Waiting until Prolific bans them. Remember them from Amazon Turk years ago, where after attempting over many years to qualify, I never could despite having a high speed wi-fi connection and a Macbook. I didn't even get the .50 for this one , the screenout was .14. But I took the assessment. I wasn't *screenedout*- I was disqualified, technically, but after I fully did the same amount of work as someone who would have qualified. The last batch they had in here wouldn't even let anyone use a MacOS, which is ridiculous. And prior that, they had a batch which caused me anxiety knowing they were going to reject something but I did a bunch anyway. I was asked to return three of the bunch(maybe 20) being told "they were obvious answers I got wrong". Uh uh. I know for a fact I answered correctly based on the guidelines. Why of the 1,000 or so surveys Ive done on Prolific have I never been asked to return a study for poor results, yet IC AI had me return three in one day? Curious. They are rated very poorly for a reason.
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Low pay for AI training, unpaid screen-out, and was told to return the study.
Unclear instructions, poor communication. Won't respond to questions/messages. Bars you from completing more tasks without giving clear guidance as to what was wrong with previous submissions.
The negative labels given don't cover what's wrong with them. I wouldn't say the instructions are "confusing" more that there are none. Like you said, "unclear" or even "don't line up with results". There's this sort of black hole experience where you have no idea what went wrong, whether you're in the qualifying portion or completing surveys later. It seems very random. The requester is poorly organized and can't seem to create a streamlined experience, then disqualifies you or returns your submission without relevant or accurate feedback.
The calibration section before the study begins is a nightmare.
Again, I answered all the questions, it said I had passed the test, then it asked me to "check my answers again" and wouldn't let me move on. When I changed one answer, I got screened out with no pay and a threatening message.
There was some setup followed by some qualification testing that was not easy, then it immediately screened me out with no pay. The screen-out page reads: "There is no assignments that match to your profile now. Please try it again in two-weeks time. We thank you for your participation. NOTE: Any try to perform assignments and neglecting this message is forbidden and leads ro rejection of all of your submissions." (Typos and bad grammar are verbatim.)
I learned early on in life that any sort of institution (employer, professor etc) or individual (friend, etc) who is pre-emptive with a hard line take or warning, or has an unfriendly, authoritarian "vibe" from the get-go is usually bad news and uses it to cover for disorganization or incompetency on their part. In other words, a Big Red Flag. just a friendly Organizational Psychology PSA(Public Service Announcement) ;)
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Timed out and then rejected after completion. The set up took me like 30 minutes.
Calibration process is near impossible, no matter what I set my screen brightness to, it tells me I missed a shape or higher quality image and screens out near every time
They seem to approve, but they suck to do these tasks. It's specifically the calibration and the rate at which they make you calibrate which sucks..