08/25 - Sound of Covers Saturday!

[Achilles2357]

If auto-acceptors become problematic for the site traffic or if requesters strart to complain, then there's no reason why Amazon couldn't "weight" the page requests differently in the future.

For instance, after accepting a HIT, a worker could be given a 10-second "cool-down". This would discourage the potential massive increase in catch-and-release HIT acceptance practices if auto-acceptors become really commonplace. Then other actions, such as previewing a hit would only count like a normal page request.

I'm not too freaked out about the emergence of auto-acceptors because there are currently countless people who use MTS and PC without really understanding how either of them work, and there will be countless people with auto-acceptors doing things to shoot their efficiency in the foot. The effective Turkers will continue to be the effective Turkers, the Turkers that struggle will likely continue to struggle... except for those motivated enough to transcend their struggles, and they will figure it out.

Interesting...
I agree with the basic idea in your last paragraph.
As for a "cool-down" period, it is worth considering that Amazon (as requester) presumably has salaried employees (or maybe salaried contractors... does anyone know the facts?) doing unpaid hits that actually matter to Amazon. Amazon also has tons of batch hits that they want done as quickly and efficiently as possible, and the mturk team presumably grasps that a good chunk of these are done by people using optimizations. (I suppose you could still optimize everything even if everything is on a 10 second time delay...)

 

[jklmnop]

Pretty good man, I am drinking and turking

 

[turkleton]

hell yea

You two should fight over who is best duck.

 

[BreeQuinn]

TBQH, there is not much turking going on it's mainly just forum posting and me deliberating about buying a ticket to see the original Alien movie in a couple of weeks in a movie theater nearby

 

[BreeQuinn]

You two should fight over who is best duck.

Open donations up so I can give you money for helping me out :thumbup:

 

[Achilles2357]

way too much

that’s my prediction about nyc apt prices

You're almost begging me...

 

[jklmnop]

TBQH, there is not much turking going on it's mainly just forum posting and me deliberating about buying a ticket to see the original Alien movie in a couple of weeks in a movie theater nearby

• Only work if you’re in a sober state of mind. You’re welcome to talk about your favorite intoxicants, but make sure it’s not while you’re working.

 

[BreeQuinn]

• Only work if you’re in a sober state of mind. You’re welcome to talk about your favorite intoxicants, but make sure it’s not while you’re working.

Gotcha, no turking just forum posting

 

[Peachy]

PE: $7.92

 

[BreeQuinn]

So I just got a captcha for the first time when I tried to long on to Amazon Payments...has anybody else had this happen before?

 

[The Great Bread]

So I just got a captcha for the first time when I tried to long on to Amazon Payments...has anybody else had this happen before?

I think Amazon likes to Captcha everything once in a while, so I wouldn't have noticed the payments account in particular having one.

 

[BreeQuinn]

I think Amazon likes to Captcha everything once in a while, so I wouldn't have noticed the payments account in particular having one.

I agree, but in over a year of turking this is the first time I have ever seen this happen.

 

[JenniLeigh]

Man, I LOVE ducks!
I'm glad we have more around here.

 

[BreeQuinn]

Man, I LOVE ducks!
I'm glad we have more around here.

This shocking video may change your mind:

 

[jklmnop]

This shocking video may change your mind:

Is it wrong that I was cheering for the bird there

 

[JenniLeigh]

This shocking video may change your mind:

Are you aware that ducks are not geese? :o

 

[Achilles2357]

• Only work if you’re in a sober state of mind. You’re welcome to talk about your favorite intoxicants, but make sure it’s not while you’re working.

But what if there is a hit that is directed only at those who are currently intoxicated? I can think of many viable reasons to direct a hit at people who report themselves to be drunk as F... this actually seems like unexplored territory.

 

[BreeQuinn]

Are you aware that ducks are not geese?

I have to admit that I was unaware and my video post may have been unfairly disparaging to ducks

 

[jklmnop]

But what if there is a hit that is directed only at those who are currently intoxicated? I can think of many viable reasons to direct a hit at people who report themselves to be drunk as F... this actually seems like unexplored territory.

 

[TissueHime]

new thread

https://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/08-26-spa-day-sunday.3771/

closing this soon