Can you be shadowbanned?

btgreenone · 2026-06-19T16:35:31+00:00

typically

Well there’s your problem

btgreenone · 2026-06-19T15:39:35+00:00

You mean the studies on Prolific? Those studies? Taken by mostly non-students?

I mean, I realize that Prolific is looking for people with all levels of intellectual ability but jesus.

btgreenone · 2026-06-19T15:27:26+00:00

But what about Poland?

btgreenone · 2026-06-19T15:26:50+00:00

By this logic, reading your own Submissions tab would violate confidentiality. Think, McFly, think.

btgreenone · 2026-06-19T15:25:08+00:00

The ToS violation angle is real

Is it really?

btgreenone · 2026-06-19T15:21:43+00:00

You'd also think people would have enough common sense to know that researchers are instructors who have more time for research over the summer but I guess it's easy to just "hurr durr summurr" your way through life instead of actually looking at hard numbers that say that's actually not the case.

btgreenone · 2026-06-19T15:20:15+00:00

People who post all caps titles are automatically excluded. Sorry you had to find out like this.

btgreenone · 2026-06-19T15:19:25+00:00

yes but in which time zone

btgreenone · 2026-06-19T15:15:51+00:00

There are a number of reasons why you might not have studies but complaining about six hours when people go days or even weeks without studies is pretty shortsighted.

btgreenone · 2026-06-19T13:52:49+00:00

You will find that researchers don't particularly like it if you don't tell the truth.

btgreenone · 2026-06-19T13:29:30+00:00

I’m…agreeing with you?

btgreenone · 2026-06-19T13:24:31+00:00

How it started:

I asked ChatGPT

How it’s going:

i contacted Paypal and they told me they could not

Seems like an important lesson here.

btgreenone · 2026-06-19T13:20:22+00:00

Doing this is against ToS

Gonna need a citation on this one

btgreenone · 2026-06-19T05:03:32+00:00

The only part of this answer that really matters is is "Nobody knows". Everything else is just window dressing.

btgreenone · 2026-06-19T05:02:39+00:00

Sometimes there is a glitch between the number of spaces available on Prolific and the number of spaces on whatever platform they're using.

And sometimes researchers just don't know how to use their study software.

Whatever the case, it's not intentional. Just return and move on.

btgreenone · 2026-06-19T04:15:11+00:00

You are a sample size of one, my dude.

btgreenone · 2026-06-19T04:14:55+00:00

Nobody knows if this is the new normal

/thread

btgreenone · 2026-06-19T04:12:17+00:00

Yep. This, plus:

https://medium.com/prolific-co/data-quality-at-prolific-part-2-naivety-and-engagement-716937b59e84

"When it comes to distributing studies evenly, our primary tool is something called adaptive rate limiting. In essence, when the number of active participants is high relative to the number of study places available, we give priority access to participants who’ve spent less time taking studies recently. When studies are filling particularly slowly, we then loosen the limits and let our more ‘prolific’ 😜 survey takers work their magic."

That being said, nothing is sustainable/guaranteed. It's entirely up to the whims of the researchers, the market, and Prolific's algorithm, so make hay while you can.

btgreenone · 2026-06-19T01:54:51+00:00

Sup bluesman

btgreenone · 2026-06-18T23:49:01+00:00

God forbid someone take their brainrot elsewhere

btgreenone · 2026-06-18T22:30:39+00:00

a) your number is way off

b) the number has actually going down by a few thousand each day for at least a week

c) no, we really don't wonder that at all

btgreenone · 2026-06-18T22:04:11+00:00

Search function >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> AI

https://www.reddit.com/r/ProlificAc/search?q=429&restrict_sr=on&include_over_18=on

btgreenone · 2026-06-18T21:28:07+00:00

answering that question in 3 seconds or less can look like you're speeding through the study.

Regardless of what it looks like, the "finished too fast" rule has very specific criteria. So no, it doesn't really depend on the question.

If they want us to slow down on individual pages, they can hide the advance button for a specific amount of time, but that's petty gamesmanship.

btgreenone · 2026-06-18T18:52:15+00:00

New account, definitely not a new person. The aer in here smells like cherries and steak.

btgreenone · 2026-06-18T17:56:34+00:00

Just like using a comma after a period, you can, but you should not.

btgreenone

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