Prolific Academic Survey Alerts

Chrisv

Social Media Survey

By Kristen Berman

Yes, exactly the same here Slinky - Inconsistent responses Please return the submission.

I have messaged the researcher asking for more info on the inconsistent responses.

Slinky

Chrisv said:

Social Media Survey

By Kristen Berman

Yes, exactly the same here Slinky - Inconsistent responses Please return the submission.

I have messaged the researcher asking for more info on the inconsistent responses.

I also messaged the researcher, no response as yet. Don't want to get a rejection as I've never had a rejected survey, but I can't work out what I did wrong.

n.harvey47

Same here, really strange?
Have emailed twice and got no reply?
Also have recalled submission and says no harm to my account.
All very odd

olliebean

Same here, inconsistent responses. Given the questions they asked, I think they may have been registering all participants as TikTok users even if we didn't select it as one of the social networks we used, since the next question was about how often I use TikTok and I suspect "Never" may have been the response they thought was inconsistent. I messaged them back detailing the responses I gave and asking them to explain what the inconsistency was. No response yet, but the initial message was obviously automated as it arrived instantly after submission. Haven't returned the submission yet.

Slinky

Has anybody actually done the survey successfully? Any TikTokers on here?

Cloth_of_Gold

How does income tax work with this? Presumably they don't deduct income tax so you have to declare your earnings to HMRC if you're a taxpayer. How can they get away with paying less than the minimum wage - are you counted as self-employed?

MollyR

"It is important to remember that Prolific is not intended to be a full-time job, but rather a platform for occasional, fun studies."  https://participant-help.prolific.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360022523613-What-is-Prolific-and-how-does-it-work

You are not employed by Prolific, so the minimum wage cannot conceivably apply.

elsien

Cloth_of_Gold said:

How does income tax work with this? Presumably they don't deduct income tax so you have to declare your earnings to HMRC if you're a taxpayer. How can they get away with paying less than the minimum wage - are you counted as self-employed?

You only have to declare survey income if you’re earning more than 1K a year. 

Cloth_of_Gold

Thanks. I'm not interested in doing them, I was just curious.

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elsien said:

Cloth_of_Gold said:

How does income tax work with this? Presumably they don't deduct income tax so you have to declare your earnings to HMRC if you're a taxpayer. How can they get away with paying less than the minimum wage - are you counted as self-employed?

You only have to declare survey income if you’re earning more than 1K a year. 

Is there any checks to this, for example if I went £50 over what would happen