Card #2429 · Prolific Marketplace
Study availability diminished by auto-clicker scripts
Users are unable to enter studies because spots are filled instantly, often within nanoseconds of appearing. There is a strong belief that the use of automated scripts and bots is making it nearly impossible for manual users to secure studies.
Pain score
0.71/ 1.00 · weighted product of four components
Reach0.52distinct authors (log-normalized)
Recency0.95freshness decay, half-life months
Engagement0.64upvotes + comments, normalized
Monetization1.00willingness-to-pay cues in evidence
§ Evidence — 4 verified quotes
As soon as I click the "Take the survey" or "Take the study" button, it vanishes on the spot. It's like nanoseconds. I think people are really using the auto scripts or whatever.
I'm still only seeing the 1 spots. That's all I've seen all day actually.
There are facebook groups of people from Africa, Indonesia and India buying and selling prolific accounts and exchanging scripts for the site.
All I've gotten the last couple hours are studies with 1 spot - and they don't even have that. I get in and it says "Well actually study's full/over. Rip."
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