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april

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Can researchers detect #AI bots taking paid surveys?

#Prolific tested humans and #LLM agents with various #dataQuality checks.
- The company says they caught 100% of the non-humans.
- My take-away: #reCAPTCHA and #mouseTracking caught 95%

https://www.prolific.com/resources/authenticity-checks-how-we-tested-the-most-accurate-method-for-identifying-agentic-ai

#surveyMethods

I forgot to share the #mTurk data quality result that got scooped:

“In late 2020…. Participants from the United States were recruited from Amazon Mechanical Turk, -#CloudResearch, #Prolific, and a #university. One participant source yielded up to 18 times as many low-quality respondents as the other three.”

https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/anaf015

#psychology #philosophy #surveyMethods #quantMethods #dataScience #qualityControl

I forgot to share the #mTurk data quality result that got scooped:

“In late 2020…. Participants from the United States were recruited from Amazon Mechanical Turk, -#CloudResearch, #Prolific, and a #university. One participant source yielded up to 18 times as many low-quality respondents as the other three.”

https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/anaf015

#psychology #philosophy #surveyMethods #quantMethods #dataScience #qualityControl

I forgot to share the #mTurk data quality result that got scooped:

“In late 2020…. Participants from the United States were recruited from Amazon Mechanical Turk, -#CloudResearch, #Prolific, and a #university. One participant source yielded up to 18 times as many low-quality respondents as the other three.”

https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/anaf015

#psychology #philosophy #surveyMethods #quantMethods #dataScience #qualityControl

I forgot to share the #mTurk data quality result that got scooped:

“In late 2020…. Participants from the United States were recruited from Amazon Mechanical Turk, -#CloudResearch, #Prolific, and a #university. One participant source yielded up to 18 times as many low-quality respondents as the other three.”

https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/anaf015

#psychology #philosophy #surveyMethods #quantMethods #dataScience #qualityControl

I forgot to share the #mTurk data quality result that got scooped:

“In late 2020…. Participants from the United States were recruited from Amazon Mechanical Turk, -#CloudResearch, #Prolific, and a #university. One participant source yielded up to 18 times as many low-quality respondents as the other three.”

https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/anaf015

#psychology #philosophy #surveyMethods #quantMethods #dataScience #qualityControl

Am I prolific?

A slightly battered boat in Ballycotton, Co Cork.

#Ballycotton #BlarneyPhotographyClub #Boat #boatDetails #Castletownbere #Cork #CountyCork #fishingBoat #fishingCooperative #fishingEquipment #fishingNets #Ireland #IrishFishingIndustry #IvanWildeLtd #maritimeHeritage #Photo #Photography #Prolific #Skerries #workingBoat

Am I prolific?

A slightly battered boat in Ballycotton, Co Cork.

#Ballycotton #BlarneyPhotographyClub #Boat #boatDetails #Castletownbere #Cork #CountyCork #fishingBoat #fishingCooperative #fishingEquipment #fishingNets #Ireland #IrishFishingIndustry #IvanWildeLtd #maritimeHeritage #Photo #Photography #Prolific #Skerries #workingBoat

Am I prolific?

A slightly battered boat in Ballycotton, Co Cork.

#Ballycotton #BlarneyPhotographyClub #Boat #boatDetails #Castletownbere #Cork #CountyCork #fishingBoat #fishingCooperative #fishingEquipment #fishingNets #Ireland #IrishFishingIndustry #IvanWildeLtd #maritimeHeritage #Photo #Photography #Prolific #Skerries #workingBoat

Am I prolific?

A slightly battered boat in Ballycotton, Co Cork.

#Ballycotton #BlarneyPhotographyClub #Boat #boatDetails #Castletownbere #Cork #CountyCork #fishingBoat #fishingCooperative #fishingEquipment #fishingNets #Ireland #IrishFishingIndustry #IvanWildeLtd #maritimeHeritage #Photo #Photography #Prolific #Skerries #workingBoat

New #blog post: A Toast to the Prolific Ones

https://rldane.space/a-toast-to-the-prolific-ones.html

402 words

cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @twizzay @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid

(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)

#100DaysToOffload #25

#rlDaneWriting #Bloggers #prolific #humor #Nature #photography #blogging

I do academic surveys a bit at #Prolific, and it's interesting to see trends that go through them.

One aspect of these surveys is the attention check. To prevent people answering randomly, or bots from completing their surveys, they ask the occasional question with a definite, specific answer.

