yep, my 25 cents is better than no cents "motivation" for the next month or two and knowing that many of you vets say it should be picking up in a few months. All these time frames are new to me as I only started turking January 6th so I have no personal experiences yet of summer or fall or Thanksgiving/Christmastime.
Official turk calendar
Jan 1-15-Post holiday lull
Jan 15-31-School just started give the students time to settle in before starting projects
Feb 1-21st-Presidents day lull
Feb 22nd-April 8th-Dreaded Spring break week from hell and/or easter lull
April 8-April 30th-Slow stretch before final projects at colleges
May 1st-15th-School is almost out
May 15-May 31st-Memorial day Lull
June 1-30-What do you expect, school is out
July 1-15 4th of july lull
July 15th-August 31-I expected it to be bad, but this summer slump is worse than ever, is mturk closing down?
September 1st-September 10th Labor day lull
September 10-October 15th-This should be back to normal but is worse than ever, either school projects havent started or mturk is closing down
October 15th-November 15th-Too many new turkers
November 16th-30 Thanksgiving lull
December 1st to December 20th-Too many new turkers, too many general turkers due to holidays
December 21st to 31st-Christmas and New years slowdown