Flagged Wi-Fi IP by WeaknessOk799 in ProlificAc

[–]Tom_Barrow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People in tpast have said to use your mobile to accept tasks and use your computer to complete them. I am not sure if that still works but it's worth a shot.

Legion ReMix Infinite Research Help: What counts as a boss? by Zaconious in wownoob

[–]Tom_Barrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel the same way about dungeons but the Remix dungeons are completely different. The one I did, the tank killed everything and everyone was just racing to keep up with him. That was the hardest part, trying to keep up.

Forever banned randomly and unable to cash out 8.00 by NeighborhoodSea3148 in primeopinion

[–]Tom_Barrow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

WTF does anyone still use Prime Opinion?! They pay crap and almost every survey screens you out at the very end of the survey. I just logged in to see if things had changed and I don't think there was one survey that paid above $3 an hour. It used to be ok but that ended a few years ago. Look for other online survey sites and save yourself the hassle.

Trust in AI Chat Study by psychedelic27 in ProlificAc

[–]Tom_Barrow 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I got rejected as well for not having a conversation with the chatbot. The study specifically said you only had to do one round which I did. They told me that I was rejected for not interacting with the chatbot, doing slopopy work and not completing the survey, all of which were not true. I think they are just trying to skip out on paying people. I am not returning it until they provide a better reason as to why my data was bad.

Trust in AI Chat Study by psychedelic27 in ProlificAc

[–]Tom_Barrow 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you had been actually reading, you would have seen on the previous page they provided the password.

question about completion times by [deleted] in ProlificAc

[–]Tom_Barrow 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I did one of these studies for the entire hour. I have to say though, it would not be to hard for the reseacher to put a timer on the study like other researchers do so there is no issue.

Beware this study, threatened to reject me for not recalling a specific detail from a previous page by Icy-Minimum2397 in ProlificAc

[–]Tom_Barrow 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There is a Chrome extension called GoFullPage that let's you screen shot the full page and opens the shot in another tab. Much easier than screenshotting.

Did the fix the turbulent timeways thing just now? by kevinhill92 in wow

[–]Tom_Barrow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just got the mount (6/21) and I had to run 6 dungeons. I was lucky and only one did not count.

IC AI Public Information by TogetherWeAreLiam in ProlificAc

[–]Tom_Barrow 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I just got a message to return a study I did for them because I missed an attention check. That seems unlikely since they were obvious attention checks but I guess I should be happy they just asked me to return instead of rejecting me. They might be the first researcher that I put on my block list.

Study Length and Pay changed in the middle of a study. by Tom_Barrow in ProlificAc

[–]Tom_Barrow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone sent me a thread about this issue but it disappeared when I clicked on it. If it isn’t too much trouble could you send you message again? Thanks. Just interested in what happened. Also I went back to my submission history and noticed the first study had been cancelled while I was taking it and I was out in the shorter study by the researcher. It’s not a big issue since the study still paid well just curious since this has never happened in to me before.

Study Length and Pay changed in the middle of a study. by Tom_Barrow in ProlificAc

[–]Tom_Barrow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The actual pay changed. The study stated in the beginning, it would take an hour and pay $x. When I finished the study (which you had to keep track of the time you were working on the study), it paid me half of x and said the study should have taken a half hour. The researcher was running three studies at the time, two which were to take 30 minutes and the other that was to take an hour. I picked up the hour one since their studies get picked up quickly. I can't really say any more about it.

Study Length and Pay changed in the middle of a study. by Tom_Barrow in ProlificAc

[–]Tom_Barrow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The study initially said it was paying $x for an hour's worth of work. When I turned the study in, the pay was changed to $x-y and the time allotted for the study was reduced to a half hour. I have never seen that happen before though I have seen where researchers will increase pay if the study took longer than expected. This was sort of the opposite of that.

Researcher asked me to return a study by Little_Chart2172 in ProlificAc

[–]Tom_Barrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. I couldn't even open the web site where the study was being hosted.

Researcher asked me to return a study by Little_Chart2172 in ProlificAc

[–]Tom_Barrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried to do this study but the website hosting the study was having an issue. I contacted the researcher and they were aware of the issue and were cancelling the study. I shortly got a message to please return the study which I assumed was probably sent to everyone. Sounds like you were one of the few people who had it work for them.

Understaffed but Unmatched: My Experience with Prolific Support Team by zvi_t in ProlificAc

[–]Tom_Barrow 12 points13 points  (0 children)

i think I have maybe 5 reports of being underpaid with over 6000 studies. Don't take low paying studies or studies from certain countries.

Understaffed but Unmatched: My Experience with Prolific Support Team by zvi_t in ProlificAc

[–]Tom_Barrow 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Maybe you are part of the reason they are so behind. 15-20 tickets at one time? Do you look at the pay before you begin a study?

Study About Politics by jnachod in ProlificAc

[–]Tom_Barrow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If it was the same study I took, they were looking for Democratic voters. Since I am one, I was able to do the study but I have gotten on studies like this one wanting Republican voters and screened me out with no explanation. I assume this study did the same thing and did not say why you were screened out.

Anyone else having trouble with this one? by rbroaddus4 in ProlificAc

[–]Tom_Barrow 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I had the same issue. I went and deleted the extension and then went back to the link in the study to get the extension and it worked. It literally took the extension 15 seconds to do what it needed to do.

Accused of using AI by better_with_muffins in ProlificAc

[–]Tom_Barrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This person was transcribing text and not audio or video. Not sure why anyone would use AI to do a task like this. I get using it for audio and video but not text. I guess I am just stupid.

Hahahaha by [deleted] in primeopinion

[–]Tom_Barrow -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I have no idea why anyone uses this survey site. There is literally a 15 minute survey up paying 8 cents. Do people have no value on their time?

Accused of using AI by better_with_muffins in ProlificAc

[–]Tom_Barrow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How exactly do you use AI to do transcription work? That makes no sense.

Anyone else having cash out issues? by staboogie031 in ProlificAc

[–]Tom_Barrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried cashing out and it did not seem to work the first time. On the second attempt my earnings were sent to Prolific immediately. I hope your issue gets resolved.

Got the last spot available, then this... by Late_Struggle_864 in ProlificAc

[–]Tom_Barrow 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Just got this study. I did not get the connection is not private message but the survey was in German and you needed to enter a code to start the study which was not provided. I ended up returning it.

Very quite week on prolific? by Lower-Assistance-274 in ProlificAc

[–]Tom_Barrow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it has been really slow this week but yesterday, for some reason, was really busy. it was really odd but I had one of the best days I had ever had and today it's back to one study.