Prolific Academic Survey Alerts

silvercar

I logged on quite a few times while abroad and was never offered anything other than subsequent parts to surveys where I had already completed at least one part.

elsien

Didn’t bother checking while I was away.

I decided two weeks without doing any surveys might prompt their algorithm into giving me more and better ones when I got back. Plus I’ve got better things to do when I’m on holiday.

theonlywayisup

Interesting.  I do surveys when we go away in the UK (doesn't work outside the UK for us) and don't see any slow down or anything odd. 

If you have an issue with a survey you may try to join it on a device that is on the network rather than your wifi (sorry don't know the terminology) and then you complete it on your device on your wifi.   For instance, I sometimes pick them up on my mobile on 4G and then complete on the home wifi.  

olgadapolga

Did anyone participate in the focus group for this? If so, have you been paid yet?

Secondly, I used to access Prolific via Chrome on my mobile but it's changed so that it looks like the computer based version on mobile which is a nightmare as I have to scroll across the page. It might be my mobile, just thought that I'd ask if anyone else was having the same issue.

[Deleted User]

Did anyone have the study to look at 40 video clips and describe your emotions paid £3

[Deleted User]

I only ask about the above study as it had nudity in it

MollyR

Did it give a warning before you started?

[Deleted User]

MollyR said:

Did it give a warning before you started?

I looked again and it did but right at the bottom I quickly clicked as there was only one space and I wanted to get it quickly.  I got a bit of a shock half way through 

MollyR

Well, this is always the risk - either you don't read the information at the start, and may find yourself involved in something you would prefer to have turned down, or you risk not grabbing the last place.  Swings and roundabouts.  But since they did warn you, you can't reasonably complain now!

elsien

I reserve the place then go back and read the information properly before deciding whether to carry on or not. There is the odd time when even if you have reserved a place it tells you it’s full but that’s quite rare.