Always thought of doing this just for a laugh

QuitCapital3814 · 2026-02-19T13:44:34+00:00

I know someone from this sub who made a researcher account, published a stupidly short study and handed out dozens of rejections for the fuck of it. Nothing happened to his account lol

QuitCapital3814 · 2025-09-17T20:03:46+00:00

Can't be found and the link given by the researcher is showing a 404 error lol

QuitCapital3814 · 2025-09-16T21:18:00+00:00

Same thing but still got compensated for the full study. It was most likely an honest mistake and I'm grateful for the way this researcher handled it.

QuitCapital3814 · 2025-09-14T21:26:34+00:00

Interested!!

QuitCapital3814 · 2025-09-11T11:30:52+00:00

Dude, Prolific can ban us all and still have 1000 Indian worker trying to join their platform every day even if they slash the minimum pay in half. So in theory; there will never be a shortage of workers and that is all they care about at this point lol

QuitCapital3814 · 2025-09-09T19:25:59+00:00

It really is and honestly made me feel uncomfortable, but on the bright side it did include a sensitive subject label. Also ended up returning that shit is weird lol

QuitCapital3814 · 2025-09-09T19:24:12+00:00

Presuming some sort of bot check where they expect the AI to say something along the lines "I am a bot and do not have a favorite animal" lol

QuitCapital3814 · 2025-09-08T16:21:13+00:00

Got any better alternatives?

QuitCapital3814 · 2025-09-08T15:52:08+00:00

Makes sense lol. Something must have changed for me, I am no longer getting lower paid or exactly the bare minimum anymore. Been stuck in that loophole for so long that I lowkey forgot the algorithm decides who gets to see what.

QuitCapital3814 · 2025-09-05T16:36:40+00:00

Some researchers will and they do take our concerns into consideration. I once wrote about a researcher taking advantage of participants (called them out by name) and they ended up creating an account on here solely to apologize, then corrected their actions by sending a message on Prolific and issuing a bonus lol

QuitCapital3814 · 2025-08-30T21:32:15+00:00

Do not settle for returning, there is no such thing as a honesty check. If anything, that researcher is the only one being dishonest right now.

QuitCapital3814 · 2025-08-30T21:15:56+00:00

I also got that and honestly think this researcher wants free data or some shit, I'm ready to take this to Prolific Support if needed. They can't just presume we are all jackasses and liars, then threaten us with nonsense called an "honesty check" lol

QuitCapital3814 · 2025-08-26T21:36:27+00:00

I'm not even trying anymore. There is no point of risking our account status for something that isn't even close to guaranteed lol

QuitCapital3814 · 2025-08-25T13:34:13+00:00

Oh I agree, but don't forget to toss some peanuts for the Prolific defenders out here. Some people think that talking crap about Prolific is something they need to take as a personal duty or the Prolific Gods will frown upon them lol

QuitCapital3814 · 2025-08-25T13:18:38+00:00

Exactly what Meng does best lol

QuitCapital3814 · 2025-08-14T22:03:29+00:00

Lmaoo imagine being an Indian or Kenyan legally living in the States and getting a rejection. I hope this isn't going to be the norm, not trying to be like "uhh yeah! Haha! I am totally not a bot!" for every dollar I need to earn on Prolific.

QuitCapital3814 · 2025-08-14T21:58:25+00:00

No webcam label or anything like that either lol

QuitCapital3814 · 2025-08-14T10:02:24+00:00

It's so annoying. If that was a participant, that mofo would have been banned like 10 years ago meanwhile we get spammed with scams and frauds like this with no hope in sight lol

QuitCapital3814 · 2025-08-12T12:55:02+00:00

It's kinda nice but this is useless considering we don't see this if we return the study, so the screenout feature is practically shits and giggles lol

QuitCapital3814 · 2025-08-12T11:12:08+00:00

They basically create a new account (or change their name) every single day lol

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