u/Outside_Boot_8519

Old post = https://www.reddit.com/r/ProlificAc/s/mtcYnGYbRL

I really appreciate that they’re acknowledging it wasn’t simply participant error. I’m hoping that, once Prolific responds, the rejection can be overturned because it appears to be an unfair rejection caused by a technical problem rather than anything I did. Fingers crossed this gets resolved soon. https://www.reddit.com/r/ProlificAc/s/1q0tg9PgDV

My account seems healthy—the only strange thing is that all of my old chatbot messages have disappeared.
I have no rejections. I received a few studies yesterday, but none today, along with the chatbot issue. I only get options like - can’t login, and other things and when i asked it said , no login found 😫
I also recently completed the new “About You” questions that Prolific asked me to fill out. I’ve noticed a few other people mentioning the same chatbot problem, so I’m wondering if it’s a temporary bug rather than something account-specific.
Is anyone else seeing this? Are your old chatbot messages gone as well, or is it just me? 🤔

At the end, I was asked to draw a clock showing 10 past 10 (10:10). I was running out of time, so I created it roughly 😥 by adding only the hour and minute hands, along with the numbers necessary to display the required time, 10:10.

I’m honestly struggling to understand what happened with this study. The description stated that the task would take approximately 43 minutes, with a maximum estimated time of 60 minutes. However, after starting, I discovered that there were 221 evaluation tasks to complete, many of which involved lengthy conversations between an AI and a human that required careful review.
As the study timer was about to expire, I submitted the study using NOCODE to avoid timing out. I then continued working on the task and completed all evaluations before submitting the completion code afterward.
In reality, the task took me around 6–7 hours to finish, which is far beyond the estimated duration provided in the study description. I now feel completely exhausted and overwhelmed after spending so many hours on it. To be honest, the experience has left me feeling extremely frustrated, and I felt it was important to let you know what happened.
I have already messaged the researcher about the situation and hope they will review the matter.

The study required a screen resolution of 3840 × 2160. My laptop’s built-in display did not meet that requirement, so I connected my 4K TV via HDMI and configured it as my primary display. After some troubleshooting, I was able to get the system to recognize and use the required 3840 × 2160 resolution, and the study accepted the resolution requirement.
However, immediately after that, the study prompted me with a new requirement stating that HDR support was needed. My TV supports HDR10, but Windows was not detecting HDR correctly. I spent additional time trying to enable HDR and troubleshoot the issue, but unfortunately I ran out of time and the study timed out before I could complete the setup and proceed further.

Meta (Facebook, Instagram, and their other applications) seems to be recording a huge amount of user behavior online. Earlier, this level of data collection wasn't possible, but now it feels like they can gather much more information directly from users. I've even noticed my phone heating up at times, which makes me wonder what is running in the background.

Since AI development requires massive amounts of data, I think companies like Meta may be relying more on data collected through their platforms rather than through traditional methods such as surveys and research projects. That could also be one reason why some smaller initiatives, such as Viewpoints and similar projects, appear to have been reduced or discontinued.

Privacy has become a major concern. Nowadays, if you deny camera or certain permissions, some apps like Facebook, Instagram, and others may not function properly or may restrict certain features. It often feels like users have to trade more privacy for access to these services.

I just completed a short survey worth around $0.81. After seeing lots of people crying over rejections from low-paying studies and researchers, I was quite surprised to find this study sitting in my review section.

This image perfectly captures the real-time condition of a participants on Prolific. 🥲