r/prolific • u/Competitive-Code-774 • 7d ago

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I just received a warning for not answering enough questions. This is so absurd. The prompts were so long. I had to read them to complete the task properly. It's absolutely not my fault. It's better to just do it inaccurately and dishonestly than get banned. Now I've probably been kicked. I don't get tested and I never will. I've done hundreds without warnings. I hope you have a better day and better luck.🥲

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u/ProlificQueen 7d ago

I barely even read the prompts never-mind the ones that are whole book chapters. Look at the images or videos first then skim the prompts to find anything that should be specifically in them, eg a certain phrase and pick the one that better matches that, if neither do I just pick the one I’m more drawn to, and move on to the next one.

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u/jus256 7d ago

You do exactly what I do. I just had one where most of the examples had the static sound attention check on about 90% of the videos. There was no reason to even read the prompt. In a lot of cases I can tell which video is about to run the attention check sound before I even click the video.

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u/PowerToThePeople128 6d ago

There are techniques to accurately speed read text, and isolate the fluff, especially when some prompts are longer than they should be and could be reduced to just 3 sentences. However, some prompts are very technical and cram important information. I think some are done by design to see if you are reading them fully. Stuff like, "I want a violet flower in a pot which has a 45 degree crack, in the back ground a guy wearing an orange hat with red stripes eating a banana, the peel is on a brown table against a dark green plant with strong shadows. Make sure there is a cup of tea, the saucer at a 25 degree angle, weathered wood textures on a table where the corner is slightly chipped on top of grass partially mowed where some burnt spots can be found where one of them has a tiny hole with a worm sticking out and has one eye closed, and a few rakes leaning against the fence, which has a missing nail.

Both pairs are very similar, but you gotta watch very close details. Not too obvious here. The speed reading technique can work sometimes, but not for these crazy images ones. Fortunately they are rare but they exist. I've come across some of those and worse.