09/19 - Crüesday!

nlp analyzer 634 $25.44

 

Dodgers blew a 2-0 lead, fuck baez so haaaard.

 

Glanced at that and read it as nip slayer... seemed accurate.

 

is that kind of like when golden state blew a 3-1 lead?

 

I like to read while it's slow and just came across an interesting tidbit about Google:

“Using a technique called “split A/B testing,” Google continually introduces tiny permutations in the way its sites look and operate, shows different permutations to different sets of users, and then compares how the variations influence the users’ behavior...”

Do you guys think this is what PickFu is or am I reading too much into it? This was written in 2009 so it only mentions doing this testing at an in-house lab, but it's interesting to see how these concepts have only grown since the book was published. He even goes on about eye-tracking as well.

 

Is this a published paper?

 

It's a book called "The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains". It's quite fascinating and seems very well-researched.

 

Is it worth the read? PickFu does do A/B testing but I am unaware of any affiliation with Google. I do know though they did quite a bit a testing for DuckDuckGo. I can't tell you how many times I had to decide on whether something as simple as a 16px x 16px icon was better over another.

 

It's a little dated now but I think it might ring truer now than it did when it was published. He talks a lot about the Internet changing the way we read and absorb information--how it improves shallow absorption of information at the cost of deep reading. I've personally observed this change in myself since I got a smartphone so it's been interesting to read the research that revealed it.

I was more talking about the concept of A/B testing rather than Google itself sponsoring PickFu. I find it fascinating to see what the actual mechanisms and logic are behind the research I contribute to.

 

Title: Case Study (with screening questions) | PANDA Requester: Zheng Leitter [A3SEBRB7UBV3YX] (TO) TO Ratings: ★★★★★ 5.00 Communicativity ★★★★★ 4.00 Generosity ★★★★★ 5.00 Fairness ★★★★★ 5.00 Promptness Number of Reviews: 11 | TOS Flags: 0 Submit a new TO review Description: This HIT involves reading some business information and answering questions based on the information. Most workers will complete this task in 10-15 minutes. Time: 60 minutes HITs Available: 1 Reward: $1.55 Qualifications: Total approved HITs is greater than 0;HIT approval rate (%) is greater than 95;Location is US;ZL BlockPAST DIS has not been granted

 

Oh I can believe that, the new constant need to be connected and the masses desperately seeking likes and having to share every aspect of their lives. Recently I have been reading quite a bit about research into the adaptation of smartphones and behavior and mental health of U.S. teenagers. I started going down the rabbit hole of how technology has impacted our lives in not so good ways and the plot only seems to thicken.

 

Did anybody do the 4.00 hit fromLindsey. i spent an hour with 30second wait times between clicks and then another 50 questions after that with the hour and 15min.timer running out. then when I get the code the main mturk page is of course gone. I remember her other hit a while back it had long wait times between bubble clicks also. i want to report her to her school . she also gave me a rejection for that other hit for clicking too much to get it to go faster. I realized it was her after I was in it too long. I need her school professor or number .

 

is it this one? email address is in the description.

(mods: i'm sure you'll have to edit out the email address, just wanted paulaam to get it first )
(edit: jk got it myself)

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Title: Psychological Tendencies Study (~ 60 minutes) | PANDA Worker: Preview | Accept | Requester Requester: Lindsey [A9IDOI7MYU2O7] (Contact) TO 1: [Pay: 3.50] [Fast: 4.50] [Comm: 5.00] [Fair: 5.00] [Reviews: 13] [ToS: 0] TO 2: [Rate: $6.81/hr] [Pen: 0.03 days] [Res: -- of 0] [Rec: 33% of 3] [Rej: 0] [ToS: 0] [Brk: 0] Description: You are invited to participate in a research study conducted by researchers at The Ohio State University. In this study, you will play a game in which you learn to avoid some stimuli and approach others to succeed, then complete surveys about how you think and act in everyday life. This study takes up to 60 minutes. If you have any questions about participating in this study, please feel free to contact the lead researcher, Time: 1 hour 15 minutes HITs Available: 1 Reward: $4.00 Qualifications: Total approved HITs is not less than 100; Exc: [-262988856-55413] has not been granted; HIT approval rate (%) is not less than 60; Location is one of: US;

 

Thanks , I got it.