12/21 - Mistletoe Monday

Nibing [A2LRVUQZ7DNT5Q] Academic Survey - $0.50 | PANDA

Underpaid

Unrated

Unrated

$5.23 / hour
00:05:44 / completion time

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Pros:

Cons:

Catchability: Great (HIT Last Seen: a second ago)
Qualifications: HIT approval rate (%) > 95; Location EqualTo US;

To read Nibing's full profile check out TurkerView!​

 

Hengchen [AVFDQWCSJSN3H] 8 minute survey for $0.90(~ 8 minutes) - $0.90 | PANDA

Generous

Unrated

Unrated

$22.66 / hour
00:02:23 / completion time

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Pros:

Cons:

Catchability: Great (HIT Last Seen: 34 seconds ago)
Qualifications: Total approved HITs >= 100; Exc: [266113-265524] DoesNotExist ; CR Research Group #2 DoesNotExist ; HIT approval rate (%) >= 95; CR Research Group #1 >= 100; Location In US;

To read Hengchen's full profile check out TurkerView!​

 

Jee Won Paek [AIB89GGGWCPDX] Vignette study(~ 8 minutes) - $1.30 | PANDA

Good

Unrated

Unrated

$15.60 / hour
00:05:00 / completion time

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Pros:

Cons:

Catchability: Great (HIT Last Seen: 29 seconds ago)
Qualifications: Total approved HITs <= 100000; Exc: [266136-265547] DoesNotExist ; Total approved HITs >= 50; HIT approval rate (%) >= 95; CR Research Group #1 >= 100; Location In US;

To read Jee Won Paek's full profile check out TurkerView!​

 

Hannah Perfecto [A1VU496GR2VJ0Y] Short Survey about Hair Salon / Barber Preferences(~ 3 minutes) - $0.30 | PANDA

Generous

Unrated

Unrated

$18.00 / hour
00:01:00 / completion time

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Pros:

Cons:

Catchability: Great (HIT Last Seen: 34 seconds ago)
Qualifications: Total approved HITs >= 1000; CR Research Group #2 DoesNotExist ; HIT approval rate (%) >= 95; CR Research Group #1 >= 100; Exc: [266137-265548] DoesNotExist ; Location In US;

To read Hannah Perfecto's full profile check out TurkerView!​

 

UPenn Researcher [A2M70XENI0CWIR] Behavioral Survey (~ 5 minutes) - $0.50 | PANDA

Low

<24 hours

Unrated

$7.11 / hour
00:04:13 / completion time

Approved! ​

Pros:

Cons:

Catchability: Great (HIT Last Seen: a second ago)
Qualifications: Total approved HITs >= 100; cbabc011 DoesNotExist ; HIT approval rate (%) >= 95; Location In US;

To read UPenn Researcher's full profile check out TurkerView!​

 

Marketing Researcher [A2ARGV8N0Z21DL] Brief survey on self and buying behaviors(~ 5 minutes) - $0.50 | PANDA

Low

Unrated

Unrated

$7.96 / hour
00:03:46 / completion time

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Pros:

Cons:

Catchability: Okay (HIT Last Seen: one minute ago)
Qualifications: HIT approval rate (%) >= 90; CR Research Group #1 >= 100; Exc: [8298567-265134] DoesNotExist ; Location In US;

To read Marketing Researcher's full profile check out TurkerView!​

 

just saw this on NBC livestream lOL

 

Eduardo [A2BS1R1S17JAFV] Fast survey about images [not allowed mobile users] - $0.25 | PANDA

Generous

Unrated

Unrated

$18.00 / hour
00:00:50 / completion time

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Pros:

Cons:

Catchability: Okay (HIT Last Seen: 4 minutes ago)
Qualifications: Total approved HITs > 100; Location EqualTo US;

To read Eduardo's full profile check out TurkerView!​

 

Uhh I don't think it's "phishing" per se but I wouldn't submit anything on TO you don't want academic researchers to have access to. They have no power to actually do anything about your suspension, but if you get stuck in an auto-message loop with amazon it's probably fine to use.

