07/13 - Strategy Saturday!

[Trucker]

PE $22.31

Night All.

 

[HelloHello]

Nice to be able to do so many CVT and to see this batch finished. Gonna curl up with my current book.

 

[barny]

Is it just me when I read a TO warning about a hit and see nothing but people complaining about writing a paragraph about something and roll my eyes because apparently writing a paragraph is just "way too much writing for this lucrative hit"? Like, how long does it take people to write a paragraph? Honestly not being rude with this question, but are these people still "hunt and peck" typers, or does it legitimately take more than a few minutes for most people to write a paragraph? Or is it just that people hate writing in general and can't be bothered by it? This is all mostly rhetorical on my end, but I really wonder sometimes... (This post took me less than 2 minutes to type btw. )

 

[MarkC]

Is it just me when I read a TO warning about a hit and see nothing but people complaining about writing a paragraph about something and roll my eyes because apparently writing a paragraph is just "way too much writing for this lucrative hit"? Like, how long does it take people to write a paragraph? Honestly not being rude with this question, but are these people still "hunt and peck" typers, or does it legitimately take more than a few minutes for most people to write a paragraph? Or is it just that people hate writing in general and can't be bothered by it? This is all mostly rhetorical on my end, but I really wonder sometimes... (This post took me less than 2 minutes to type btw. )

I'm with you and I understand. I won't throw back a hit just because it has writing. I'm a fast typer. The thinking of a time when ones tax my brain more than I'd like to admit but I can usually come up with something.

 

[JenniLeigh]

Is it just me when I read a TO warning about a hit and see nothing but people complaining about writing a paragraph about something and roll my eyes because apparently writing a paragraph is just "way too much writing for this lucrative hit"? Like, how long does it take people to write a paragraph? Honestly not being rude with this question, but are these people still "hunt and peck" typers, or does it legitimately take more than a few minutes for most people to write a paragraph? Or is it just that people hate writing in general and can't be bothered by it? This is all mostly rhetorical on my end, but I really wonder sometimes... (This post took me less than 2 minutes to type btw. )

Some people have a system of banging out fast mouse-only/mostly-mouse HITs and hold writing HITs to another level of pay-grade. It's just how people value their time, and how much thinking of writing words is different than clicking things for them.
(And two minutes seems a little long for a paragraph that length, so maybe they feel like whatever it was wasn't worth that long of working on it.)

 

[C to the J]

Is it just me when I read a TO warning about a hit and see nothing but people complaining about writing a paragraph about something and roll my eyes because apparently writing a paragraph is just "way too much writing for this lucrative hit"? Like, how long does it take people to write a paragraph? Honestly not being rude with this question, but are these people still "hunt and peck" typers, or does it legitimately take more than a few minutes for most people to write a paragraph? Or is it just that people hate writing in general and can't be bothered by it? This is all mostly rhetorical on my end, but I really wonder sometimes... (This post took me less than 2 minutes to type btw. )

I've seen people do silly shit like a HIT return warning about writing on a $10/8min HIT.

 

[Peachy]

I've seen people do silly shit like a HIT return warning about writing on a $10/8min HIT.

i saw a hit return warning today on a $1.50 hit with writing. took me 3mins

 

[SirLloynneCoinGrinde]

Is it just me when I read a TO warning about a hit and see nothing but people complaining about writing a paragraph about something and roll my eyes because apparently writing a paragraph is just "way too much writing for this lucrative hit"? Like, how long does it take people to write a paragraph? Honestly not being rude with this question, but are these people still "hunt and peck" typers, or does it legitimately take more than a few minutes for most people to write a paragraph? Or is it just that people hate writing in general and can't be bothered by it? This is all mostly rhetorical on my end, but I really wonder sometimes... (This post took me less than 2 minutes to type btw. )

Writing HITs are a blast - they usually give me a vehicle in which to complain.
I completed a HIT yesterday wherein I had to write a paragraph about socioeconomic situations in America. If I may say so, I provided a thorough and thoughtful response. When I clicked "next" I was informed that I would then be evaluating a brand of toothpaste. I found this quite humorous.

 

[desallemands]

Writing HITs are a blast - they usually give me a vehicle in which to complain.
I completed a HIT yesterday wherein I had to write a paragraph about socioeconomic situations in America. If I may say so, I provided a thorough and thoughtful response. When I clicked "next" I was informed that I would then be evaluating a brand of toothpaste. I found this quite humorous.

I like you already

 

[Amon]

Is it just me when I read a TO warning about a hit and see nothing but people complaining about writing a paragraph about something and roll my eyes because apparently writing a paragraph is just "way too much writing for this lucrative hit"? Like, how long does it take people to write a paragraph? Honestly not being rude with this question, but are these people still "hunt and peck" typers, or does it legitimately take more than a few minutes for most people to write a paragraph? Or is it just that people hate writing in general and can't be bothered by it? This is all mostly rhetorical on my end, but I really wonder sometimes... (This post took me less than 2 minutes to type btw. )

Shrug I'm a moderate speed hunt and peck typer myself. If its anything too long I just make use of voice to text and get it done much quicker.

