r/ProlificAc

My PayPal withdrawal hasn't come through its the first time this has happened in 5 years of using prolific

I remember they explained, but only diffrence to me is you maybe get one project a month. An they don't pay well.

I tested for an audio study and the only noise i could hear was my hard drive, How can I take the test without my computer running? My house was dead quiet except that faint noise. Anyone got suggestions?

Working on a AI training project where you video call with another random participant. Have complete a few with no issues. This is an interdependent task. Today waiting for partner to join and finally matched. On 2 occasions video portion loads, partner immediately disconnects after seeing me. I want to give them the benefit of doubt due to tech issues but felt targeted. I just want to give good feedback and contribute to research man and make a few extra coins. Has any one else had this problem?

Hi all,

I've tried searching reddit for an answer but all the usual fixes (restarting browser, clearing history) haven't worked. I have a study called "The Prolific Poll UK" that I completed and then returned as I was unsure I answered a question right. Since then it has been stuck with an 'Active' status and I cannot do any other studies.

Any advice would be much appreciated, I have contacted support but not sure how long it takes them to answer. I have also contacted the researcher to see if it's anything on his end.

Thanks!

The first two weeks of August actually felt pretty encouraging for me. It seemed like the work Prolific has been doing to address the “study full / high demand” issues was starting to pay off.

I was seeing fewer of those messages, I could actually get into more studies again, and my earnings started to recover. After the last couple of months, it genuinely felt like things were finally moving in the right direction.

But now, going into the third week of August, I don’t know if it’s just me, but it suddenly feels a lot like the previous two months again. More studies showing up only to be full/high demand almost immediately, and that feeling of progress seems to have stalled.

I really appreciate whatever the Prolific team has been doing behind the scenes, and the improvement during the first half of August definitely gave me some hope. I just hope this week is a temporary rough patch and that things continue improving.

Not gonna lie, though, it’s getting a little frustrating again after finally feeling optimistic for a couple of weeks.

Anyone else noticing the same thing this week?

Would really love if Prolific had another option other than paypal to cash out.

I have always cashed out and my money went to Paypal very quickly . Well, tonight when I cashed out , the money I earned UK was in Paypal , the USD was not . Anyone have this happen or know what could have happened ? Thanks so much !!

Bah, my account is suspended for an hour because the researcher indicated that their research would need about 38 minutes. I took my time doing it and it only took 6 minutes. I'm familiar with this researcher's studies, they pay, they're for french speakers but didn't have a reason to complain until today.

I just hope that my account won't be affected because of this or if something like this keeps happening. The problem is that it's the researcher's fault.

I see similar cases when the study is just about taking an appointment for an interview but the study time is set to how much the actual interview would be which makes you obliged to wait until the time is adjusted or at least 10 minutes so you won't get your account suspended. Not sure if suspension can get lifted early with the researcher's help though.

Wanted to ask if anyone else was experiencing it. I cashed out an hour ago, got the Prolific email, and crickets. I know it can take up to 24 hours but usually is nearly instantaneous.

[Edit] It’s been four hours. Nothing.

I've been screened out of every video study I've tried to do recently. Its always at the video interview portion. I get through other parts of the study and then when it comes time to do the video interview with the AI it suddenly closes out my video and says I've been screened out before it even asks me anything. I've done lots of other video interviews before so I'm not sure why they are suddenly screening me out now.

My camera quality and lighting look fine to me and I am appropriately dressed 🤷 its quite frustrating to spent 5-10mins answering questions to get screened out and not paid the full amount.