 

Jee Won Paek [AIB89GGGWCPDX] Vignette study(~ 8 minutes) - $1.30 | PANDA

Generous

Unrated

Unrated

$46.34 / hour
00:01:41 / completion time

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Pros:

Cons:

Catchability: Great (HIT Last Seen: 51 seconds ago)
Qualifications: Total approved HITs <= 100000; Exc: [266136-265547] DoesNotExist ; Total approved HITs >= 50; HIT approval rate (%) >= 95; CR Research Group #1 >= 100; Location In US;

To read Jee Won Paek's full profile check out TurkerView!​

 

Liang He [A3CFBHAQXUW1X2] Answer a survey about your opinions - $1.00 | PANDA

Generous

Unrated

Unrated

$16.36 / hour
00:03:40 / completion time

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Pros:

Cons:
Didn't provide validation code at the end of HIT.

Catchability: Great (HIT Last Seen: a second ago)
Qualifications: Car Owner EqualTo 1;

To read Liang He's full profile check out TurkerView!​

 

Happy Monday, Forum

 

Can December just be over? I feel so bah hum buggy like. With husbands hunting trip resulting in covid and now my sons numbers are all out of whack.

The ONLY Pediatric Endo doctor in our city left to go to Toledo so now all diabetics must go to Indy. I called the hospital 2.5 hours away to ask about what to do but since his appt isn't til Jan 22nd they won't help me via phone. They were able to get us in on Wednesday when I told them his morning insulin shot isn't working more - he shoots SKY HIGH no matter what we give him.

 

Spoiler: long email from TO, not MA TO but just TO

Welcome to our 7th Newsletter


As we head into the last few weeks of 2020, we'll likely start seeing the amount of work on Mechanical Turk decrease temporarily. Universities will break for the semester and many businesses will take time off for the holidays. We hope you will enjoy this down time with your families and take a much needed break. 2020 has been a year for the books. Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays and Happy New Year from all of us at Turkopticon.



Happy Holidays Turkopticon members! I hope everyone is fairing well with all the things going on in the world today. TO sure has made a lot of progress over the past year! I know some look at the website and say, “Yeah, not really that much.” We have, however, now transitioned from just a review site to a non-profit organization dedicated to making Turk work better for us all. With that, I thought I would highlight some of the things we have accomplished this past year.



Today, we have helped over 25 Turkers get their accounts reinstated. That’s 25 people who now have access to a way of earning money in these trying times. We are actively working with requesters to develop apps and other tools that can help Turkers use their time better and not look for work. One of the other projects we are working on is communicating with Amazon about bad requesters and ways to improve the website to make Turk better for us all. We are also updating our coding and website, so you will be able to see and enjoy those changes this coming year!



Behind the scenes, we’ve built a software team that has been updating our code to make it easier to maintain, diagnose, fix, and improve. We hope you’re seeing more system stability now. Programmers from Tech Workers Coalition believe in our cause and support keeping Turkopticon free and making work better for everyone.



SO, this is my question to you: : Do you want to be part of all the great things happening at TO? If so, please reach out and let’s chat. My email is [email protected]. I am excited to see what the new year will bring and look forward to having more people come on board to see what other wonderful things we can accomplish together!



Remember, if you want to donate to a non-profit this season, please consider us! Donate here https://blog.turkopticon.info/?page_id=474. Your donations are tax-deductible!



We hope everyone has a safe holiday season!



A really big Thank you

We would like to thank everyone who has helped us with a donation Rebecca BurWei, Ananth S, Jacob Van Dehy, Christopher Potts, Brendan O'Connor, Maxine Eskenazi, Danielle Dean, Alex Hanna, Emily Witt, Mary Smart, Luming Hao, Meg Adamik, Sean Kross, Ev Henke and Numerous Anonymous donations.



See the bottom of the newsletter for how you can submit short articles.



Mass rejections

First, allow me to introduce myself. I’m Sherry, lead organizer for Turkopticon. I have been a Turker for going on 6 years. You may ask why did I finally decide to step up and work to make Turk better? Two words: MASS REJECTION. My personal story involves having a great history of finding good new requesters and having plenty of wiggle room in my approval rating so I decided to work for a new requester in the same hopes of finding good work. That is when my Mturk experience drastically changed and I knew I had to stand up.



