Depends on the penny batches. Not all are equal...
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Title: Categorize an image (WARNING: HIT likely contains adult content. Worker discretion advised) | Accept
Requester: AdsMechanicalTurk [A37SQCCXLV7XRJ] Contact
TV: [Hrly=$10.99] [Pay=3.75] [Fast=null] [Comm=null] [Rej=0] [ToS=0] [Blk=0]
TO: [Pay=3.73] [Fast=5.00] [Comm=0.00] [Fair=5.00] [Reviews=17] [ToS=0]
TO2: [Hrly=7.20] [Pen=0.04 days] [Res=null] [Rec=100%] [Rej=0] [ToS=0] [Brk=0]
Reward: 0.02
Duration: 10:00
Available: 3
Description: Given a single image, classify if it fits into any of several (Up to 10) categories
Qualifications: Total approved HITs GreaterThanOrEqualTo 700; HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 99; Adult Content Qualification EqualTo 1 |
All ProductLLC, so far, have taken seconds. For example...
Under a min..
Title: Decide if a Video is about a Topic | Accept
Requester: Sergey Schmidt [A4IJUXTMQNS4J] Contact
TV: [Hrly=$19.73] [Pay=4.18] [Fast=4.88] [Comm=null] [Rej=0] [ToS=0] [Blk=0]
TO: [Pay=3.38] [Fast=4.97] [Comm=3.67] [Fair=4.97] [Reviews=41] [ToS=0]
TO2: [Hrly=4.41] [Pen=0.09 days] [Res=0%] [Rec=62%] [Rej=0] [ToS=0] [Brk=1]
Reward: 0.10
Duration: 5:00
Available: 1
Description: Given a video and a topic, decide whether the video is about the topic and would be watched because of it.
Qualifications: 2016Q3Centrality Exists ; Location EqualTo US |
All MLDataLabeler have been 2 to 3 seconds, for me...
Title: Classify the following image | Accept
Requester: MLDataLabeler [A3K5D5S00LCHBB] Contact
TV: No Reviews
TO: No Reviews
TO2: No Reviews
Reward: 0.01
Duration: 5:00
Available: 1
Description: Classify the following image
Qualifications: ebf7f7a1-60a7-49e7-b06e-26a3c4bf10d8 DoesNotExist ; HCJCPTJJQPHFGURVYMHZ DoesNotExist |
These were like 4 seconds, depending on your load times..
That's just an example of the past few hours. Daytime, non-Sunday, non-post-Holiday weekend, I'm sure there's tons more.
You are absolutely right that a lot of them are rubbish. Then there are ones that are super quick. Also, getting those numbers(# HITs approved) up there will hopefully make you more likely to be able to participate in better batches. But, with lower numbers, your options are limited. Not that they're any better for anyone with better numbers, at the moment, but # of HITs approved is probably the second most used qualification, after location. It's like if you already know how to do a job but, have no experience. They want to see practical time "behind the wheel". Think of it like a lightly paid internship. I'm not saying do stuff that's severely underpaid but, we've all done things that we could consider a sacrifice of money for experience(qualifications, numbers, scripting, learning). If you think of turking more like a job that can grow with you, the numbers feel like they have more significance. If you think of it like a job that you just learn and then know, without the growth and practice(which you get from batches), a lot of people find that their income potential plateaus as well.
These also take less than 5 seconds...
Title: Evaluate accented English | Accept
Requester: Picolang Inc. [A224VNQRVZJ6SM] Contact
TV: No Reviews
TO: [Pay=3.56] [Fast=4.94] [Comm=4.50] [Fair=5.00] [Reviews=16] [ToS=0]
TO2: [Hrly=7.20] [Pen=0.02 days] [Res=null] [Rec=100%] [Rej=0] [ToS=0] [Brk=0]
Reward: 0.02
Duration: 5:00
Available: 1
Description: Evaluate accented English
Qualifications: Total approved HITs GreaterThan 199; Location In CA, US |
Just my $.02. Good luck
actually she's toned it down from previous years - much more accessible and normal ingredients this year.