Often it's done like this:
There are many issues that concern us in the world today. It is also important to follow directions. To show that you're paying attention, please ignore the below question and just answer Green.
What is your favorite color?
(multiple choices)

Sometimes they do this more humorously:
Have you ever been to the planet Mars?
◯ Yes
◯ No

Have you ever attended your own funeral?
◯ Yes
◯ No

Prolific RansomHub Operation Goes Dark – Source: www.darkreading.com https://ciso2ciso.com/prolific-ransomhub-operation-goes-dark-source-www-darkreading-com/ #rssfeedpostgeneratorecho #DarkReadingSecurity #CyberSecurityNews #DARKReading #Prolific

New #surveyMethods paper replicates and extends differences in #dataQuality, attention, naivety, decision style, etc. by
- online #research recruitment platform (#mTurk, #Prolific, #Qualtrics, #Pollfish)
- device (#mobile v. #desktop)
- person's incentive

https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-025-02618-1

New #surveyMethods paper replicates and extends differences in #dataQuality, attention, naivety, decision style, etc. by
- online #research recruitment platform (#mTurk, #Prolific, #Qualtrics, #Pollfish)
- device (#mobile v. #desktop)
- person's incentive

https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-025-02618-1

New #surveyMethods paper replicates and extends differences in #dataQuality, attention, naivety, decision style, etc. by
- online #research recruitment platform (#mTurk, #Prolific, #Qualtrics, #Pollfish)
- device (#mobile v. #desktop)
- person's incentive

https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-025-02618-1

New #surveyMethods paper replicates and extends differences in #dataQuality, attention, naivety, decision style, etc. by
- online #research recruitment platform (#mTurk, #Prolific, #Qualtrics, #Pollfish)
- device (#mobile v. #desktop)
- person's incentive

https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-025-02618-1

New #surveyMethods paper replicates and extends differences in #dataQuality, attention, naivety, decision style, etc. by
- online #research recruitment platform (#mTurk, #Prolific, #Qualtrics, #Pollfish)
- device (#mobile v. #desktop)
- person's incentive

https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-025-02618-1

Prolific Data Extortion Actor Arrested in Thailand – Source: www.infosecurity-magazine.com https://ciso2ciso.com/prolific-data-extortion-actor-arrested-in-thailand-source-www-infosecurity-magazine-com/ #rssfeedpostgeneratorecho #InfoSecurityMagazine #InfosecurityMagazine #CyberSecurityNews #Prolific

Doing #research on #crowdsourcing platforms is the closest thing to working in #customer #service as an academic. You reject a submission for failing attention checks, speeding through a 20-minute study in 90 seconds, and submitting absolute nonsense? Now they’re in your inbox demanding payment, insisting they “definitely read everything”, and arguing that your study is “literally broken” (you do realise I can see your data, right?).

Bestie, I’m an unpaid #PhD #student working with carefully budgeted research funding. I do not have the energy to fight over £1,50. I just want to wrap up this study, analyse my depressing data, and go home to lie face down on the floor for an unspecified amount of time. Please, leave me alone. #Prolific #SundayRant

Excited to share YEARS of research about how to get people to think reflectively and how reflection impacts philosophical judgments at the 2025 #APA in #NewYorkCity (January 8 to 11): https://www.apaonline.org/mpage/2025eastern

Can't make it?
- More about my talk: https://researchgate.net/publication/370132037
- More about my poster: https://researchgate.net/publication/371248872

Thanks to the #APA, James Beebe, and the Experimental Philosophy Society for the opportunity!

#decisionScience #philosophy #xPhi #epistemology #bioethics #cognitiveScience #mTurk #Prolific #UniversityParticipants #surveyMethods #DualProcessTheory

Excited to share YEARS of research about how to get people to think reflectively and how reflection impacts philosophical judgments at the 2025 #APA in #NewYorkCity (January 8 to 11): https://www.apaonline.org/mpage/2025eastern

Can't make it?
- More about my talk: https://researchgate.net/publication/370132037
- More about my poster: https://researchgate.net/publication/371248872

Thanks to the #APA, James Beebe, and the Experimental Philosophy Society for the opportunity!

#decisionScience #philosophy #xPhi #epistemology #bioethics #cognitiveScience #mTurk #Prolific #UniversityParticipants #surveyMethods #DualProcessTheory

Excited to share YEARS of research about how to get people to think reflectively and how reflection impacts philosophical judgments at the 2025 #APA in #NewYorkCity (January 8 to 11): https://www.apaonline.org/mpage/2025eastern

Can't make it?
- More about my talk: https://researchgate.net/publication/370132037
- More about my poster: https://researchgate.net/publication/371248872

Thanks to the #APA, James Beebe, and the Experimental Philosophy Society for the opportunity!

#decisionScience #philosophy #xPhi #epistemology #bioethics #cognitiveScience #mTurk #Prolific #UniversityParticipants #surveyMethods #DualProcessTheory

Excited to share YEARS of research about how to get people to think reflectively and how reflection impacts philosophical judgments at the 2025 #APA in #NewYorkCity (January 8 to 11): https://www.apaonline.org/mpage/2025eastern

Can't make it?
- More about my talk: https://researchgate.net/publication/370132037
- More about my poster: https://researchgate.net/publication/371248872

Thanks to the #APA, James Beebe, and the Experimental Philosophy Society for the opportunity!

