05/24 - Three-Toed Sloth Thursday!

[MarkC]

So Cal originally, Oregon now.

 

[JenniLeigh]

do you think every turker has depression

Technically mine is part of another issue. There's probably all sorts of issues going on in a group of people who have such a high percentage of people who NEED to work at home. Including depression. (Like Ave said... not all of us, but the numbers are gonna be skewed by the nature of being able to work at home for whatever hours.)

 

[aveline]

I'd be willing to bet on it. If you weren't depressed before you started.. blah blah blah

Yeah, I can't imagine that people generally join mturk because their lives are going really great.

 

[DareAngel3]

PE 7.58
and not depressed.
Just really realistic (re: low) standards.

 

[GoldenTemple]

I'd be willing to bet on it. If you weren't depressed before you started.. blah blah blah

doing this for a job isnt that bad though honestly, you dont have a boss, dont have to deal with the general public, you can make your own hours and choose when to work or not. You can make money but its a grind and a chore most of the time. If turkers were paid a little more this would actually be a really good job

 

[Peachy]

do you?

i believe so

 

[aveline]

Title: Bargaining Game(~ 5 minutes) | PANDA Requester: Judith [A1FRTGKEV1IOXV] (Contact) TV: [Hrly: $9.61] [Pay: 3.12] [Fast: null] [Comm: null] [Rej: 0] [ToS: 0] [Blk: 0] TO: [Pay: 4.00] [Fast: 5.00] [Comm: 0.00] [Fair: 5.00] [Reviews: 1] [ToS: 0] TO2: No Reviews Duration: 30 minutes Available: 1 Reward: $0.50 Description: This psychological study simulates financial bargaining situations. Requirements: Total approved HITs GreaterThanOrEqualTo 100; Exc: [2687789-88284] DoesNotExist; HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 95; Location In US

 

[JenniLeigh]

PE: 20.31 plus a great lunch for my brother's birthday. Lots of crying, some time chilling with my two youngest, and my doggo bonuses from yesterday paid. ($16 according to my emails, $8 according to my script... whatever, I'll see later...)
Close enough.

 

[GTR]

Projected Earnings
$13.07
Bonuses
$Black Forest cake/with slow churned French vanilla ice cream

 

[Peachy]

PE: $4.07

 

[GoldenTemple]

PE: $0

 

[Peachy]

PE: $0

no turking today? it was pretty dry out there

 

[JenniLeigh]

I've been turking for like 7 years, and I've still only had maybe three or four $100+ days.
I dunno how you guys do it.
Like I know you have things I can't do, like multi-monitors, and I know my internet is fucking me up being slow and quitting on me 3-8x a day...
I dunno how y'all can grind like that, I have so much shit to do between HITs. o.0

 

[JenniLeigh]

Title: Perceptions of Robots | Accept Requester: Kim Barchard at UNLV [AL075RD2KTIBY] Contact TV: No Reviews TO: [Pay: 5.00] [Fast: 5.00] [Comm: 0.00] [Fair: 5.00] [Reviews: 1] [ToS: 0] TO2: No Reviews Reward: $15.00 Duration: 12 hours Available: 1 Description: A 2-hour research study to refine a measure of human perceptions of robots. Watch videos of robots and complete surveys on your impressions of the robots. You must be 18, cannot use a smartphone, and must be able to hear audio on your device. Requirements: Total approved HITs GreaterThan 500; PoR done10 DoesNotExist; HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 95; Location EqualTo US [tr][td] HIT exported from Mturk Suite v2.2.3.1​

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[Peachy]

I've been turking for like 7 years, and I've still only had maybe three or four $100+ days.
I dunno how you guys do it.
Like I know you have things I can't do, like multi-monitors, and I know my internet is fucking me up being slow and quitting on me 3-8x a day...
I dunno how y'all can grind like that, I have so much shit to do between HITs. o.0

my biggest days have usually come from decent batches that have stayed up awhile (or i’m lucky enough to get quite a few in). i just tell myself not to quit on the batch until it’s completely over because who knows how the next day or even the rest of the week/month will be. case in point last week... saw a couple batches that stayed up quite awhile. just kept at it and had a couple really good days. i’ve been struggling the last few days though. nature of the beast that is mTurk lots of ups and downs

 

[GoldenTemple]

no turking today? it was pretty dry out there

ive been sick for the past two days but mturk has been dead anyways

but thats mturk, the money comes and goes, just gotta make sure you get it when the works up

 

[jklmnop]

doing this for a job isnt that bad though honestly, you dont have a boss, dont have to deal with the general public, you can make your own hours and choose when to work or not. You can make money but its a grind and a chore most of the time. If turkers were paid a little more this would actually be a really good job

I spent the first many of my working years struggling through 8-5/office job hours. I am not built for them. That schedule made me borderline suicidal. Turking, of all things, showed me that yes I actually enjoy working incredibly hard and working long hours, as long as I have some say in when that happens. Thankfully it seems many industries have caught up with the notion that giving workers some agency over their time makes them happier and still productive. Our labor laws will probably never catch up, however.

 

[lolkatB]

night all.

 

[stuffalleysays]

Now he found the entire litter, kittens for hits everybody!

 

[jklmnop]

I've been turking for like 7 years, and I've still only had maybe three or four $100+ days.
I dunno how you guys do it.
Like I know you have things I can't do, like multi-monitors, and I know my internet is fucking me up being slow and quitting on me 3-8x a day...
I dunno how y'all can grind like that, I have so much shit to do between HITs. o.0

Controlling for other factors, IMO adding a second monitor is perhaps the most efficient way to boost earnings. Is it a hardware limitation?