12/02 - New Feature Friday! TurkerHub xPort v1

We all know HIT posters are the real crowd pleasers when it comes to mTurk forums..

Spoiler: RL Footage of forum members when WimpLo posts HITs to TH

But honestly, its so tedious.. Find the HIT you want to export, copy the code, find your forum tab in the middle of a queue full of Breligs and the 800 StackOverflow tabs you have open trying to make them worth more than .30c/hr, scroll down past 4 pages of folks arguing if its really butter, paste the code into the box and then hit the Submit button for that sweet, sweet 5/5 TO Pay rating. ..But what if I told you there was a simpler way?

Spoiler: dramatic music

Introducing TurkerHub xPort​

TL;DR:

• Install the script (click here)
• Change the top 2 values (username/password) to match your forum account
• Load up mTurk or HitScraper, click the buttons next to good HITs (please don't spam the forum w/ bad HITs 'testing' it
• ??
• Help other people profit! (..and profit by saving time/hassle)

More In-Depth Explanation/Info​

Purpose
Forums live and die by the HITs posted in their daily threads (over dramatic, I know). But seriously, HIT posters do a lot for us and they often go unheralded in all the hustle & bustle of trying to finish/submit HITs we all snag here. I've always thought its weird just how horrible of a process it is to actually post a HIT to a forum (or God forbid, multiple forums) so I wanted to work on streamlining the process and really encourage more HIT sharing in our community. I know folks don't love HN but fact is HITs are going to get posted somewhere, and I for one would rather see them here!

So here is v1 of TurkerHub xPort. It should shave off a couple seconds every time a member is nice enough to share a HIT with the community, and as all Turkers know every second is valuable! I'd love feedback, advice, & suggestions on other improvements that could be made to the script, or the process in general. But for now, onto a quick user guide.

Setup
You can install the script by going clicking this: Install Link

After installing it you'll need to change two lines around L23:

Code:

/* CHANGE THESE VALUES */
var user = 'forumUsername';
var pass = 'forumPassword';

I've setup some back-end stuff to allow the script to authenticate with TH's server and post data from your account. It can't read anything private about your account, it can only authenticate & post/see publicly viewable data. Its about as secure as logging into the forum normally, its just done without the user interface. Nonetheless, please take this opportunity to review this awesome guide by @Trickydude24 about keeping your mTurk account secure!

Once you've edited those two lines the script will be fully functional.

Using TurkerHub xPort

*** Please do NOT "test" the script on junk HITs. ***
I know its hard to refrain, but with multiple users installing it in short order today it'll really clog up the forum and be a general mess. Part of the reason I'm releasing it on a Friday is because traffic should be a bit lower, so go find great HITs, make big bucks, and share the wealth with your fellow weekend warriors



#1 - This is the export button. Clicking this will tell the script to send this HIT (and any comments you have noted on it) to the forum. Once you click it you're 100% done, the script will do the rest for you.
#2 - This is the comment box. You can make note of time, bonuses, or whatever other comments you'd make about the script here.
#3 - Previously shared HITs will be marked as unavailable to export for the rest of the day (you can repost them again tomorrow if they show back up though!). For the most part this is to cut down on spam.
#4 - Error Notice. Before posting a HIT the script will take a quick peek at the thread and make sure no one else has already posted it in the last couple of minutes. If it finds that someone has, it'll let you know. Simply clicking this notice will dismiss it, or you can ignore it if its not in your way (it wont steal focus or render the website unresponsive).

Things may be styled differently when this script overlays on top of something like Hit Scraper, but everything will function the same.

That's it. Simple, efficient HIT sharing.

Bugs, Feature Suggestions, etc

The only currently known bug with the script is that if you're using live update on the Daily HITs thread your new posts will not show up for some reason. Quite frankly I have no idea where to even begin with this, but I'm inclined to leave it as is since, honestly, you don't really need to see the HIT anyway so its just clutter . Any replies or alerts your post generates will still come through without issues (and of course you can see your post if you reload the page).

Two people have already requester 'Hit Finder' support, so I'll add that in before the weekend's over (I tried to squeeze it in here in the last 20min, but didn't make the deadline, sorry!).

As for everything else, please either reply to the TurkerHub xPort Discussion Thread or shoot me a DM.

Disclaimer
This is incredibly hackey.. I only cared about getting the functionality out there, everything else fell by the wayside as I've been putting way too much time into not working LOL. So I'll probably be editing/updating a lot as time goes on.

 

So it adds, like, a button on mturk/hitscraper and you can click it, make a comment about it, and it'll automatically post it if it hasn't been posted before that day? Sounds more convenient than copying and pasting the forum code thing at least

 

You need to put your comment in the textbox before clicking the button. Once you click the button, its on the forum a second or so later.

You also don't have to comment, its optional. It'll post the HIT w/ no comment, I just added it in there since sometimes people are nice and give times and such.

IMO its like getting rid of CAPTCHAs. Just eliminating a small annoyance in folk's day who help me out by posting HITs here

 

Wow @ChrisTurk brought us a MAJOR new toy tonight! Gotta give this a go in a few! LOL

Meantime at the Ranch ... Rev went out "shopping" today and brought home a couple new toys for ME

I now have some brand spanking new 32" TCL Roku TV Monitor(s) for those days when the creeky geriatric body just won't function and get out of the hospital bed. I can hook up the trusty ol' laptop and Turk Away ... AND ... Ham Up on some Netflix!

Hey where's a @Polar Bear when you need him? Rev also got me a new lap blanket so I don't get a chill while Turkin' :



Gotta love a fella that spoils ya rotten in your old age

 

Ooh! Sounds pretty nifty! I'll definitely have to play around with it when I get up tomorrow

Have a great night/day/etc. everyone btw lol

 

Very nice and useful, time saving Chris.............

 

... /sticking toe back into this with a wishful thinking enhancement ....

might this also be massaged to work with the @Kadauchi script for Prolific Academy? (((batting eyelashes wildly)))

 

Sure, I'll add it to the 'scripts to support' list. Right now its just that and Hit Finder, so if folks know of others just let me know.

 

All installed and ready to go hunting for hits ... LOL Thanks, @ChrisTurk

 

Title: Categorize Home Kitchen Countertops | PANDA Requester: Opendoor [AGM68B3G8KHNC] (Contact) TO: [Comm: 5.00] [Pay: 3.06] [Fair: 4.71] [Fast: 3.76] Description Categorize the kitchen countertop in a set of home photos} Time: 24 hours HITs Available: 134 Reward $0.02 Qualifications: Categorization Masters has been granted;

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Title: Detect if a Profile Contains Spam - Task #1480673698 | PANDA Requester: Hyperion [A3RSXC99SWTLNV] (Contact) TO: [Fast: 1.67][Pay: 4.05] [Fair: 4.81] [Fast: 4.73] Description Browse a sample user profile and determine whether or not it contains spam Time: 5 minutes HITs Available: 1 Reward $0.04 Qualifications: Total approved HITs is not less than 50; HIT approval rate (%) is not less than 90;

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Title: Find YouTube News channels | PANDA Requester: Sergey Schmidt [A1IFMRTRLY6CMX] (Contact) TO: [Fast: 1.96][Pay: 3.69] [Fair: 4.18] [Fast: 4.35] Description In this exercise you will be given the name of an entity, and your task will be to find its official YouTube channel. Time: 10 minutes HITs Available: 334 Reward $0.10 Qualifications: None

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Title: A short survey about advertisement | PANDA Requester: Rong Huang [A3EJV93XYEE3SA] (TO) TO Ratings: ★★★★★ 4.29 Communicativity ★★★★★ 3.87 Generosity ★★★★★ 4.55 Fairness ★★★★★ 4.74 Promptness Number of Reviews: 67 | TOS Flags: 0 Submit a new TO review Description: Complete several tasks and answer some questions Time: 60 minutes HITs Available: 1 Reward: $1.25 Qualifications: Photoshopped Face Study has not been granted;Total approved HITs is not less than 1000;HIT approval rate (%) is not less than 98;Location is US

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@rater9 I can watch you over...

Spoiler

https://www.polarbearsinternational...handmade-spectacled-bear-conservation-society

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Title: Do you see a difference in the images? (WARNING: This HIT may contain adult content. Worker discretion is advised.) | PANDA Requester: Amazon Requester Inc. - A9 Data Validation [A3HLF55H6JSTI0] (Contact) TO: [Comm: 3.86] [Pay: 2.61] [Fair: 4.36] [Fast: 4.31] Description Compare two images and provide answers. Time: 10 minutes HITs Available: 7356 Reward $0.02 Qualifications: Location is one of:; Blocked has not been granted; Category Validation Qualification is 10; Adult Content Qualification is 1;

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@ChrisTurk

Is there (or will there be in the future) a way to use Hide tags?

 

What's ever truly "hidden?"

 

In the end, nothing, but if you happen to be first, I'd rather give the people here a few seconds head start on 5/5 paying hits.

 

Is there a script for these?

 

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Title: Rate the audio file | PANDA Requester: Thor Russell [A1RC6AMW9EP941] (TO) TO Ratings: ★★★★★ 5.00 Communicativity ★★★★★ 4.29 Generosity ★★★★★ 5.00 Fairness ★★★★★ 5.00 Promptness Number of Reviews: 7 | TOS Flags: 0 Submit a new TO review Description: Rate the audio file based on how easy it was to understand and the range of English demonstrated Time: 60 minutes HITs Available: 5 Reward: $0.07 Qualifications: SpeakingAssessor is greater than 0;Speaking Assessor L2 is greater than 0;HIT approval rate (%) is greater than 25

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