I got curious about the history and ended up googling 900 lines. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premium-rate_telephone_number#United_States_and_Canada is more interesting than I was expecting. Crazy to think that this wasn't that long ago and is largely gone now.
| Title: Hotel Survey(~ 2 minutes) | Accept Requester: Research Center [A3H7VSVDYXA00O] Contact TV: [Hrly=$10.36] [Pay=Fair] [Approval=1-3 days] [Comm=Unrated] [Rej=0] [Blk=0] TO: [Pay=2.48] [Fast=4.32] [Comm=3.00] [Fair=4.56] [Reviews=55] [ToS=3] TO2: No Reviews Reward: 0.41 Duration: 15:00 Available: 1 Description: Brief survey on your opinion about hotels. Qualifications: Total approved HITs GreaterThanOrEqualTo 1000; HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 75; Exc: [800203649-188988] DoesNotExist ; Location In US |
In 1971 we were on a party line and my parents viewed the phone as a tool for business and occasion long-distance family calls on the holidays - I don’t recall anything except the kids that ran up BIG bills for their parents using the numbers - The good old days weren’t all that good . . .
I saw someone fail an attention check for typing smores like this.
hmmmm..... i guess the ads must have only been visible to men.
| Title: Survey of privacy technology (less than 10 minutes, computer required) | Accept Requester: cogpc.lab [A3UB102BJE9SKD] Contact TV: [Hrly=$16.35] [Pay=Generous] [Approval=~24 hrs] [Comm=Unrated] [Rej=0] [Blk=0] TO: [Pay=1.86] [Fast=3.50] [Comm=1.00] [Fair=3.00] [Reviews=18] [ToS=0] TO2: No Reviews Reward: 1.00 Duration: 1:00:00 Available: 1 Description: Read description of privacy protection technique and answer questions about the technique. Qualifications: Total approved HITs GreaterThan 100; in-appSurvey DoesNotExist ; HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThan 95; fake_news_AI_exp1_pilot_part DoesNotExist ; Location EqualTo US |
Cletus T Judd had a song called 1-900-Shiela. If you have never heard of him, he is like a country Weird Al. This is the link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7FCDAAezVY&t=10shmmmm..... i guess the ads must have only been visible to men.
ads were about calling and talking dirty to a phone sex operator or would feature high school age girls dressed as if they were adult film stars holding a phone up to their ear and speaking to the camera about calling to talk to other singles.
i never called these 900 lines as i value money.
| Title: Create an advertisement (12 minute survey) | Accept Requester: Kanny [A3JGWG7Z21Y73P] Contact TV: [Hrly=$9.50] [Pay=Fair] [Approval=1-3 days] [Comm=Unrated] [Rej=0] [Blk=0] TO: [Pay=1.17] [Fast=5.00] [Comm=0.00] [Fair=3.00] [Reviews=7] [ToS=0] TO2: No Reviews Reward: 1.00 Duration: 25:00 Available: 0 Description: Create an advertisement and give your opinion Qualifications: Not available from queue exports. |
| Title: Content Moderation Task ($1.81 base) Batch #14 | Accept Requester: Content Moderation [AVS31MLSSCFXX] Contact TV: [Hrly=$85.48] [Pay=Generous] [Approval=~24 hrs] [Comm=Excellent] [Rej=0] [Blk=0] TO: [Pay=5.00] [Fast=5.00] [Comm=0.00] [Fair=5.00] [Reviews=3] [ToS=0] TO2: No Reviews Reward: 1.81 Duration: 1:00:00 Available: 0 Description: Help us moderate social media posts to remove political content Qualifications: Not available from queue exports. |
