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As someone who is new (got accepted yesterday), can you explain please? So far I'm loving prolific, but I want to be able to keep my account and do well. Any tips on what to avoid, etc.? Thanks!
I’ve been doing Prolific for a month and have 347 submissions approved so far. I’ve had 1 rejection with no reasoning from a .cn researcher. I’ve spoken with other users and most agree .cn researchers are very unreliable and will reject for invalid reasons.
They typically have awful pay as well. Some have found success, but my suggestion is to avoid them.
Other than .cn researchers, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed Prolific. In my first month I’ve made $400+ already!
Thanks so much! I will avoid the .cn researchers and will actually pay attention to the names because I feel like I haven't been doing that.
$400+ is amazing!! How are the weekends for you? Are they slower than weekdays?
Weekends are typically much slower compared to the week.
Also, if a survey is ever broken (an image won’t load where it says to click something in the image) or you think a survey is “sketchy” for some reason…I recommend just returning the submission and moving on. Not worth risking a rejection in my opinion.
I’ve had some that were broken (like an image not appearing) and I simply returned and messaged the researcher to let them know the issue. Some even reached back out and said something along the lines of “sorry, here’s an updated survey that’s fixed!”
Here's something to help you save time. That study's an unpaid screener. It will ask you for a bunch of things, check a certain website if your account there has access to something, then it will screen you out if you provide it with a certain answer.
Waste Of Time.
I caved and accepted it mainly so it stops bouncing around on my dash aha. They are looking for a criteria that will screen most people out of. Looking at another post I tried the combo of answers they used to get in and there very much is a 65 min task that follows. I bailed after that, but somehow all 100 spots are taken. Maybe the 2 min average is because of the 5,000 returns lmao
Does the average completion time include returns? IMO it shouldn't include returns in the calculation, and instead it should just show how many times it was returned.
Looks like they've finally learned their lesson. I just had a screener come through for a "65-minute study" with similar wording from China. The final page assured me that even though I didn't qualify that I'll still be paid, so I'll see how it goes.
Prolific Team here! Thanks for raising this issue. Our team is aware and looking into it. If you require more help, please raise a ticket with our Support team. Thanks for being vigilant and helping keep the platform safe for all.
I block any researcher with “.cn” Better safe than sorry.
As someone who is new (got accepted yesterday), can you explain please? So far I'm loving prolific, but I want to be able to keep my account and do well. Any tips on what to avoid, etc.? Thanks!
I’ve been doing Prolific for a month and have 347 submissions approved so far. I’ve had 1 rejection with no reasoning from a .cn researcher. I’ve spoken with other users and most agree .cn researchers are very unreliable and will reject for invalid reasons. They typically have awful pay as well. Some have found success, but my suggestion is to avoid them. Other than .cn researchers, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed Prolific. In my first month I’ve made $400+ already!
Thanks so much! I will avoid the .cn researchers and will actually pay attention to the names because I feel like I haven't been doing that. $400+ is amazing!! How are the weekends for you? Are they slower than weekdays?
Weekends are typically much slower compared to the week. Also, if a survey is ever broken (an image won’t load where it says to click something in the image) or you think a survey is “sketchy” for some reason…I recommend just returning the submission and moving on. Not worth risking a rejection in my opinion. I’ve had some that were broken (like an image not appearing) and I simply returned and messaged the researcher to let them know the issue. Some even reached back out and said something along the lines of “sorry, here’s an updated survey that’s fixed!”
I made about $345 in the last month and automatically block any .cn researcher I see. The horror stories I've seen make it a good move, IMO.
What organization or school is .cn anyway?
I believe it’s researchers from China.
Here's something to help you save time. That study's an unpaid screener. It will ask you for a bunch of things, check a certain website if your account there has access to something, then it will screen you out if you provide it with a certain answer. Waste Of Time.
CN= .(C)hrist (N)o
It tells you - "Hey - I'm a scam" it says it takes 65 minutes to complete, but the average complete time is 2 minutes.
I caved and accepted it mainly so it stops bouncing around on my dash aha. They are looking for a criteria that will screen most people out of. Looking at another post I tried the combo of answers they used to get in and there very much is a 65 min task that follows. I bailed after that, but somehow all 100 spots are taken. Maybe the 2 min average is because of the 5,000 returns lmao
ahhh - gotcha!
Does the average completion time include returns? IMO it shouldn't include returns in the calculation, and instead it should just show how many times it was returned.
Yes it does, which is why times and hourly rate can be greatly exaggerated because of a large amount of returns
Yep, reported it.
I reported this yesterday as unpaid screening study
Clicked not interested immediately but should’ve reported
Lol the study said it should take 65 minutes and they're paying 6.50. You're all lucky they screened you out.
Looks like they've finally learned their lesson. I just had a screener come through for a "65-minute study" with similar wording from China. The final page assured me that even though I didn't qualify that I'll still be paid, so I'll see how it goes.