to do. Whereas higher paying ones also take longer, so I tend to ignore them unless I have plenty of time or are bored!

I don't think that ignoring a study affects how many you're offered in the future. In fact, it might be the other way round, if you do a lot of studies you get offered fewer.

DontBringBertie

I tend to do them all except ones that are 30 minutes+ as they usually required undivided attention which is difficult while working. Plus they tend to get a bit boring.

There was one ages ago where you had to use your mic to read sentences for THREE hours in a row. I wonder if anyone did that one…