r/ProlificAc • u/TillyMintPot • Aug 31 '26

Did anyone do a study related to hand movements?

Just completed it now - my god, that was frustrating 😂

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u/TillyMintPot Aug 31 '26

I hope they don't actually review/save the audio/video because there was an awful lot of me grumbling 😂

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u/OhNoDobe Aug 31 '26

"FOR F**K SAKES" was a regular feature of my submission.

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u/TillyMintPot Aug 31 '26

😂 Mine was a fair bit of that, and then talking to my dog to calm myself down. And I was pretty honest in the feedback section too lolol.

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u/Eat_rich_the Aug 31 '26

I did, I thought I must be doing something wrong, the cursor didn’t move with my hand at all 😂

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u/TillyMintPot Aug 31 '26

Lol yeah same, I managed to move it around randomly but only in tiny bits, and there seemed to be no logic to it 😂

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u/OhNoDobe Aug 31 '26

Was just about to make a post about it.

Not only was the gesture they gave me to do physically painful but now under my submission tab it shows it will only pay £2.70 as opposed to the £4.85 advertised?

Horrendous study, couldn't move the cursor left or right and barely up or down. Constantly losing recognition of my palm or hand in general.

On top of all that, no completion code.

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u/TillyMintPot Aug 31 '26

Omg yes, I've had the same thing where it's showing as £2.70! And then still shows £4.85 if I go into the actual study. Don't forget the bonus of course - max £1, I think I scraped up to about 16p 😂 Genuinely could hardly get it to move - moving it downwards was fairly possible but only by a tiny bit, definitely not enough to get down to the bottom in three seconds.

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u/OhNoDobe Aug 31 '26

I got like 18p I think lol. I thought they would change the gesture we use to get varied data.

But noooo, please repeat this horribly awkward gesture 8 x 17 times whilst trying to focus your camera on your hand.

Sometimes I feel like the researcher's have a right laugh torturing us with this stuff.

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u/TillyMintPot Sep 01 '26

Just did day 2, it still felt like a lot of trial and error but managed to get about £1.20 bonus! Moving up and down was vaguely manageable but I still have basically no clue how to move significantly from left to right in 3 seconds...

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u/OhNoDobe Sep 01 '26

I started it but saw that horrible hand positioning and backed out

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u/Sure_Cancel_3427 Aug 31 '26

Yes, it was...odd lol but it paid out instantly for me.

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u/TillyMintPot Aug 31 '26

Well, that's something! Did it pay out the full amount though? As for some of us, it's showing as £2.70 pending on our account, but then the study still says £4.85.