05/08 - Frugal Friday!

Penelope · May 8, 2020

Maja Graso [A2U9RT7TFG1RRA] Perceptions of Conflicts(~ 5 minutes) - $0.80 | PANDA

Generous

Unrated

Unrated
$35.12 / hour
00:01:22 / completion time

Pros:

Cons:

Catchability: Okay (HIT Last Seen: 3 minutes ago)
Qualifications: Exc: [1767461245-218200] DoesNotExist ; Total approved HITs >= 50; Location In CA, US; HIT approval rate (%) >= 95;

To read Maja Graso's full profile check out TurkerView!

Laura Gomez · May 8, 2020

I seriously hope I did not inadvertently feed into this by doing whichever hit this guy put up...

EssArrBee · May 8, 2020

ChrisTurk said: ↑

Years ago, when I was a wee little toxic Turker who would rip into anyone who even thought about posting a batch or who couldn't break $5/hr, a requester was posting HITs on MTurk that paid pretty decently for the time & were usually kinda simple/not a big deal. One of their particular batches randomly showed up, but you had to have a password to work on them. Idk how it was at first but I do remember it was a big shitstorm on the forums because no one fucking had the password.

Someone, as a total joke, told everyone I had the password to this dude's HITs (I did not). It was a joke, I'm a pretty chill dude, I took it about as well as you'd expect but I was inundated with messages from every lurker under the fucking sun asking for it. And half of them had their particular w/e story they felt like sharing.

Well it turns out the HITs weren't actual work. They were research to map / understand how Turkers connect with each other over social media. So while I was having my work day sucked away from me that fuckface researcher was sitting there reading everything everyone was saying and then he'd later use that to go make a big boy name for himself at fancy conferences and sell a fucking book that he got to tour across the country for.

I have joked about it for years, but it is legitimately one of those things that made me chill the fuck out on hating "other workers" b/c half those folks who DM'd me sent me shit like "yo I'm turking to pay my electricity I need this" or random dudes in India like "omg it doesn't have US qual I could make my monthly income in a day" p much all the sob stories you'd expect. Who knows how many were/weren't true, the point is that piece of shit dumped ALL of that on me so he could go tour around the country plastering his bullshit "awww think of the poor downtrodden workers" and of course to really top off the irony he has underpaid workers plenty of times when he posts research to the platform.

He also happens to work for a tech company with a very large research division. On their home page their openly brag about how they don't give a shit about ethics, the only thing they "respect" is "innovation" - they have, repeatedly, sent researchers here who have 1) lied about who they were 2) lied about what they were doing 3) pretended to be "workers" to fish for information and 4) brazenly refused to identify themselves when asked what the eff they were doing here.

The entire city he lives in should just be razed to the ground in my book. Nothing of value would be lost.

All the old timers know how I feel about it, but that's the TL;DR of a 4-year burning passion of hatred for that ash hole stealing way too much of my time for his shitty research I never asked or consented to be a part of. And thank fuck I was the guy who ate all those stories, given the way some people react to "triggers" he'd have sent some folks who work on this platform into depression for his own bullshit.
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After finally getting the whole story I now realize you brought it on yourself...

NBadger · May 8, 2020

ChrisTurk said: ↑

TIL mods can't see the ban message
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...I'm vaguely concerned but there's no public chaos so I'll allow it

I am considering vacuuming the daily though

ChrisTurk · May 8, 2020

Laura Gomez said: ↑

I seriously hope I did not inadvertently feed into this by doing whichever hit this guy put up...

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Nah, same as Prolific in my view always, always, always: go get your money girl.

Random Turker · May 8, 2020

Heather Barker [A1YFFEUYF3JTPR] Survey on beliefs about the world - $1.00 | PANDA

Generous

Unrated

Unrated
$15.06 / hour
00:03:59 / completion time

Pros:

Cons:

Catchability: Okay (HIT Last Seen: 88 minutes ago)
Qualifications:

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samoth84 · May 8, 2020

ChrisTurk said: ↑

Years ago, when I was a wee little toxic Turker who would rip into anyone who even thought about posting a batch or who couldn't break $5/hr, a requester was posting HITs on MTurk that paid pretty decently for the time & were usually kinda simple/not a big deal. One of their particular batches randomly showed up, but you had to have a password to work on them. Idk how it was at first but I do remember it was a big shitstorm on the forums because no one fucking had the password.

