I submitted this as feedback. I'm probably going to be banned from mTurk... If that happens, I did it for all of us!"As some of you may know, on July 22nd Amazon effectively quadrupled its fees for high-volume requesters. Before that day, Amazon charged 10% of whatever we paid to workers, but now it takes a full 40% of what is paid to workers. While the reasons for this price increase are unclear, its effects are crystal clear: because we are in a time of limited research funding, this will lead to a reduction in either 1) the number of HITs created by academics, 2) the level of pay workers receive, or 3) both of these things. In order to continue running these short studies on MTurk at all, Amazon has forced me to reduce the pay associated with them by a few cents (and I'm still paying significantly more overall than I used to!). If you can, please take a moment to tell Amazon to roll back its fee increase, or at least introduce an academic discount for researchers, since that would only mean more HITs and more money per HIT for the valuable work you do. Thanks!"
| Title: Participate in an Android app study(~ 16 minutes) | PANDA Requester: Michael C. Chen [A2TX3YOD0OQ2C3] (TO) TO Ratings:  5.00 Communicativity 4.33 Generosity 5.00 Fairness 5.00 PromptnessNumber of Reviews: 13 (Submit a new TO rating for this requester) Description: Android app study $3 if completed--must be on WIFI; workers who have completed past studies with the CLEAR app are automatically disqualified Time: 60 minutes Hits Available: 1 Reward: $3.01 Qualifications: Exc: [342570446-14225] has not been granted; Location is one of: US |
tbh the answer seems to be
I potentially threw myself under the bus and all I get is *crickets*?
the worst is when you take a survey about sadness/depression, and afterwards you need to look in the mirror and tell yourself to put down the gun, that it's ok to cry.
Well you did edit it in after it was posted so...
I think lots of us emailed similar things last year when this happened and no one got banned.
I'm sure they'll just read your email and send it to where all of our other emails on this topic went and move along...| Title: Estimate Bra Size of this man. (Yes, I know this is an odd question.) | PANDA Requester: Sherryl L Herbert [AWR0NLM0HIGJN] (TO) TO Ratings: No TO (Submit a new TO rating for this requester) Description: Please estimate what bra size would fit this man. If it is difficult to determine at least somewhat accurately, please add a comment IN ADDITION TO your estimate on what would make it easier to estimate it accurately. Time: 25 minutes Hits Available: 1 Reward: $0.02 Qualifications: None |
I edited it bc my phone hates me and decided to submit before I was anywhere close to finished
