07/19 - Meritorious Monday!

[HelloHello]

Title: Please answer a short survey about a new video. • Accept Requester: Terry Lee [A3B2GZ8UQ2MC5A] Contact TV: [Hrly=$46.03][Pay=Generous][Approval=1-3 days][Comm=Unrated][Rej=0][Blk=0] TO: [Pay=5.00][Fast=4.50][Comm=0.00][Fair=5.00][Reviews=3][ToS=0] Reward: $3.00 Duration: 00:15:00 Available: 1 Description: Please view our new video and then tells us what you think through a short survey. Qualifications: Age - 55 or Older EqualTo 1; Financial Asset Owned - Mutual Funds EqualTo 1

 

[keljenner]

right now I have seven in my que, but I'm not taking anything less than .60

did some of a batch earlier, too

Oh cool. I found this on Reddit here that explains the Turk schedule. This was posted three years ago, but hopefully its right.

The official reference calendar for reasons why mturk is so slow
Jan 1-15-Post holiday lull
Jan 15-31-School just started give the students time to settle in before starting projects
Feb 1-21st-Presidents day lull
Feb 22nd-April 8th-Dreaded Spring break week from hell and/or easter lull
April 8-April 30th-Slow stretch before final projects at colleges
May 1st-15th-School is almost out
May 15-May 31st-Memorial day Lull
June 1-30-What do you expect, school is out
July 1-15 4th of july lull
July 15th-August 31-I expected it to be bad, but this summer slump is worse than ever, is mturk closing down?
September 1st-September 10th Labor day lull
September 10-October 15th-This should be back to normal but is worse than ever, either school projects havent started or mturk is closing down
October 15th-November 15th-Too many new turkers
November 16th-30 Thanksgiving lull
December 1st to December 20th-Too many new turkers, too many general turkers due to holidays
December 21st to 31st-Christmas and New years slowdown

Hopefully this isn't right. I really don't want to get an actual job.

 

[Blakkat]

Super quick and EZPZ

Title: Survey About International Events | PANDA
Requester: Nicholas Dietrich [A1N8W2EZQ8S5Z4]
TurkerView: [ $80.23 / hour ]
Description: Answer a short survey about news events in foreign countries. We estimate that the survey will take no more than 10 minutes to complete.
Duration: 60 Min
Available: 1
Reward: $1.75
Qualifications:

• Completed Survey Already DoesNotExist
• HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThan 95
• Location EqualTo US

[3DCXWU0MRCPRSTZMBF73UDDEGSNTV6]​

 

[Blakkat]

Title: Research Survey(~ 5 minutes) | PANDA
Requester: Elizabeth Keenan [A2AWX5DYMGDYX2]
TurkerView: [ $17.06 / hour ]
Description: This study involves a short survey for research conducted by Professor Elizabeth Keenan at Harvard Business School. You will be asked to answer a few survey questions about your preferences, opinions and behaviors on food preferences. Participation will take approximately 5 minutes. You will be compensated $0.65 with a for completing the survey. Payments will be processed 1-3 days after submission.
Duration: 30 Min
Available: 4
Reward: $0.65
Qualifications:

• Exc: [308273-307684] DoesNotExist
• Total approved HITs GreaterThanOrEqualTo 1000
• HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 95
• CR Research Group #1 GreaterThanOrEqualTo 100
• Location In US

[3MKP0VNPL18CXMQMDZL3SSGBXT8RJR]​

 

[jan]

just called the electrician who was supposed to come to the house to do work last JANUARY.

He said: September.

maybe





ETA: This is just sheer sexism, right? If I were a guy calling........

 

[infomista]

Oh cool. I found this on Reddit here that explains the Turk schedule. This was posted three years ago, but hopefully its right.

The official reference calendar for reasons why mturk is so slow
Jan 1-15-Post holiday lull
Jan 15-31-School just started give the students time to settle in before starting projects
Feb 1-21st-Presidents day lull
Feb 22nd-April 8th-Dreaded Spring break week from hell and/or easter lull
April 8-April 30th-Slow stretch before final projects at colleges
May 1st-15th-School is almost out
May 15-May 31st-Memorial day Lull
June 1-30-What do you expect, school is out
July 1-15 4th of july lull
July 15th-August 31-I expected it to be bad, but this summer slump is worse than ever, is mturk closing down?
September 1st-September 10th Labor day lull
September 10-October 15th-This should be back to normal but is worse than ever, either school projects havent started or mturk is closing down
October 15th-November 15th-Too many new turkers
November 16th-30 Thanksgiving lull
December 1st to December 20th-Too many new turkers, too many general turkers due to holidays
December 21st to 31st-Christmas and New years slowdown

Hopefully this isn't right. I really don't want to get an actual job.

I love Turking because it is so flexible, and I am pretty good at it for someone who's only been doing it a year or so. I am studying for a certification exam as a Cancer Tumor Registrar, which is medical coding for cancer research databases. Its in October, so I am using this lull to study my ass off. It is a really hard exam.

 

[infomista]

just called the electrician who was supposed to come to the house to do work last JANUARY.

He said: September.

maybe





ETA: This is just sheer sexism, right? If I were a guy calling........

 

[Skittles]

Title: Answer a survey about your interest in information | PANDA Requester: Louise Hviid [AF87G50TUXABG] (Req TV): $20.65/hr/hr (TO): [Pay: N/A] [Fair: N/A] [Comm: N/A] [Fast: N/A] Description: Give us your interest rating of trivia questions for $4. It takes approx. 20 min. Time: 1 hour(s) HITs Available: 1 Reward: $4.00 Qualifications: Location In CAGB; HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 95;

 

[Blakkat]

Title: Opinion survey (10 minutes)(~ 10 minutes) | PANDA
Requester: OB Researcher [A3S3HFVGSA422G]
TurkerView: [ $10.70 / hour ]
Description: Opinion survey (10 minutes)
Duration: 45 Min
Available: 20
Reward: $0.90
Qualifications:

• Exc: [308298-307709] DoesNotExist
• Total approved HITs GreaterThanOrEqualTo 1000
• HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 95
• CR Research Group #1 GreaterThanOrEqualTo 100
• Location In US

[3EOCCJXU9760BZWMLZSUL3XALZL1H3]​

 

[Skittles]

Title: Image Capturing Task! $6 + up to $10 performance bonus!(~ 60 minutes) | PANDA Requester: Samuel Gershman [A1NLXULMPXG1OY] (Req TV): $18.82/hr/hr (TO): [Pay: N/A] [Fair: N/A] [Comm: N/A] [Fast: N/A] Description: ~60 minute task with $6 base pay + performance bonus ($0-10) within 1 day! Time: 24 hour(s) HITs Available: 1 Reward: $6.00 Qualifications: HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 95; CR Research Group #1 GreaterThanOrEqualTo 100; Exc: [1667972437-306588] DoesNotExist ; Location In US;

 

[Blakkat]

Title: Search Google And Record First Result | PANDA
Requester: Jonathan Manzi [A2CHIIIK4XIN2F]
TurkerView: [ $22.29 / hour ]
Description: Search Google For Twenty Terms And Record First Result
Duration: 60 Min
Available: 1
Reward: $0.70
Qualifications:

• None

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[Skittles]

just called the electrician who was supposed to come to the house to do work last JANUARY.

He said: September.

maybe





ETA: This is just sheer sexism, right? If I were a guy calling........

 

[Skittles]

Massive and mysterious, a 100-pound fish washed ashore. Scientists hope to learn its secrets.

 

[Mikey Chlanda]

wish i got 100$ a day on here lol

I don't think $100/day is the norm for anyone. Most of the $100 days i have are from closed quals batches or a longitundinal study that pays out, a few times I just get lucky with some well[paying surveys or a new requester's batch.

 

[freekshow420]

I don't think $100/day is the norm for anyone. Most of the $100 days i have are from closed quals batches or a longitundinal study that pays out, a few times I just get lucky with some well[paying surveys or a new requester's batch.

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same, There was a 2 week period where i was making about 400 a day or more due to those closed quals. I havent came close to that since lol

 

[freekshow420]

just got this email from a requester, Not sure how i feel about this...



Dear Amazon Mechanical Turk Worker,



Thank you for showing interest in and completing the eligibility survey of our smartphone study. After manual review, we have determined that you are indeed eligible to join the study. As such, I’m sending you instructions on how to do so.



Overview: This study runs for 1 month. It involves you installing our survey app on your Android phone and keeping it running for that duration. The app will ask you every night a few questions about the tasks you perform with your phone throughout the day (we call this a daily diary). The app will also collect some other data from your phone, such as the names of the near-by WiFi hotspots. However, the app will not collect any of your personal files, photos or location. Please refer to the PDF file attached to this e-mail to learn more about the type of data our app collects.



Compensation: To show our appreciation of your time and efforts, we will award you $20 for having the app installed. Additionally, we will award you $2 for every diary you complete, for a total of up to $80. This amount will be sent to you as a Tango reward link, which can be redeemed for a variety of gift cards. Please refer to this link to see a list of gift cards you can claim: https://www.tangocard.com/reward-link-united-states/



Instructions: To install the study app, please follow the instructions below:

1. On your phone, tap on the link below. It will open the Google Play Store page of the app. Tap on "install” to start installing our app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ca.ubc.ece.lersse.phonesharingstudy

2. Once the app is installed, open it and enter your participant ID, which is *******

3. Once your ID is verified, the app will present you with the study terms of participation. You can accept or reject the terms. If you decide to reject, simply delete the app from your phone. Please note, however, that we will not provide any compensation if you decide to not use the app.

4. If you accept the terms, the app will ask you to grant it permission to collect data. Please follow the instructions on the screen to do so.

5. Once the permissions are granted, the installation process is complete and you can close the app. The app will then automatically notify you every night at 9:00 PM (your local time) to complete your daily diary. Please make sure to complete the diary before the end of the day.

6. Lastly, since the app sends data to us daily, please make sure to connect your phone to the internet at least once a day.



Note: Once you have successfully installed the app, please let us know by replying to this email. Please also feel free to email us if you encounter any issues with the app or have any questions about the study.



Thank you, and we are excited to have you on board.

 

[freekshow420]

oh look its back.. probably wont catch it this time either ...

Title: Survey of Diet and Health Beliefs • Accept Requester: Lauren Schatz [A1PJ4PASW2W4HT] Contact TV: [Hrly=$179.59][Pay=Generous][Approval=~24 hrs][Comm=Unrated][Rej=0][Blk=0] TO: [Pay=0.00][Fast=5.00][Comm=5.00][Fair=5.00][Reviews=2][ToS=0] Reward: $45.00 Duration: 03:00:00 Available: 1 Description: The purpose of this research is to better understand people’s health and diet knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, and practices. We will use this information to implement better strategies to help Americans maintain more nutritious diets. Qualifications: Location EqualTo US

 

[jan]

@freekshow420
is that an academic requester?

I'd be very wary.

 

[freekshow420]

@freekshow420
is that an academic requester?

I'd be very wary.

it was from this requester,, I emailed back and said nope.

https://turkerview.com/requesters/ANTRL0UME4HV5-masoud-mehrabi-koushki

 

[Charlene22]

oh look its back.. probably wont catch it this time either ...

Title: Survey of Diet and Health Beliefs • Accept Requester: Lauren Schatz [A1PJ4PASW2W4HT] Contact TV: [Hrly=$179.59][Pay=Generous][Approval=~24 hrs][Comm=Unrated][Rej=0][Blk=0] TO: [Pay=0.00][Fast=5.00][Comm=5.00][Fair=5.00][Reviews=2][ToS=0] Reward: $45.00 Duration: 03:00:00 Available: 1 Description: The purpose of this research is to better understand people’s health and diet knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, and practices. We will use this information to implement better strategies to help Americans maintain more nutritious diets. Qualifications: Location EqualTo US

Glad I'm not the only one not catching this one.