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Join the Conversation in the Prolific Community

Josh Tulloch
|March 5, 2021

Our community recently launched, and we've had quite an exciting first few weeks! From exclusive events to great ideas from community members, here's what's been happening on the forum:

Community Support

We've been answering your questions! This week, we helped a community member figure out the best time to publish their study:

Screenshot of the Prolific team helping a community member with their study

Want to find out the answer? Or have you got a question you'd like answering? Then, join the conversation!

Exclusive events

Data quality AMA (Ask-Me-Anything)

We held our first data quality AMA where we answered questions about how we make sure that your data is the best it can be.

Jim, our Data Lead, talked about some new things we're rolling out:

A screenshot of our data lead Jim Lumsden offering advice on data quality

If you want to learn more, join the conversation!

Prolific vs the competition – paper presentation

David Rothschild, PhD presented our preprint comparing Prolific's data quality with the major sampling platforms including MTurk, Qualtrics, and CloudResearch. After the live webinar, David answered questions about the next steps we're taking after publishing this paper:

A screenshot of David Rothschild answering questions after the webinar

If you have any questions about the paper, join the conversation!

Great ideas

In our 'Ideas & Feedback' category, we've had some great ideas suggested for new Prolific features:

A screenshot of a community member suggesting new features for Prolific

We'd love to hear from you, so if you have any ideas, join the conversation!