#decisionScience #philosophy #xPhi #epistemology #bioethics #cognitiveScience #mTurk #Prolific #UniversityParticipants #surveyMethods #DualProcessTheory

Excited to share YEARS of research about how to get people to think reflectively and how reflection impacts philosophical judgments at the 2025 #APA in #NewYorkCity (January 8 to 11): https://www.apaonline.org/mpage/2025eastern

Can't make it?
- More about my talk: https://researchgate.net/publication/370132037
- More about my poster: https://researchgate.net/publication/371248872

Thanks to the #APA, James Beebe, and the Experimental Philosophy Society for the opportunity!

#decisionScience #philosophy #xPhi #epistemology #bioethics #cognitiveScience #mTurk #Prolific #UniversityParticipants #surveyMethods #DualProcessTheory

#TomDaley #knits and #chills while #watching #Olympics #diving

He is a #prolific #knitter, taking his #craft mainstream. At the #ParisOlympics, he's still #knitting, while #watching the #diving #competition.

https://www.outsports.com/2024/7/27/24098432/tom-daley-knits-paris-olympics-diving-competition-gay-team-gb/

Prolific phishing-made-easy emporium LabHost knocked offline in cyber-cop op – Source: go.theregister.com https://ciso2ciso.com/prolific-phishing-made-easy-emporium-labhost-knocked-offline-in-cyber-cop-op-source-go-theregister-com/ #rssfeedpostgeneratorecho #TheRegisterSecurity #CyberSecurityNews #TheRegister #Prolific

#Missouri #AttorneyGenerals #pose as #freespeech #champions, but are actually #prolific #censors.

It’s a special kind of #embarrassment for #Missouri for multiple reasons.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Missouri #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://missouriindependent.com/2024/04/15/missouri-attorneys-general-are-prolific-censors-posing-as-free-speech-champions/

#CeiBell, #prolific #trans #writer, has #died.

A longtime #communityadvocate, Bell helped #organize the city’s first #GayPrideParade in June 1972 and co-founded #RadicalQueens the following year.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Activism #RoleModels #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon

https://epgn.com/2024/02/13/cei-bell-prolific-trans-writer-has-died/

A question for the #HCI folks (please repost for more reach):

Since the #LLM cat is definitely out of the bag now, do you feel that #Prolific, #MTurk, etc. are still a reliable source of survey participants and consequently, survey data?

A question for the #HCI folks (please repost for more reach):

Since the #LLM cat is definitely out of the bag now, do you feel that #Prolific, #MTurk, etc. are still a reliable source of survey participants and consequently, survey data?

A question for the #HCI folks (please repost for more reach):

Since the #LLM cat is definitely out of the bag now, do you feel that #Prolific, #MTurk, etc. are still a reliable source of survey participants and consequently, survey data?

A question for the #HCI folks (please repost for more reach):

Since the #LLM cat is definitely out of the bag now, do you feel that #Prolific, #MTurk, etc. are still a reliable source of survey participants and consequently, survey data?

A question for the #HCI folks (please repost for more reach):

Since the #LLM cat is definitely out of the bag now, do you feel that #Prolific, #MTurk, etc. are still a reliable source of survey participants and consequently, survey data?

#FIFA #study shows #USWNT #players sent ‘#prolific’ #homophobic #abuse at #WomensWorldCup.

#AI #analysis of #Socialmedia #posts shows #spike in #anti-#LGBTQ #hate, mostly from #American #accounts, after #MeganRapinoe’s #missed #penalty in #Melbourne.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Sports #Soccer #SocialMedia #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Misogyny #Homophobia #Transphobia

https://www.outsports.com/2023/12/11/23997381/uswnt-homophobic-abuse-megan-rapinoe-fifa-womens-world-cup-study

Next Wednesday I'll give a #prolific webinar series talk.

"Open Science and Reproducibility in Online Research"

It is a topic I will try my best to do justice! But one that will always benefit from discussion #openscience

You can register here: prolific.co/webinars

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New to me 2022
#Prolific's Isiah Wolf

New to me 2022
#Prolific's Marcus MarQuee

New to me 2022
#Prolific's Tyree Taylor

#Prolific PL2303 series USB-to-Serial Comm Port #Driver Version 5.2.0.2

Repack without crap.

https://www.upload.ee/files/13647466/Prolific_PL2303_series_USB-to-Serial_Comm_Port_Driver_Version_5.2.0.2.zip.html

On #WindowsUpdate there's a #Prolific driver update Really reluctant to install it because they've been known to issue new drivers specifically to disable their own old hardware. Really scummy behaviour. I think I won't bother.