08/12 - Saga Sunday

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can anyone recommend the best time to log on?
there really isn't a "best" time. i log on as time allows.generally i work here during my regular IRL job shift so usually between 7am-4pm then i'll pop in later in the evening as time allows. weekends are hit and miss. things will speed up a bit after colleges are back in session and more surveys get posted. it's been a slow summer.
 
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well you have to admit the legislature only meets once every two years ... :cool:
this is true. i still find it odd that my hometown, Ft Worth, has better law enforcement than the freaking capital city of Teas, my home for the past 3 years and change.
 
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there really isn't a "best" time. i log on as time allows.generally i work here during my regular IRL job shift so usually between 7am-4pm then i'll pop in later in the evening as time allows. weekends are hit and miss. things will speed up a bit after colleges are back in session and more surveys get posted. it's been a slow summer.
fingers crossed it does! till then just gotta keep pushing out those numbers till i can get qualified to do more lol.
 

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Title: Answer a 30-second screening survey for $0.05 for a chance to complete a 15 minute $1.50 bonus psychology survey. | Accept
Requester: Lenny Vartanian [AT3WWH9DBCFPW] Contact
TV: [Hrly=$12.77] [Pay=4.14] [Fast=null] [Comm=null] [Rej=0] [ToS=0] [Blk=0]
TO: [Pay=3.52] [Fast=4.91] [Comm=5.00] [Fair=4.67] [Reviews=47] [ToS=0]
TO2: [Hrly=4.79] [Pen=null] [Res=null] [Rec=100%] [Rej=0] [ToS=0] [Brk=0]
Reward: 0.05
Duration: 1800
Available: 27
Description: You will be asked to complete a few demographic questions for $0.05. Based on your answers to these questions, you may be invited to participate in a 15 minute bonus survey for an extra $1.50.
Qualifications: Total approved HITs GreaterThan 100; HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 95; Location EqualTo US
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fingers crossed it does! till then just gotta keep pushing out those numbers till i can get qualified to do more lol.
yep! just keep at it. use us all for advice and such as you need. we all still use each other even though many of us are old hats at this. some do better than others. some have more time than others. some are doing AMT work because they are not working other jobs. others like me are doing it as additional income so don't spend near as much time but we all help each other as we can. everyone here is greatness.
 
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Title: Answer a 30-second screening survey for $0.05 for a chance to complete a 15 minute $1.50 bonus psychology survey. | Accept
Requester: Lenny Vartanian [AT3WWH9DBCFPW] Contact
TV: [Hrly=$12.77] [Pay=4.14] [Fast=null] [Comm=null] [Rej=0] [ToS=0] [Blk=0]
TO: [Pay=3.52] [Fast=4.91] [Comm=5.00] [Fair=4.67] [Reviews=47] [ToS=0]
TO2: [Hrly=4.79] [Pen=null] [Res=null] [Rec=100%] [Rej=0] [ToS=0] [Brk=0]
Reward: 0.05
Duration: 1800
Available: 27
Description: You will be asked to complete a few demographic questions for $0.05. Based on your answers to these questions, you may be invited to participate in a 15 minute bonus survey for an extra $1.50.
Qualifications: Total approved HITs GreaterThan 100; HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 95; Location EqualTo US
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i am a fan of paid screeners. i don't usually qualify for the real surveys but it's nice to get paid a lil bit for the screener.
 

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Greetings from Amazon Mechanical Turk,

You've received a bonus from Jiayi Bao for work related to 3BPP3MA3TCKZWOCHYIKJ80MWUFZEL3.
The value of your bonus is: $11.00 USD

The Requester included this note:
This is your week 3 payment for the image-counting job.

Thanks for being a Worker on Mechanical Turk!
 

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Is anyone else still waiting on their weekly report? I still haven't gotten mine.....I feel neglected.
 

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If I'm running 3 pandas from one requester, is it more efficient to just use search mode? I've always had trouble grabbing hits from search.
 

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If I'm running 3 pandas from one requester, is it more efficient to just use search mode? I've always had trouble grabbing hits from search.
Search isn't as quick as it takes an extra step to get the hit.
 

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Search isn't as quick as it takes an extra step to get the hit.
Yea, the trade off is how long it takes to cycle through 3 pandas instead of 1 search. Guess it'll be trial and error.
 

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Well, I'm off to see my son. Damn good Sunday morning for me, even with starting late. In case anyone missed it, if you did the "Rewriting Product Reviews" qual on Friday, check and see if you can do the ones now up. Over 1k posted at .80 cents a piece. Fairly fast.
 

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fingers crossed it does! till then just gotta keep pushing out those numbers till i can get qualified to do more lol.
Great idea! Always work on safe numbers HITs. There are a few batches that we all can suggest if needed. They are somewhat valuable for unlocking more HITs, although the impact of this is a lot less than most new Turkers realize... The more valuable thing is that numbers HITs help buffer you against rejections, allowing you to maintain a >99% approval rate, which is a really important thing to do.

can anyone recommend the best time to log on?
Are you using MTurk Suite yet? It makes finding HITs so much easier regardless of what time you log-in for newer Turkers.

My general observations about timing:
1. Weekdays are when more surveys tend to be posted, and the frequency of new surveys being posted is highest during typical business hours (8AM-6PMish EST). Being on the West Coast, I've found the frequency of new HITs being posted tends to start slowing down a bit after 3PM in my time zone.

2. Weekends are always much slower than weekdays. Can't give an exact number, but 75% slower sounds about right. That being said, while there are fewer HITs and surveys posted, there are also far fewer people Turking on the weekends. Therefore, there's less competition. When I was really new and inefficient about catching HITs, I actually made more on weekend days than weekdays (However, I do have a regular 9-5 job that I work around on week days)

3. On weekends, I tend to leave Pandas (or Watchers in Hit Catcher) running for higher-$ HITs while I go do other stuff around the house. Last night, I left Watchers running for three >$5.00 HITs that others had posted on the forum earlier in the day. I gave my kids their baths and put them to sleep, and when I returned to my computer around 9PM I had caught 2 of those >$5.00 HITs. It doesn't always work-out so well, but in general it's not a bad idea to leave a 2 to 3 Watchers running while you're away from you computer.

Feel free to let us know if you have any other questions. Today is painfully slow... so people are probably more likely to answer since we're not preoccupied with working on tons of HITs.
 
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Title: Study on Foreign Policy Decisions(~ 7 minutes) | Accept
Requester: Bradley R. DeWees [A6FZR706JE1WV] Contact
TV: [Hrly=$7.65] [Pay=3.00] [Fast=5.00] [Comm=null] [Rej=0] [ToS=0] [Blk=0]
TO: [Pay=3.78] [Fast=4.43] [Comm=1.00] [Fair=4.43] [Reviews=14] [ToS=0]
TO2: [Hrly=5.96] [Pen=1.34 days] [Res=null] [Rec=100%] [Rej=0] [ToS=0] [Brk=0]
Reward: 0.75
Duration: 3600
Available: 5
Description: Brief Scenario on Foreign Policy Decision-Making. Reading. Comprehension Questions. Bonuses Possible.
Qualifications: Exc: [82458809-101853] DoesNotExist ; Total approved HITs GreaterThanOrEqualTo 100; HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 95; Location In US
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New comp, new me. Finally in the desktop world.
I've been considering getting a desktop..

but at the same time, I like my laptops, and I'm not sure what advantage a desktop would have
 
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