11/18 - Miserable Monday

From CT:

Before I finally get back to doing the normal weekly run-down I want to throw something new at folks who weren't here yesterday (how dare you!).

In response to the latest "wow MTurk is unethical don't use it" article at the NYTimes yesterday a bunch of us drafted up a blog post to (hopefully) give requesters a more balanced view of the platform & let them know that it's OK to post work on MTurk since we're not being held against our will (..well, some of you are but that's because I can't let you leave meeee) haha.

You can preview it here: https://blog.turkerview.com/p/90be3ee9-decb-4ca2-bdb9-ae7416207afc/

I'd LOVE any further feedback, comments, criticism, etc from folks who weren't around. Yesterday folks were mostly throwing out ideas/etc on the thread & that's totally fine (it was pretty fun lol) just tag me in it so I can see it/respond in the AM. DM is also fine if you don't want to post publicly (title it NY Times or something so I know to check ASAP). I think it's high time we stopped having random journalists "speak for us" since at this point they all seem to say the same thing (weird.. almost like just blindly bashing on Amazon generates page clicks & that's all they care about).

So there it is. It'll likely go live on the site & SM channels today ~10:30AM EST. Sorry for the short notice, I'll probably do the same thing for similar posts that go up & hopefully be able to collect wider feedback but this is pretty time sensitive and it was a bit spur of the moment to begin with now the fun stuff

Top Posts of the Week

Each week folks will earn icons for best individual posts (top 2-3 excluding ties & the admin since people have to like/love/lol at his junk).
Top Posts of the Week

Each week folks will earn icons for best individual posts (top 2-3 excluding ties & the admin since people have to like/love/lol at his junk).

Most Useful Posts
Learn about URL manipulation	5	@ChrisTurk
A/V is super useful	4	@Yuk
AP Broke	4	@Tracy Wethington
We're gonna buy a TV alpaca farm btw	4	@EssArrBee
Also TV is now a religion	3	@THFYM

Funniest Posts
We need a wholesome turker to be the face of TV btw	12	@ChrisTurk
The title @NBadger shot down	12	@ChrisTurk
R U D E	11	@Tracy Wethington
Listen to the new people they are wise beyond Tracy's years	11	@ChrisTurk
Badger earns a dollar	11	@Razr
I'm censoring this post as it says things bad about me	11	@Pronewbi3
This is meta funny & the kind of "fun" you miss if you don't come by on the weekends	11	@jessers
Yeah I only had 2 years of badges pre-done.. even I didn't have faith we'd still be here	11	@leafs4_cup
Oh no dan, noooo	11	@dan
Has 12 LOLs now because I missed it the first time LOL	11	@leafs4_cup

Most Loved Posts
This honestly had all the hearts before the puppy	20	@THFYM
This one is all puppy though	17	@laby
Oh yea this is what we did yesterday lol	16	@ChrisTurk
Puppers	15	@leafs4_cup
Puppers	14	@jessers
WHERE DID ALL THE CATS GO	14	@jessers

>.>	8	@THFYM
RIP fitbit	8	@ChrisTurk
This edit is impressive	6	@ThisPoorGuy
>.> >.> >.>	6	@morweeg
x-mas is cancelled	6	@Girl Polar Bear
I want to remove this from the list but I'm really tired so my stupid self is leaving it	6	@THFYM
More exclusive footage from TV's server compound	6	@Tripsa
Oh yea this was unfortunate	6	@Random Jobber
Not quite as convincing but still more realistic	6	@jessers

Nom What I'm Sayin'?
Food but.. why do we still do these?	6	@angel
Yea this list is food I'm not doing the rest, @ThisPoorGuy what are you doing	6	@Hatticus
Post1394965	5	@SAJ
Post1390753	5	@dan
Post1394734	5	@ThisPoorGuy
Post1389845	5	@Randomacts
Post1391226	5	@Hatticus
Post1390752	4	@InfiniteChanges
Post1393296	4	@lilmsmisses
Post1394737	4	@jessers

Alrighty happy Monday

 

Adelaide CompCogSci [A2UKL52R7I6BX7] Answer some quick questions about hypothetical situations (3-5 min) - $0.80 | PANDA

Generous

Unrated

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$14.77 / hour
00:03:15 / completion time

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Pros:

Cons:

Qualifications: Adelaide Basic Qualification Exists ;

To read Adelaide CompCogSci's full profile check out TurkerView!​

 

New Requester Profile!