 

[ChrisTurk]

Thanks @

@ChrisTurk for the update

Oh hey np lol.. As a head's up, it's going to start happening again tonight probably around 11PM EST (~1 hour from now) as I run some somewhat intensive update queries

What I emerged from the shadows to try & be helpful for was for anyone who hates X or Y whining on return reviews, I recently added some extra filters on top of the slew of toggle options already available in settings:

CHANGELOG for v10.9.0: Added some additional return review filters for experienced workers as well as begun rework around how batch reviews are processed. Will become required version for review submissions on 7/12/2019

Probably not, but real changes are:

• You can set a minimum screener time so all those 5-15s screeners that are actually just endor/unique turker stop being as annoying
• You can ignore return reviews from inexperienced reviewers

Fair bit of warning, writing returns are overwhelmingly coming from experienced workers (I believe the ratio hovers around 2x more likely to return as an experienced worker) so that filter wont help you, but you can def downgrade or even turn them off completely if they're not helpful

Spoiler: Options

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..if the above is just taking the piss b/c it's fun, please ignore, I'm tone deaf AF, also my bad on the giant image

 

[cb456]

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[aveline]

Is it just me when I read a TO warning about a hit and see nothing but people complaining about writing a paragraph about something and roll my eyes because apparently writing a paragraph is just "way too much writing for this lucrative hit"? Like, how long does it take people to write a paragraph? Honestly not being rude with this question, but are these people still "hunt and peck" typers, or does it legitimately take more than a few minutes for most people to write a paragraph? Or is it just that people hate writing in general and can't be bothered by it? This is all mostly rhetorical on my end, but I really wonder sometimes... (This post took me less than 2 minutes to type btw. )

It depends on the question for me. I'm not always great at coming up with stuff to write about for very open-ended questions. Stuff like those "Write about a time when...." prompts usually leave me staring blankly at the screen for extended periods of time, and if I can't think of anything I actually start to get really frustrated. Surveys are already unpleasant enough for me, so if I'm going to lose several minutes trying to figure out what to write, I might decide that it's not really worth my time.

If they're asking me to explain an answer, or to give my opinion on something, then that may be a different story. I tend to have an easier time writing about stuff like that.

 

[rsmath]

It depends on the question for me. I'm not always great at coming up with stuff to write about for very open-ended questions. Stuff like those "Write about a time when...." prompts usually leave me staring blankly at the screen for extended periods of time, and if I can't think of anything I actually start to get really frustrated. Surveys are already unpleasant enough for me, so if I'm going to lose several minutes trying to figure out what to write, I might decide that it's not really worth my time.

If they're asking me to explain an answer, or to give my opinion on something, then that may be a different story. I tend to have an easier time writing about stuff like that.

we think alike! Your answer here beat me to it.

I wish there was a separation of writing types in the "writing complaints" reviews to help me decide whether to try to catch a survey or let it pass, but I could see where it might border on survey content disclosure issues to say what kind of writing is required.

 

[ChrisTurk]

I wish there was a separation of writing types in the "writing complaints" reviews to help me decide whether to try to catch a survey or let it pass

Oh.. there actually are, though I can't speak to just how effective they are, but now I have more filters to add I'm sorry

 

[Vanyanka]

Oh.. there actually are, though I can't speak to just how effective they are, but now I have more filters to add I'm sorry

What are you doing here? Get out.

 

[ChrisTurk]

What are you doing here? Get out.

oh no wait that's me.. uhhhh

here does this one work?

 

[barny]

I'm with you and I understand. I won't throw back a hit just because it has writing. I'm a fast typer. The thinking of a time when ones tax my brain more than I'd like to admit but I can usually come up with something.

Yeah, banging out a paragraph is a pretty quick affair with me. Like you, I get a bit taxed when it's "think of a time", but once I come up with something it's super quick from there.

Some people have a system of banging out fast mouse-only/mostly-mouse HITs and hold writing HITs to another level of pay-grade.

That's a good point. I will admit that mouse hits are almost always quicker.

I've seen people do silly shit like a HIT return warning about writing on a $10/8min HIT.

Me too, and I'll just never understand that. In the time that they could've done the writing on the actual hit and made sweet cash, they instead chose to take the same amount of time coming up with a TO review on it.

i saw a hit return warning today on a $1.50 hit with writing. took me 3mins

Yeah, I've seen a few in the past week just like this. I get that sometimes coming up with something to write is aggrivating, but I almost always make good money on writing surveys.

Writing HITs are a blast - they usually give me a vehicle in which to complain.

Haha, yes, this! I use writing hits to vent ALL the time.

I completed a HIT yesterday wherein I had to write a paragraph about socioeconomic situations in America. If I may say so, I provided a thorough and thoughtful response. When I clicked "next" I was informed that I would then be evaluating a brand of toothpaste. I found this quite humorous.

Shrug I'm a moderate speed hunt and peck typer myself. If its anything too long I just make use of voice to text and get it done much quicker.

That's a great idea actually!

It depends on the question for me. I'm not always great at coming up with stuff to write about for very open-ended questions. Stuff like those "Write about a time when...." prompts usually leave me staring blankly at the screen for extended periods of time, and if I can't think of anything I actually start to get really frustrated. Surveys are already unpleasant enough for me, so if I'm going to lose several minutes trying to figure out what to write, I might decide that it's not really worth my time.

Totally valid, I can understand that. To be fair, a lot of TO reviews simply say "Write about a time when...", and it makes more sense to me now. Coming up with something on the spot can admittedly be a bit tricky for some, including myself depending on the question.

 

[mboone73]

oh no wait that's me.. uhhh

Hey, that’s my line.

 

[ChrisTurk]

Hey, that’s my line.

We must not have met before.. this is my life mantra: