04/07 - Treasurable Hits Thursday!

[themildone]

Pretty sure I told my story before a while ago. Anyway, it was before I was aware of Turkopticon probably 3 or so months after I started turking (because I didn't bother to look up any resources like scripts, forums, etc. until like a year after I started turking) I found a hit and the requester was Cyclocross Magazine. I was supposed to go through the whole 45 page magazine and write down any spelling or grammatical errors. I looked up the website online and it was a real magazine, so I figured the hit was legit.

The base pay for the hit was $5.00 and I forgot how much they were supposed to bonus for every error I found. Anyway, I sat there all day for 6+ hours and finally found about 50 errors netting me around $40 or $45, I don't remember the exact amount, plus the base pay. Well, you can figure what happened, the assholes paid me the $5.00 for the hit but never gave me a bonus (after repeated attempts at contacting them). Later on when I discovered Turkopticon, I read the reviews and other people said they got stiffed their bonuses as well.

oh my god you poor soul

 

[hyway]

Greetings from Amazon Mechanical Turk,

You've received a bonus from Roasted Duck Surveys for work related to 3UEBBGULPENIEA66BU7PJT7F1GTUFY.
The value of your bonus is: $11.15 USD

The Requester included this note:
This is the bonus you earned based on your responses to our survey.

Thanks for being a Worker on Mechanical Turk!

same here about the $4 for not getting the initial hit.

 

[themildone]

are HIT windows not loading for anyone else? shows it's done loading but it's blank.

 

[Cara]

this was like a minute bee tee dubs

this took me 16 fucking minutes because i am completely unable to take a screenshot apparently.
phones are dumb.

 

[coffeeowl]

Pretty sure I told my story before a while ago. Anyway, it was before I was aware of Turkopticon probably 3 or so months after I started turking (because I didn't bother to look up any resources like scripts, forums, etc. until like a year after I started turking) I found a hit and the requester was Cyclocross Magazine. I was supposed to go through the whole 45 page magazine and write down any spelling or grammatical errors. I looked up the website online and it was a real magazine, so I figured the hit was legit.

The base pay for the hit was $5.00 and I forgot how much they were supposed to bonus for every error I found. Anyway, I sat there all day for 6+ hours and finally found about 50 errors netting me around $40 or $45, I don't remember the exact amount, plus the base pay. Well, you can figure what happened, the assholes paid me the $5.00 for the hit but never gave me a bonus (after repeated attempts at contacting them). Later on when I discovered Turkopticon, I read the reviews and other people said they got stiffed their bonuses as well.

I would be pissed too! Grrr. Sorry they got away with it.

 

[Starslip]

Pretty sure I told my story before a while ago. Anyway, it was before I was aware of Turkopticon probably 3 or so months after I started turking (because I didn't bother to look up any resources like scripts, forums, etc. until like a year after I started turking) I found a hit and the requester was Cyclocross Magazine. I was supposed to go through the whole 45 page magazine and write down any spelling or grammatical errors. I looked up the website online and it was a real magazine, so I figured the hit was legit.

The base pay for the hit was $5.00 and I forgot how much they were supposed to bonus for every error I found. Anyway, I sat there all day for 6+ hours and finally found about 50 errors netting me around $40 or $45, I don't remember the exact amount, plus the base pay. Well, you can figure what happened, the assholes paid me the $5.00 for the hit but never gave me a bonus (after repeated attempts at contacting them). Later on when I discovered Turkopticon, I read the reviews and other people said they got stiffed their bonuses as well.

Ouch

 

[kryss]

/me waits

 

[Peachy]

where a9s at

 

[aveline]

are HIT windows not loading for anyone else? shows it's done loading but it's blank.

I'm not having that issue. Is it a specific HIT, or multiple different HITs? When HIT frames don't load, it usually means you have to click the shield in the address bar.

 

[lobo925]

Title: Extract purchased items from a shopping receipt | PANDA Requester: ScoutIt [A3RRY7BIF8JDCS] (TO) TO Ratings: ★★★★★ 2.77 Communicativity ★★★★★ 2.44 Generosity ★★★★★ 3.38 Fairness ★★★★★ 3.20 Promptness Number of Reviews: 483 TOS Flags: 2 Submit a new TO review Description: Transcribe all of the purchased items and total from a shopping receipt Time: 2 hours HITs Available: 1793 Reward: $0.08 Qualifications: None

 

[Starslip]

Don't suppose anyone heard from FIOS guy lately?

Not since the mail yesterday saying there'd be HITs today

 

[Bode "Emo Barry" Miller]

Title: Help us improve our site navigation! Requester: Patrick Squire [A27FW7OEOP3QPL] (TO) TO Ratings: 0.00 Communicativity 5.00 Generosity 0.00 Fairness 0.00 Promptness Number of Reviews: 2 (Submit a new TO rating for this requester) Description: Sort navigation items into the correct categories. Time: 60 minutes Hits Available: 1 Reward: $2.00 Qualifications: Masters has been granted, Location is US

 

[themildone]

I'm not having that issue. Is it a specific HIT, or multiple different HITs? When HIT frames don't load, it usually means you have to click the shield in the address bar.

multiple hits, seems to be mainly survey ones. I don't have a shield or anything

 

[catnapped]

multiple hits, seems to be mainly survey ones. I don't have a shield or anything

Turkprime isn't working for me. Are those what you're having problems with?

 

[Krykiet]

this took me 16 fucking minutes because i am completely unable to take a screenshot apparently.
phones are dumb.

PEBCAK? *giggles* I tease.

 

[hyway]

where a9s at

in ma belly

 

[Peachy]

Title: Extract purchased items from a shopping receipt | PANDA Requester: ScoutIt [A3RRY7BIF8JDCS] (TO) TO Ratings: ★★★★★ 2.77 Communicativity ★★★★★ 2.44 Generosity ★★★★★ 3.38 Fairness ★★★★★ 3.20 Promptness Number of Reviews: 483 TOS Flags: 2 Submit a new TO review Description: Transcribe all of the purchased items and total from a shopping receipt Time: 2 hours HITs Available: 1793 Reward: $0.08 Qualifications: None

Shit. Where has this requester been all my turking life? Fire hits

 

[themildone]

Turkprime isn't working for me. Are those what you're having problems with?

dunno, it's the hit preview iframe

 

[lobo925]

Shit. Where has this requester been all my turking life? Fire hits

Those hits paid for my lambo

 

[C to the J]

Turkprime isn't working for me. Are those what you're having problems with?

It's been off and on all week.