Someone, as a total joke, told everyone I had the password to this dude's HITs (I did not). It was a joke, I'm a pretty chill dude, I took it about as well as you'd expect but I was inundated with messages from every lurker under the fucking sun asking for it. And half of them had their particular w/e story they felt like sharing.

Well it turns out the HITs weren't actual work. They were research to map / understand how Turkers connect with each other over social media. So while I was having my work day sucked away from me that fuckface researcher was sitting there reading everything everyone was saying and then he'd later use that to go make a big boy name for himself at fancy conferences and sell a fucking book that he got to tour across the country for.

I have joked about it for years, but it is legitimately one of those things that made me chill the fuck out on hating "other workers" b/c half those folks who DM'd me sent me shit like "yo I'm turking to pay my electricity I need this" or random dudes in India like "omg it doesn't have US qual I could make my monthly income in a day" p much all the sob stories you'd expect. Who knows how many were/weren't true, the point is that piece of shit dumped ALL of that on me so he could go tour around the country plastering his bullshit "awww think of the poor downtrodden workers" and of course to really top off the irony he has underpaid workers plenty of times when he posts research to the platform.

He also happens to work for a tech company with a very large research division. On their home page their openly brag about how they don't give a shit about ethics, the only thing they "respect" is "innovation" - they have, repeatedly, sent researchers here who have 1) lied about who they were 2) lied about what they were doing 3) pretended to be "workers" to fish for information and 4) brazenly refused to identify themselves when asked what the eff they were doing here.

The entire city he lives in should just be razed to the ground in my book. Nothing of value would be lost.

All the old timers know how I feel about it, but that's the TL;DR of a 4-year burning passion of hatred for that ash hole stealing way too much of my time for his shitty research I never asked or consented to be a part of. And thank fuck I was the guy who ate all those stories, given the way some people react to "triggers" he'd have sent some folks who work on this platform into depression for his own bullshit.
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Holy shit.

You should share the name so we don't have to work for him. That is pretty fucked.

AlexZ · May 8, 2020

samoth84 said: ↑

You should share the name so we don't have to work for him.
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Ben Dover.

ChrisTurk · May 8, 2020

samoth84 said: ↑

Holy shit.

You should share the name so we don't have to work for him. That is pretty fucked.
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Rule #1

ChrisTurk said: ↑

always, always, always: go get your money girl.
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except.. well.. maybe drop the last word in your case

or not, I don't judge.

Well, I do, but not about that

WillowWolf · May 8, 2020

ChrisTurk said: ↑

Years ago, when I was a wee little toxic Turker who would rip into anyone who even thought about posting a batch or who couldn't break $5/hr, a requester was posting HITs on MTurk that paid pretty decently for the time & were usually kinda simple/not a big deal. One of their particular batches randomly showed up, but you had to have a password to work on them. Idk how it was at first but I do remember it was a big shitstorm on the forums because no one fucking had the password.

Someone, as a total joke, told everyone I had the password to this dude's HITs (I did not). It was a joke, I'm a pretty chill dude, I took it about as well as you'd expect but I was inundated with messages from every lurker under the fucking sun asking for it. And half of them had their particular w/e story they felt like sharing.

Well it turns out the HITs weren't actual work. They were research to map / understand how Turkers connect with each other over social media. So while I was having my work day sucked away from me that fuckface researcher was sitting there reading everything everyone was saying and then he'd later use that to go make a big boy name for himself at fancy conferences and sell a fucking book that he got to tour across the country for.

I have joked about it for years, but it is legitimately one of those things that made me chill the fuck out on hating "other workers" b/c half those folks who DM'd me sent me shit like "yo I'm turking to pay my electricity I need this" or random dudes in India like "omg it doesn't have US qual I could make my monthly income in a day" p much all the sob stories you'd expect. Who knows how many were/weren't true, the point is that piece of shit dumped ALL of that on me so he could go tour around the country plastering his bullshit "awww think of the poor downtrodden workers" and of course to really top off the irony he has underpaid workers plenty of times when he posts research to the platform.

He also happens to work for a tech company with a very large research division. On their home page their openly brag about how they don't give a shit about ethics, the only thing they "respect" is "innovation" - they have, repeatedly, sent researchers here who have 1) lied about who they were 2) lied about what they were doing 3) pretended to be "workers" to fish for information and 4) brazenly refused to identify themselves when asked what the eff they were doing here.

The entire city he lives in should just be razed to the ground in my book. Nothing of value would be lost.

All the old timers know how I feel about it, but that's the TL;DR of a 4-year burning passion of hatred for that ash hole stealing way too much of my time for his shitty research I never asked or consented to be a part of. And thank fuck I was the guy who ate all those stories, given the way some people react to "triggers" he'd have sent some folks who work on this platform into depression for his own bullshit.
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Prob going to get mod-edited for this, but #worth

Tripsa · May 8, 2020

ChrisTurk said: ↑

TIL mods can't see the ban message
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ChrisTurk · May 8, 2020

NBadger said: ↑

...I'm vaguely concerned but there's no public chaos so I'll allow it
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Tripsa said: ↑

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Wait can you guys really not see ban messages? How does it work when you ban someone b/c it shows all the spam accounts w/ msgs

Neven123 · May 8, 2020

New Requester Profile!

In Hye Kang [AUMFC8YS0AY0B] consumer survey - $0.35 | PANDA

Fair

Unrated

Unrated
$14.00 / hour
00:01:30 / completion time

Pros:

Cons:

Catchability: Great (HIT Last Seen: 38 minutes ago)
Qualifications: HIT approval rate (%) > 95; Location EqualTo US;

To read In Hye Kang's full profile check out TurkerView!

samoth84 · May 8, 2020

ChrisTurk said: ↑

Rule #1

except.. well.. maybe drop the last word in your case

or not, I don't judge.

Well, I do, but not about that
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ChrisTurk · May 8, 2020

WillowWolf said: ↑

Prob going to get mod-edited for this, but #worth

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Wait this is from those?

What an absolute fuck. Is this actually real? Can you direct fwd them to the [email protected] email, please? I cannot fucking believe this.

SunlitSunflower · May 8, 2020

Can someone tell me the requester so I can avoid this garbage?

WillowWolf · May 8, 2020

ChrisTurk said: ↑

Wait this is from those?

What an absolute fuck. Is this actually real? Can you direct fwd them to the [email protected] email, please? I cannot fucking believe this.
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lol yeah. give me a minute and I'll send them.

afallstarxfall · May 8, 2020

Title: Earn US $0.50 in about 3-4 minutes. Complete a survey for academic research (respondents in USA only) | PANDA
Requester: Henrik Hagtvedt [ASQJK95BAJQR6]
TurkerView: [ $16.57 / hour ]
Description: You will answer questions that should take 3-4 minutes (we allow the HIT to take longer so you don't get timed out)
Duration: 60 Min
Available: 1
Reward: $0.50
Qualifications:

HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThan 95,

Total approved HITs GreaterThanOrEqualTo 50,

Location EqualTo US,

[3IJ5583D9EW099RK3DRS4BW3XK2E0H]

ChrisTurk · May 8, 2020

WillowWolf said: ↑

lol yeah. give me a minute and I'll send them.
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WHO THE FUCK LETS THIS ash hole INTERACT WITH OTHER HUMAN BEINGS

HE WROTE
A FUCKING BOOK
ABOUT HOW EXPLOITED WE ARE

MONTHS AFTER OPENLY MOCKING PEOPLE HE KNEW HE WASNT PAYING FOR THEIR TIME

FRUSTRATING

SunlitSunflower · May 8, 2020

Oh I see now lol

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