Prolific Academic Survey Alerts

olliebean

Anyone else got a study Consumer evaluation of avatars representing different gender expressions "stuck" on their Prolific Studies page atm? It's been stuck at 171 places for at least an hour, and any attempt to join it results in an error message: "This study is in high demand, please try reserving your submission again."

sebloak

olliebean said:

Anyone else got a study Consumer evaluation of avatars representing different gender expressions "stuck" on their Prolific Studies page atm? It's been stuck at 171 places for at least an hour, and any attempt to join it results in an error message: "This study is in high demand, please try reserving your submission again."

Yes. Got the same stuck study

olliebean

Still there this morning. I've clicked "Not interested" because I'm fed up with seeing it.

theonlywayisup

Slightly annoyed at this one - I don't like too many exclamation marks!!!!!!  Nor did I appreciate being told I would be 'kicked out'.  And let us put bad spelling aside. 

However, to balance that annoyance I can say that both of us did it.  

OH selected randomly and got 50p bonus.  I selected to get the maximum 75 pennies every single time and got the £1.50 bonus.  Make of that what you will!!!!!!!

It took me 3 mins and OH about 4-5 mins. 

~FlowerPot~

theonlywayisup said:

Slightly annoyed at this one - I don't like too many exclamation marks!!!!!!  Nor did I appreciate being told I would be 'kicked out'.  And let us put bad spelling aside. 

However, to balance that annoyance I can say that both of us did it.  

OH selected randomly and got 50p bonus.  I selected to get the maximum 75 pennies every single time and got the £1.50 bonus.  Make of that what you will!!!!!!!

It took me 3 mins and OH about 4-5 mins. 

i did this one and got 50p bonus

elsien

Had one pop up for 18 quid for two hours listening to audio things. I decided life was too short. Two hours is a long time.

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elsien said:

Had one pop up for 18 quid for two hours listening to audio things. I decided life was too short. Two hours is a long time.

I had that one but it was too long and sent it back you needed headphones aswell

george4064

olliebean said:

Still there this morning. I've clicked "Not interested" because I'm fed up with seeing it.

Same problem, and same solution too!

theonlywayisup

elsien said:

Had one pop up for 18 quid for two hours listening to audio things. I decided life was too short. Two hours is a long time.

Yes we both had that.  Why would you want to sit for two hours in one survey - we both rejected it.  I do think researchers could make their studies more appealing and better to complete.  

olliebean

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Asked for my Reddit username and a link to my profile, which is amongst the information explicitly disallowed by Prolific. (https://participant-help.prolific.co/hc/en-gb/articles/8015519741852-Personal-information-in-studies - "Social media usernames, or links to social media accounts or posts (e.g. Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, TikTok etc.") Reported to Prolific.