The hits were simple: look up a website then copy and paste some information (or so I thought). I did approximately 80 hits before I thought I should stop until some of these approve. I went on turking like normal, doing a few surveys and then went to check my dashboard. I was speechless when I saw the screen: 80+ rejections. I had never had this experience before and I instantly contacted the requester. I then went to the Turkopticon website and there it was: Numerous workers receiving the same treatment. No response from the requester. I emailed Amazon and didn’t get a response from them either. That’s when I realized we, as Turkers, have no option but to just take it when a requester wants to scam the system and not pay workers. Amazon takes no responsibility in protecting us. We’re basically on our own. I knew when Turkopticon reached out and asked for help that I could no longer stay hidden and I had to speak up!



Now, I’m asking you. What's your experience with mass rejections and how have you handled them? Which requesters are guilty? Has Amazon helped resolve them in any way? Please send your stories to us at https://blog.turkopticon.info/?page_id=727 so we can work together to fix mass rejections and make Turk better for us all.



Turkopticon is looking for suggestions!



Do you have suggestions for how to make Turkopticon better and wish to share them? Please email [email protected] and someone will contact you to further discuss your suggestions. We want to hear from everyone so don't be afraid to contact us. We can work together to make Mturk better for everyone.



Join Us on Facebook!



The Turkopticon community is growing! Our Facebook page went live on Thursday, June 4th and we would love for you to join us. Participate in the conversations, learn about upcoming projects, and stay up to date on the latest news by giving us a “like.” You can find the page by searching for Turkopticon or visiting https://www.facebook.com/Turkopticon/.

 

Jeon [A1DQ94M48GW4YD] Marketing Study(~ 3 minutes) - $0.60 | PANDA

Unrated

Unrated

Unrated

$24.00 / hour
00:01:30 / completion time

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Pros:

Cons:

Catchability: Okay (HIT Last Seen: 57 seconds ago)
Qualifications: TP Panel: 1989414341 N >= 100; Exc: [8389276-265354] DoesNotExist ; CR Research Group #1 >= 100; Location In US;

To read Jeon's full profile check out TurkerView!​

 

UPenn Researcher [A2M70XENI0CWIR] Donations Task - V3(~ 5 minutes) - $0.50 | PANDA

Unrated

Unrated

Unrated

$13.74 / hour
00:02:11 / completion time

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Pros:

Cons:

Catchability: Great (HIT Last Seen: 5 seconds ago)
Qualifications: cbabc011 DoesNotExist ; Total approved HITs >= 500; Exc: [-582067853-265535] DoesNotExist ; SurveyGroup [4582] DoesNotExist ; HIT approval rate (%) >= 95; CR Research Group #1 >= 100; Location In US;

To read UPenn Researcher's full profile check out TurkerView!​

 

Andreas Steur [A36ZOR41SMYPSI] Answer a survey about customer reviews - $0.30 | PANDA

Unrated

Unrated

Unrated

$8.24 / hour
00:02:11 / completion time

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Pros:

Cons:

Catchability: Great (HIT Last Seen: 38 seconds ago)
Qualifications: Total approved HITs > 500; HIT approval rate (%) >= 98;

To read Andreas Steur's full profile check out TurkerView!​

 

Kellogg Kteily Lab [A8VNY3KPRHHRC] Social Perception Task(~ 30 minutes) - $3.00 | PANDA

Unrated

<24 hours

Unrated

$12.60 / hour
00:14:17 / completion time

Approved! ​

Pros:

Cons:

Catchability: Great (HIT Last Seen: 39 seconds ago)
Qualifications: Total approved HITs >= 1000; 8c881570 DoesNotExist ; CR Research Group #2 DoesNotExist ; HIT approval rate (%) >= 98; CR Research Group #1 >= 100; Location In US; Exc: [264090356-265507] DoesNotExist ;

To read Kellogg Kteily Lab's full profile check out TurkerView!​