11/14 - Thoroughbred Thursday

[coffeeowl]

Yeah, I'm not pleased. I had to pull money from savings to cover stuff and I'm going to be short on other stuff if I can't get a decent transfer to my bank by the weekend. This, of course, right after the announcement that in a couple months we're only going to get one shot at a transfer each week. I can't say I'm feeling all that hopeful about it.

I was really hoping it would be cleared up by tomorrow so I could pay some bills with it. My emergency fund went bye bye after my job loss/health crisis and my budget is tight right now until I get caught up. That's why I'm here. To make money in a timely manner. Not have them pay whenever it suits them.

 

[Blakkat]

Title: Survey about Agricultural Products | Accept Requester: tamuagec [A2JS5ZGER7BGP0] Contact TV: [Hrly=$8.01] [Pay=Fair] [Approval=~24 hrs] [Comm=Unrated] [Rej=0] [Blk=0] TO: [Pay=4.00] [Fast=2.00] [Comm=0.00] [Fair=5.00] [Reviews=2] [ToS=0] TO2: No Reviews Reward: 2.00 Duration: 1:40:00 Available: 1 Description: Survey about Agricultural Products Qualifications: Not available from queue exports.

 

[afallstarxfall]

Title: Evaluating crowdfunding projects (10 minutes survey) | Accept Requester: Darren Jin [ATO9P68XE8GB1] Contact TV: [Hrly=$10.59] [Pay=Fair] [Approval=1-3 days] [Comm=Unrated] [Rej=0] [Blk=0] TO: [Pay=2.33] [Fast=0.00] [Comm=0.00] [Fair=0.00] [Reviews=3] [ToS=0] TO2: No Reviews Reward: 1.20 Duration: 1:00:00 Available: 1 Description: Give us your opinion about a crowdfunding project Qualifications: Not available from queue exports.

 

[klingeemonster]

Ive used a chrome extension that types what you say into any text box on a web page, I use is all the time on writing HIT's. Makes it 10x easier when I can just say it and have a program type it all out for me. I'm pretty sure that isnt violating any TOS because I know some disabled turkers who would use this too. I also have custom made macro scripts that click on pre determined areas of a HIT page to speed up the process. But Im still doing the clicking, so its not replacing my human intelligence. Never once got a warning from Amazon about botting yet.

I'm probably using the same voice typing program you are, the one with the microphone up in the right corner and I've been using it for years with no problem from mturk. It would take me forever to type out some of these" remember a time" or "explain your rationale" type hits if I was relying on my typing skills alone.

 

[MinkyMona]

Got this today:

This is a warning to let you know that we have identified activity associated with your Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) Worker account that is in violation of the MTurk Participation Agreement. Specifically, your account has been flagged for using robots, scripts, or other automated methods as a substitute for your human intelligence and independent judgment, which violates Section 3(b) of the MTurk Participation Agreement

The only thing I can think of is having two hits of a batch open at once. I haven't used scripts on hits for about 3 weeks....

I got the same message and all I do is hotel photos and SurveyComet.

 

[afallstarxfall]

Title: Study about your values | Accept Requester: Primate Gestures and Signing [A3SSV1QDNYABDC] Contact TV: [Hrly=$11.13] [Pay=Good] [Approval=~24 hrs] [Comm=Unrated] [Rej=0] [Blk=0] TO: [Pay=2.77] [Fast=4.50] [Comm=3.29] [Fair=4.60] [Reviews=31] [ToS=0] TO2: No Reviews Reward: 0.61 Duration: 2:00:00 Available: 0 Description: Read news and give us your impressions Qualifications: Not available from queue exports.

 

[themildone]

my feet are going to be perpetually cold for the foreseeable future. I'm wearing fuzzy red panda socks and fuzzy slippers but they're still icy

 

[roair]

Ummm...I think I got a second email. One at 11am and the other at 12:30....

(do I get a prize?)

 

[C to the J]

my feet are going to be perpetually cold for the foreseeable future. I'm wearing fuzzy red panda socks and fuzzy slippers but they're still icy

@Kerek

 

[YAHU]

@Kerek

@krek

 

[Despairagus]

Ummm...I think I got a second email. One at 11am and the other at 12:30....

(do I get a prize?)

What's the second one say?

 

[keljenner]

Yeah, I have a $600 transfer from over the weekend that's still stuck in limbo, it seems.

Mine is $341. Hopefully the higher amounts will light a fire under their asses to fix it.

 

[themildone]

Mine is $341. Hopefully the higher amounts will light a fire under their asses to fix it.

Mine was only $3.61...lmao

 

[klingeemonster]

Well I fixed my busted water pipe and I thought I'd be missing a bunch of hits by going out there and doing that now. But from the looks of it, I guess I had nothing to worry about. If Mturk keeps up this blistering pace, I'm going to have to go out and start chopping wood too.

 

[roair]

What's the second one say?

exactly like the first.

 

[C to the J]

Well I fixed my busted water pipe and I thought I'd be missing a bunch of hits by going out there and doing that now. But from the looks of it, I guess I had nothing to worry about. If Mturk keeps up this blistering pace, I'm going to have to go out and start chopping wood too.

I haven't done a hit since you left.

 

[klingeemonster]

I haven't done a hit since you left.

Yeah, that's definitely what it looks like on the Turkernator.

 

[chrisd6]

You've received a bonus from Emile for work related to 3EKTG13IZV6M8UN45NDEKV0QKXQMLK.
The value of your bonus is: $2.50 USD

The Requester included this note:
Thank you again for participating in our study! You were informed during the task that you would receive an amount between $0 and $5. Half of everyone who participated were randomly selected to receive $0 and half were selected to receive $2.50. In order to be fair, everyone who participated will be given $2.50 as a bonus. Thank you again for your time and attention!


You've received a bonus from Dynamic Decision Making Laboratory for work related to 36FQTHX3Z3R5SRECZ12IP7HGMDBB3E.
The value of your bonus is: $2.40 USD

The Requester included this note:
Thank you for your careful work on our HIT.


Well these were both unexpected

 

[masterx1234]

So its not just me? I havent seen a HIT in the past 25 minutes. Some weird fuckery going on with the site today or requesters just sleeping in late?

 

[afallstarxfall]

Title: Enjoyment of hedonic experiences | Accept Requester: Baler Bilgin [A1XHDQ9B3OVTYE] Contact TV: [Hrly=$8.63] [Pay=Fair] [Approval=~24 hrs] [Comm=Unrated] [Rej=0] [Blk=0] TO: [Pay=1.00] [Fast=5.00] [Comm=0.00] [Fair=5.00] [Reviews=5] [ToS=0] TO2: No Reviews Reward: 0.40 Duration: 1:00:00 Available: 0 Description: We will ask you to listen to a song sample and indicate your enjoyment. Qualifications: Not available from queue exports.