05/17 - Fizzy Friday!

[aveline]

So, what is the purpose of Amazon behind this goals bar? I don’t get why Amazon would roll this out for us?

The constant reminder that our goals are unattainable keeps us in our place.

 

[Vanyanka]

What you do with peanut butter is your own business.

I eat it out of the jar and it has to be crunchy or it's upsetting to me.

 

[KittyTacos]

This could explain some of the poor books I've been looking at lately.

Even a bad story has some promise with good writing.

Market hype may make for good sales, but bad writing is still bad writing. I've picked up best sellers where I couldn't make it beyond the opening paragraphs.

 

[GoldenTemple]

The constant reminder that our goals are unattainable keeps us in our place.

Jokes on Amazon for assuming I have goals

 

[HelloHello]

The constant reminder that our goals are unattainable keeps us in our place.

Yes, I agree with that but everything about Amazon is about making money (ultimately) so . . .

 

[Merovign]

The constant reminder that our goals are unattainable keeps us in our place.

It's like Facebook. Get you addicted to comparing yourself to others/a goal.

I mean I'm not saying goals are bad but obsessing on them does unhealthy things.

 

[Peachy]

 

[mboone73]

I eat it out of the jar and it has to be crunchy or it's upsetting to me.

Where do you stand on taco shells?

 

[aveline]

Yes, I agree with that but everything about Amazon is about making money (ultimately) so . . .

I talked to a project manager for MTurk about a month or so ago. She seemed pretty interested in trying to improve stuff like the worker interface. I didn't talk to her about a goals bar, though.

 

[HelloHello]

I talked to a project manager for MTurk about a month or so ago. She seemed pretty interested in trying to improve stuff like the worker interface. I didn't talk to her about a goals bar, though.

Hmm. Are they losing business to other sites I wonder?

You know there have been a few surveys about being a worker on mTurk and that book’s coming out - or maybe it has.

 

[GoldenTemple]

help
I need an adult

 

[mboone73]

I was listening to a podcast, and they brought up the gif vs jif thing. Spooky.

 

[Vanyanka]

Where do you stand on taco shells?

Hardshell. Otherwise, it might as well be a burrito. But the shells have to be fried, not those cardboard things.

 

[HelloHello]

help
I need an adult

Good luck . . . I know I’m a fake adult and I suspect everyone else is too!

 

[aveline]

Hmm. Are they losing business to other sites I wonder?

They definitely do seem to be losing business with the way work has been drying up lately. I don't know how adding stuff like goal bars is supposed to help with that though.

 

[KittyTacos]

Good luck . . . I know I’m a fake adult and I suspect everyone else is too!

Just wonderin' here...

What, in tarnation, constitutes a real adult?

 

[HelloHello]

They definitely do seem to be losing business with the way work has been drying up lately. I don't know how adding stuff like goal bars is supposed to help with that though.

Well, not directly but it’s an improvement they can claim helps mTurk workers to convince Requesters about their quality . . .

 

[Vanyanka]

Title: Emotion responses to everyday events on film (Survey open to 18+ US citizen)(~ 5 minutes) | Accept Requester: TRKupfer [A3UKQ0L7PF26DF] Contact TV: [Hrly=$null] [Pay=Unrated] [Approval=Unrated] [Comm=Unrated] [Rej=0] [Blk=0] TO: [Pay=4.00] [Fast=3.00] [Comm=0.00] [Fair=3.00] [Reviews=1] [ToS=0] TO2: No Reviews Reward: 0.50 Duration: 30:00 Available: 1 Description: 5 minute academic survey examining emotions, physical feelings towards a film of a real event. Only people at least 18 years of age AND who are US citizens living in the US are invited to participate in this survey. Qualifications: Exc: [4521726-147099] DoesNotExist ; Total approved HITs LessThanOrEqualTo 5000; HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 90; Adult Content Qualification EqualTo 1; Location In US [tr][td] HIT exported from Mturk Suite v2.6.12​

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[mboone73]

They definitely do seem to be losing business with the way work has been drying up lately. I don't know how adding stuff like goal bars is supposed to help with that though.

Have we finally taught the robots how to defeat us?

 

[jan]

Title: Thinking about life events(~ 4 minutes) | Accept Requester: How Hwee Ong [AJWEHT65DMADG] Contact TV: [Hrly=$16.87] [Pay=Generous] [Approval=~24 hrs] [Comm=Unrated] [Rej=0] [Blk=0] TO: [Pay=4.33] [Fast=4.00] [Comm=0.00] [Fair=5.00] [Reviews=3] [ToS=0] TO2: No Reviews Reward: 0.40 Duration: 30:00 Available: 1 Description: A research survey that takes about 4 minutes. Qualifications: Exc: [-722474244-146827] DoesNotExist ; HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 90; Location In US [tr][td] HIT exported from Mturk Suite v2.6.11​

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