Stanford GSB "Cleansing" their rolls

[factonista]

Got this in my inbox this AM:

This email is to let you know that we will be tightening the

requirements for our participants to remain active

participants in our pool. We are tightening the requirements

because we want to be sure that the results we get in our

studies are robust and generalizable to an average

population of people. The problem is that participants that

have taken very many of these studies become so familiar

with these kinds of studies over time that they often

unintentionally answer differently than they otherwise would

if they had never taken a study. This can throw off our

results, even invalidate them, causing us to have to rethink

and rerun the study in a new way. And it doesn't help you to

legitimately contribute to science. This is bad for us, and

bad for you.

Therefore, we will be deactivating participants that have

taken an excessive number of studies, to be determined. This

will take effect within the next week.

Often, we find participants signing up for a study in the

system and eventually not completing it - this is roughly

10% of all participants that sign up. In the future, we

suggest that when you sign up for a study that you actually

complete the study, because our system marks when you have

signed up for a study, not if you have completed it or not.

Our new policy should give you incentive to actually take

the studies that you sign up for.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Please do

not email us asking to request your account to be

reactivated as we will be unable to accommodate you. We are

doing this in the interest of psychological science.

We are grateful for your participation in our pool, and your

understanding.

Sincerely,

The Stanford GSB Behavioral Lab

So, any of you out there looking to join Stanford GSB, this may be your opportunity. You might take my spot.

[gene55]

Yeah, mine too. I got the same email. I hate to loose them but I can understand what they are saying. I never do the lottery ones so I am hoping that might help me in the long run. Guess we will see next week.

Factonista, how long have you been with them?

[TSP1973]

I just got this email also. But the good thing is that I haven't done much with them, so I shouldn't be one of those that they drop. But I wonder about the people that they are dropping? What is going to happen if you have money with them? Are they going to send them the money or are they just going to drop them without paying them if they have a balance?

[factonista]

Yeah, mine too. I got the same email. I hate to loose them but I can understand what they are saying. I never do the lottery ones so I am hoping that might help me in the long run. Guess we will see next week.

Factonista, how long have you been with them?

Probably since early 2008. I'm not optimistic that I'll survive "the purge."

[KBLover]

Gotta love mysterious "requirements" then they might drop you without you knowing you crossed some line they just created.

People who take their studies are going to get dropped? What? They take what they sign up for, and they will drop those people?

Bah.

[factonista]

I think I must still be in good standing with their mysterious requirements because I got 2 invites this week.

[TSP1973]

95% of the surveys I get from them are Sweeps only surveys! Very few I get from them offer actual money for there surveys, so I have hardly done any of the surveys they send me!

[gene55]

95% of the surveys I get from them are Sweeps only surveys! Very few I get from them offer actual money for there surveys, so I have hardly done any of the surveys they send me!

I was just looking back at my records and last Jan. I made $23 with them and in Feb I made $35 but after that it was 5-10 dollars per month. I refuse to do surveys for a lottery ticket. But you can't blame them, if they can find enough damn fools to do their studies for free, why would they want to pay? They should do a study on how many idiots will work for free. I have read on other forums where some fools say its for a good cause. I agree that education is a good cause but they get tons of money for these studies but they get to keep it because of people working for 3rd world wages or for nothing. My daughter is starting college next year and I absolutely cannot believe what it is going to cost. Thank goodness she has very good grades and will get some scholarships but those scholarships will-not even come close to paying for her education. I wish I could get the college of her choice in a lottery where they have a 1 in a 100 chance that I pay them, wouldn't that be something?