Another question. How do you guys catch so many great HITs if you can only have Panda Crazy trying to catch two or three to avoid PREs? I use HIT forker and HIT notifier and before I know it I am trying to catch too many and it's all slowed down. And then I always hate deleting them out of my queue because you have no idea knowing if they are dead or not.
@Jerami please be patient with this new turker :tearsofjoy: In all fairness you have been a big help along my journey. You all have been great.
Let's say a HIT drops at 5:35PM, it appears on HIT Finder, and you simply miss catching it. Let's say that HIT has a 2-hour timer too...
Your odds of catching that same HIT again, via Panda Crazy or Hit Catcher, are much higher at 7:35PM, when the HIT expires from the queues of those who caught it but didn't finish it, than the odds of catching it 1-2 minutes after you miss it on HIT Finder.
The strategy I employ is selectively turning off-and-on about 10-20 Watchers (I use HIT Finder) such that only 1 or 2 are on at a time, but I track the HIT timers and estimate when various HITs I missed are due to expire, then turn on the corresponding Watchers a few minutes before the HITs I missed expire.
Why does this works reasonably well? Some people are good at grabbing all of the HITs, and have such a full queue that they simply cannot finish all of them in time. Additionally, there are people who run auto-accepters and they'll catch HITs faster than you, but they're also sometimes AFK and their unattended computers are simply catching HITs that will ultimately expire.