JBCM [A1WPQGONXU507J] Principal survey about ethical leadership styles, inclusion attitudes and social justice. - $1.00 | PANDA

Unrated

Unrated

Unrated

$8.55 / hour
00:07:01 / completion time

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Pros:
Could be done faster

Cons:

Qualifications:

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

 

Gaurav Suri [AJWFI0D5QAQFY] Simple Arithmetic Survey(~ 20 minutes) - $0.25 | PANDA

Underpaid

Unrated

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$1.19 / hour
00:12:39 / completion time

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Pros:
simple math

Cons:
Too many problems

Qualifications: Exc: [182171-181582] DoesNotExist ; Total approved HITs >= 1000; HIT approval rate (%) >= 95; Location In US;

To read Gaurav Suri's full profile check out TurkerView!​

 

Adelaide CompCogSci [A2UKL52R7I6BX7] Answer some quick questions about hypothetical situations (3-5 min) - $0.80 | PANDA

Unrated

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Unrated

$10.51 / hour
00:04:34 / completion time

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Pros:
Could be done faster

Cons:

Qualifications: Adelaide Basic Qualification Exists ;

To read Adelaide CompCogSci's full profile check out TurkerView!​

 

AudioKite [A1ZEEGMU3YMZ6] Listen to a pop song and answer a survey about it. - $0.13 | PANDA

Low

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$6.59 / hour
00:01:11 / completion time

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Pros:

Cons:

Qualifications: Likes Pop / Dance >= 1; HIT approval rate (%) >= 95; Location EqualTo US;

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

 

Mathew Isaac [A3QFF05E1GNDN8] Take a Brief Consumer Survey on Your Computer(~ 5 minutes) - $0.10 | PANDA

Underpaid

Unrated

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$3.36 / hour
00:01:47 / completion time

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Pros:

Cons:

Qualifications: Exc: [1336980364-182527] DoesNotExist ; HIT approval rate (%) >= 90; Location In US;

To read Mathew Isaac's full profile check out TurkerView!​

 

AudioKite [A1ZEEGMU3YMZ6] Listen to a electronic song and answer a survey about it. - $0.27 | PANDA

Low

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$6.35 / hour
00:02:33 / completion time

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Pros:

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Qualifications: Likes Electronic / Avant-Garde >= 1; HIT approval rate (%) >= 95; Location EqualTo US;

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

 

UserBob [A1G1PATDFBA7E5] Upload 8-minute screencast of a website - $2.80 | PANDA

Generous

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$19.96 / hour
00:08:25 / completion time

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Pros:

Cons:

Qualifications: demographic11841 EqualTo 1; Reviewer >= 3; HIT approval rate (%) >= 99;

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

 

I waited, but then I figured he was too busy grinding penny batches to earn the maximum Mturk hourly wage of 97¢.

 

Ecker Memory & Cognition Lab [A250HIYE1MJN7A] Psychology Experiment(~ 10 minutes) - $1.35 | PANDA

Fair

Unrated

Unrated

$7.79 / hour
00:10:24 / completion time

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Pros:

Cons:

Qualifications: Total approved HITs >= 5000; HIT approval rate (%) >= 98; Location In US;

To read Ecker Memory & Cognition Lab's full profile check out TurkerView!​

 

AudioKite [A1ZEEGMU3YMZ6] Listen to a instrumental song and answer a survey about it. - $0.20 | PANDA

Low

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Unrated

$4.50 / hour
00:02:40 / completion time

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Pros:

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Qualifications: Genre Category: Instrumental >= 1; HIT approval rate (%) >= 95; Location EqualTo US;

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

 

Zhengyu Zhang [A1D0923W79EPM6] Understanding Comments in Anonymous Online Discussion Boards - $0.35 | PANDA

Low

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$4.70 / hour
00:04:28 / completion time

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Pros:

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Qualifications: Reddit Account Holder EqualTo 1; Total approved HITs > 500; HIT approval rate (%) > 95; Location EqualTo US;

To read Zhengyu Zhang's full profile check out TurkerView!​

 

Maze [A1D8RNWK41HDVE] Small usability task & feedback on a website/app prototype. (~20 minute) - $1.10 | PANDA

Generous

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$17.14 / hour
00:03:51 / completion time

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Pros:

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Qualifications: maze_age_12 <= 6931; maze_age_12 >= 1723;

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

 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive...mechanical-turk.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab

wtf man, I make $9.89 an hour, and that's my adjusted hourly. Looks like someone was transcribing receipts for Panel. (He actually did a bunch of really hard batches.)

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"Only 4 percent of turkers, the researchers found, made more than the federal minimum wage, $7.25 an hour." damn

 

i doubt its 4 percent, an article that came out years ago said less than 1 and that is when wages were higher.

 

Weird to think how turk is less lucrative today than it was say 4 years ago, crowd sourcing should be increasing not going down.