| Title: Answer a short survey | Accept Requester: Rene Flores [A1UVCUJ6IKTB7D] Contact TV: [Hrly=$12.52] [Pay=Good] [Approval=~24 hrs] [Comm=Unrated] [Rej=0] [Blk=0] TO: [Pay=3.85] [Fast=5.00] [Comm=3.67] [Fair=4.47] [Reviews=25] [ToS=0] TO2: No Reviews Reward: 0.65 Duration: 1:00:00 Available: 1 Description: Answer a short, fun survey Qualifications: HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThan 95; Location EqualTo US |
| Title: Survey about behaviors you may engage in | Accept Requester: Danny [A35P7EOGVDYDOP] Contact TV: [Hrly=$13.01] [Pay=Good] [Approval=1-3 days] [Comm=Unrated] [Rej=0] [Blk=0] TO: [Pay=4.25] [Fast=5.00] [Comm=0.00] [Fair=5.00] [Reviews=5] [ToS=0] TO2: No Reviews Reward: 0.50 Duration: 1:00:00 Available: 0 Description: This survey focuses on how you view various behaviors. It should take about 5 minutes to complete. Qualifications: Not available from queue exports. |
| Title: A short online survey about your opinions (~5 min)(~ 5 minutes) | PANDA Requester: Camilla Song [A2NZ55AP7TS4FH] (Req TV): $13.98/hr/hr (TO): [Pay: 2.09] [Fair: 4.36] [Comm: 4.00] [Fast: 4.50] Description: This is a short online survey (taking less than 5 min) Time: 30 minutes(s) HITs Available: 22 Reward: $0.60 Qualifications: Total approved HITs GreaterThanOrEqualTo 500; Exc: [1467332474-188999] DoesNotExist ; HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 95; Location In US; |
| Title: Content Moderation Task ($1.81 base) Batch #17 | Accept Requester: Content Moderation [AVS31MLSSCFXX] Contact TV: [Hrly=$85.48] [Pay=Generous] [Approval=~24 hrs] [Comm=Excellent] [Rej=0] [Blk=0] TO: [Pay=5.00] [Fast=5.00] [Comm=0.00] [Fair=5.00] [Reviews=3] [ToS=0] TO2: No Reviews Reward: 1.81 Duration: 1:00:00 Available: 0 Description: Help us moderate social media posts to remove political content Qualifications: Not available from queue exports. |
| Title: Consumer Preferences 1 | Accept Requester: nballred [A1SF67RDRROL3N] Contact TV: [Hrly=$15.22] [Pay=Good] [Approval=~24 hrs] [Comm=Unrated] [Rej=0] [Blk=0] TO: [Pay=1.00] [Fast=3.00] [Comm=1.00] [Fair=5.00] [Reviews=2] [ToS=0] TO2: No Reviews Reward: 1.00 Duration: 1:00:00 Available: 1 Description: Answer questions about you consumer preferences and provide consumer insights. Qualifications: Not available from queue exports. |
| Title: Email Communication Exercise and Feedback(~ 25 minutes) | Accept Requester: Thiraput Pitichat [A14H4DUZ7DKBFP] Contact TV: [Hrly=$10.30] [Pay=Unrated] [Approval=Unrated] [Comm=Unrated] [Rej=0] [Blk=0] TO: [Pay=2.00] [Fast=0.00] [Comm=0.00] [Fair=0.00] [Reviews=1] [ToS=0] TO2: No Reviews Reward: 2.75 Duration: 1:30:00 Available: 5 Description: Participate in this email communication exercise and receive instant feedback based on your responses. You will answer some questions about yourself before and after the exercise. Qualifications: Not available from queue exports. |
| Title: Survey about a proposed video | Accept Requester: Tyler D Milfeld [A8EY2J5H2ZVT] Contact TV: [Hrly=$18.41] [Pay=Generous] [Approval=~24 hrs] [Comm=Unrated] [Rej=0] [Blk=0] TO: [Pay=3.33] [Fast=5.00] [Comm=0.00] [Fair=3.00] [Reviews=4] [ToS=0] TO2: No Reviews Reward: 1.15 Duration: 1:00:00 Available: 1 Description: Provide your opinion about a script for a proposed video Qualifications: NT DoesNotExist ; HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThan 95; Location EqualTo US |
