Card #2239 · Prolific Marketplace
Prioritizing participant quantity over quality and trusted workers
The platform is perceived to be sacrificing quality and the interests of long-term, trusted participants in favor of rapid growth and AI-driven quantity. This shift is creating a disconnect between the platform's original academic morals and its current business direction.
Pain score
0.55/ 1.00 · weighted product of four components
Reach0.50distinct authors (log-normalized)
Recency0.69freshness decay, half-life months
Engagement0.73upvotes + comments, normalized
Monetization0.50willingness-to-pay cues in evidence
§ Evidence — 2 verified quotes
They’re screwing long time, trusted workers in order to have quantity over quality
Prolific is a sinking ship, in order to please 1 researcher they are pushing away potential business
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