09/25 - T-Rex Tuesday!

[GTR]

is that why you are employed at mturk now?

i had trouble with a tool partner once, so...

 

[turkinusa]

Yeah but it's better than being killed via extreme acupuncture so

true

I admittedly do it for fun, but I don't like video games and it's like I constantly need something for "filler" time or I get myself in trouble. And I'm too lazy for sports.

strongly disagree lol

 

[BskiCHI]

Requesters don't see it that way. The solution that they chose was to add more work to their hits, whether through captchas or additional pages of screeners, without improving pay. Or they just stopped posting altogether.

There's not much of a thing that could be done to convince them to be discerning in a way that benefits legitimate workers.

That's their problem. Not mine.

 

[Kennedy]

I admittedly do it for fun, but I don't like video games and it's like I constantly need something for "filler" time or I get myself in trouble. And I'm too lazy for sports.

I kind f

true

strongly disagree lol

I find it like a deranged Sudoku puzzle or something. But, if it was my full time job and I HAD to do I am sure I would not like mturk very much.

 

[TSolo315]

That's their problem. Not mine.

The fact that you're complaining about it means its your problem too.

 

[Kennedy]

i had trouble with a tool partner once, so...

I'd probably have trouble with my tool partner to if he came to work with no pants. No, I'd die laughing and never get any work done.

 

[Jaded]

I kind f

I find it like a deranged Sudoku puzzle or something. But, if it was my full time job and I HAD to do I am sure I would not like mturk very much.

It's like cheap ramen noodles. They are okay when you choose to eat them every six months, but when it's all you have for every meal...

 

[LisaPisa]

Title: Answer a survey about personal finances | Accept Requester: Cristy Rowley [A286M0W3SPP6W3] Contact TV: No Reviews TO: No Reviews TO2: [Hrly=null] [Pen=null] [Res=null] [Rec=null] [Rej=0] [ToS=0] [Brk=0] Reward: 2.01 Duration: 3600 Available: 1 Description: We are interested in learning more about your personal financial situation. Respondents should be 18-35 and currently employed. Qualifications: HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThan 97; Location EqualTo US [tr][td] HIT exported from Mturk Suite v2.3.12​

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[BskiCHI]

The fact that you're complaining about it means its your problem too.

Kind of yes and kind of no. I take MTURK for exactly what it is.

 

[Kennedy]

It's like cheap ramen noodles. They are okay when you choose to eat them every six months, but when it's all you have for every meal...

Very nice example! You should be rewarded with two orange kittens...

 

[GTR]

It's like cheap ramen noodles. They are okay when you choose to eat them every six months, but when it's all you have for every meal...

not many turkers have never had to do this i would believe, i know i did for months for a while.

 

[EnterNameHere]

I'm jealous that the fauxbots get a cool name like "server farmer," which sounds all artisanal and shit

 

[TSolo315]

It's like cheap ramen noodles. They are okay when you choose to eat them every six months, but when it's all you have for every meal...

Ramen is great and I'm slowly killing myself by eating it too much and overdosing on sodium but I'm kind of okay with it.

 

[esprit-hyperdoux]

requesters adding work to already underpaid tasks, while adding checks that are just designed to detect bots, are only going to find that more & more of their jobs are getting done by sweatshop turkers in india spoofing their ips

 

[EnterNameHere]

requesters adding work to already underpaid tasks, while adding checks that are just designed to detect bots, are only going to find that more & more of their jobs are getting done by sweatshop turkers in india spoofing their ips

Unless, as has been reported by scholars (and an occasional requester on AMT, Siddharth Suri), the online labor market is "inelastic" and turkers will continue to do work for lower wages:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ompetitive-they-arent/?utm_term=.c636632cf701
But what am I saying this to you for?!

 

[Jaded]

requesters adding work to already underpaid tasks, while adding checks that are just designed to detect bots, are only going to find that more & more of their jobs are getting done by sweatshop turkers in india spoofing their ips

Ramen is great and I'm slowly killing myself by eating it too much and overdosing on sodium but I'm kind of okay with it.

I feel like there's an awful 'salty' joke in here somewhere but I can't quite connect it.

 

[esprit-hyperdoux]

Unless, as has been reported by scholars (and an occasional requester on AMT, Siddharth Suri), the online labor market is "inelastic" and turkers will continue to do work for lower wages:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ompetitive-they-arent/?utm_term=.c636632cf701
But what am I saying this to you for?!

thanks for the link! i'll take a look when i get a chance
i was just reasoning from the logic that good hits (like... ours????) get snapped up fast and are generally done by people who are motivated, while the shitty ones are left for the people who aren't

 

[EnterNameHere]

thanks for the link! i'll take a look when i get a chance
i was just reasoning from the logic that good hits (like... ours????) get snapped up fast and are generally done by people who are motivated, while the shitty ones are left for the people who aren't

Roger that. Glad you're not (because you're definitely not) putting shitty hits out into the turkosphere.

 

[Despairagus]

requesters adding work to already underpaid tasks, while adding checks that are just designed to detect bots, are only going to find that more & more of their jobs are getting done by sweatshop turkers in india spoofing their ips

I really hope this is true and that it turns the tide eventually.

 

[Jaded]

Unrelated: If you did that John Murray qualification hit yesterday or the day before, the two followup hits are up.
2nd unrelated: My fish tastes like metal and I don't like it.