04/23 - So Who Are You, Anyway Sunday!

Where are you from?

  • The North

    Votes: 10 6.6%

  • New England

    Votes: 12 7.9%

  • The South

    Votes: 28 18.4%

  • The Dirty South

    Votes: 11 7.2%

  • The East

    Votes: 16 10.5%

  • The West

    Votes: 19 12.5%

  • California (Uber Alles)

    Votes: 16 10.5%

  • Some non-America place

    Votes: 2 1.3%

  • That will be $0.05, please

    Votes: 21 13.8%

  • Flyover Country (no United pls)

    Votes: 5 3.3%

  • The forgotten Middle West

    Votes: 12 7.9%
  • Total voters
    152
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electrolyte said:
He posts totally boring HITs like "what is your favorite color" in order to get worker IDs. Then he emails those worker IDs with this "extra work" offer of $5 to post fake reviews. It's gross.
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If I had known that "what's your favorite color" was part of a scam, I would have never done it. I would like to think I'll recognize his name, and avoid his hits next time, but he'll probably just change his name.
 
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Yup.
I'm looking to help a small business get reviews on Angie's List. Happy to pay another $5 for a review. Please let me know.

Thank you.
 
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vickiJ said:
If I had known that "what's your favorite color" was part of a scam, I would have never done it. I would like to think I'll recognize his name, and avoid his hits next time, but he'll probably just change his name.
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He's used Alex Astot and Kevin Astot before, and has been running this scam since at least late 2015. He's kept the same requester ID, though, so you can watch out for that.
 
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Cmoney said:
Yup.
I'm looking to help a small business get reviews on Angie's List. Happy to pay another $5 for a review. Please let me know.

Thank you.
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That sucks. I really thought I got something good.
 
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electrolyte said:
He's used Alex Astot and Kevin Astot before, and has been running this scam since at least late 2015. He's kept the same requester ID, though, so you can watch out for that.
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Really? My memory is worse than I thought.
 
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Title: Messaging app survey | PANDA
Worker: Preview | Accept | Requester
Requester: Comms-Quant-UX [A388Z19SP010HT] (Contact)
TO 1: [Pay: 4.50] [Fast: 5.00] [Comm: 5.00] [Fair: 5.00] [Reviews: 21] [ToS: 0]
TO 2: [Rate: $7.66/hr] [Pen: -- days] [Res: -- of 0] [Rec: 100% of 1] [Rej: 0] [ToS: 0] [Brk: 0]
Description: -
Time: 60 minutes
HITs Available: 1155
Reward: $0.67
Qualifications: Total approved HITs is not less than 1; HIT approval rate (%) is not less than 90; Location is US;

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electrolyte @electrolyte, what ever you do, do not sleep in the upper bunk on a sleeper, it's pure torture. You only have inches from head to ceiling, you cannot sit up. It was pretty awful. Plus I don't know if the upper bunks move around more, but did I get nauseated. Should have had Dramamine with me.
 
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I'm going to troll this guy. Replied with "sure, give me more info on the company and how you will pay me" Not going to do the review, hope to report him
 
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Title: Jury Decision Making | PANDA
Worker: Preview | Accept | Requester
Requester: Sara Appleby, PhD [A1GSRVMHZHEV5K] (Contact)
TO 1: [Pay: 3.60] [Fast: 5.00] [Comm: 0.00] [Fair: 5.00] [Reviews: 5] [ToS: 0]
TO 2: Not Available
Description: Read a case summary and answer some questions (~30 minutes). Please DO NOT complete this study more than once.
Time: 60 minutes
HITs Available: 1
Reward: $0.05
Qualifications: HIT approval rate (%) is greater than 95; Total approved HITs is not less than 50; Location is US;

There's a picture in here that I was not warned about. Proceed with caution.
 
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Kevin Astot
5:07 PM (0 minutes ago)



to me






Instructions are here:

1. (Skip if you have an account) Sign up to AngiesList.com for a free account using your real email, name, address, and when you've finished signing up go to your account settings and edit your phone number into both fields (there's a home and a cellphone). They check White Pages records so if your name and number are fake the review will not "stick" and I cannot pay
2. Click http://shoutkey.com/crease and leave the review (Google their company and re-write an existing review in your own words or from your own experience; please do not mention the company name in the review; you can thank a random name like Mike or Justin for working with you; if you have no idea what this businesss does just ask and I'll provide you a review)
3. Go to "your reviews" (screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/BxUdE6U.png) and send me a screenshot of the review there

Please reply with your MTurk ID so I can remit payment.

If you have a 2 year old Yelp account or Gmail account I can pay for another review from one or both.

Thanks again.
 
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Title: Complete a short 5-15 minute survey about S&P 500 companies | PANDA
Worker: Preview | Accept | Requester
Requester: Professor de Langhe [A0312140TRK4T3VB1N25] (Contact)
TO 1: [Pay: 4.20] [Fast: 4.84] [Comm: 4.38] [Fair: 4.92] [Reviews: 69] [ToS: 1]
TO 2: [Rate: $5.25/hr] [Pen: 0.08 days] [Res: -- of 0] [Rec: -- of 0] [Rej: 0] [ToS: 0] [Brk: 0]
Description: Answer a few questions about investments
Time: 1 hour
HITs Available: 1
Reward: $1.00
Qualifications: HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 95; Location EqualTo US;
HIT exported from Mturk Suite v1.21.9​
 
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Title: Messaging app survey | PANDA
Worker: Preview | Accept | Requester
Requester: Comms-Quant-UX [A388Z19SP010HT] (Contact)
TO 1: [Pay: 4.50] [Fast: 5.00] [Comm: 5.00] [Fair: 5.00] [Reviews: 21] [ToS: 0]
TO 2: [Rate: $7.66/hr] [Pen: -- days] [Res: -- of 0] [Rec: 100% of 1] [Rej: 0] [ToS: 0] [Brk: 0]
Description: -
Time: 60 minutes
HITs Available: 972
Reward: $0.67
Qualifications: Total approved HITs is not less than 1; HIT approval rate (%) is not less than 90; Location is US;

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blackpupjean said:
electrolyte @electrolyte, what ever you do, do not sleep in the upper bunk on a sleeper, it's pure torture. You only have inches from head to ceiling, you cannot sit up. It was pretty awful. Plus I don't know if the upper bunks move around more, but did I get nauseated. Should have had Dramamine with me.
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Well, my other choice is the chair, then, since I'm sharing the compartment with someone else. :\
 
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