10/05 - Wacky Inventions Wednesday!

[Squatty]

Title: Stock Prediction Task ($0.80 with up to $1.60 bonus) | PANDA Requester: Yuan Chang [A1H7F4OHUU2XOL] (Contact) (TO): [Pay: 4.13] [Fair: 4.93] [Comm: 5.00] [Fast: 4.93] Description: Participate in an experiment about people predicting the price fluctuation of a stock. The experiment will take you around 10 minutes. You will be paid $0.80 for your time, and up to $1.60 in performance bonus. This HIT does not work on mobile devices. Time: 1 hour 30 minutes HITs Available: 1 Reward: $0.80 Qualifications: HIT approval rate (%) is not less than 95; Location is US;

 

[GoldenTemple]

Title: Stock Prediction Task ($0.80 with up to $1.60 bonus) | PANDA Requester: Yuan Chang [A1H7F4OHUU2XOL] (Contact) (TO): [Pay: 4.13] [Fair: 4.93] [Comm: 5.00] [Fast: 4.93] Description: Participate in an experiment about people predicting the price fluctuation of a stock. The experiment will take you around 10 minutes. You will be paid $0.80 for your time, and up to $1.60 in performance bonus. This HIT does not work on mobile devices. Time: 1 hour 30 minutes HITs Available: 1 Reward: $0.80 Qualifications: HIT approval rate (%) is not less than 95; Location is US;

This was pretty easy. Got a 1.20 bonus from it.

 

[electrolyte]

I emailed Abby about the pay difference.

Hello,

I was just curious why this batch of "Find the Superintendent" is 10 cents cheaper than the batch of "Find of the Principal"?
They both seem like the same amount of work. Sometimes it is more difficult to find a Superintendent than to find a Principal.

Thank you!

Response:

Thanks for the feedback. We have found that this task seems to be more straightforward and finished more accurately and quickly.

Abby

So people were working too quickly and efficiently so they lowered the pay. You know, in a "normal" job, a worker who was working quickly and efficiently would receive a pay raise, not a pay cut.

 

[Kerek]

This morning

SO: "Hey abby"
Me: "Who tf is abby"
SO: "Not in the mood"

You get it, you [redacted].

 

[bxpretzel]

i wonder if a bunch of us email Abby about the superintendents being underpaid maybe she'll up the pay? i'm having a way harder time with these than with the principals and i'm returning probably 50% more

 

[YAHU]

@April, @Jaded tells me you're afraid of giraffes and @electrolyte told me to post this

 

[Squatty]

So people were working too quickly and efficiently so they lowered the pay. You know, in a "normal" job, a worker who was working quickly and efficiently would receive a pay raise, not a pay cut.

I would almost agree with you, but if you work hourly and finish quickly. You only get paid for the time you worked. I knew people who used to drag out work (construction) just to earn more.

 

[Metallica]

I emailed Abby about the pay difference.

Hello,

I was just curious why this batch of "Find the Superintendent" is 10 cents cheaper than the batch of "Find of the Principal"?
They both seem like the same amount of work. Sometimes it is more difficult to find a Superintendent than to find a Principal.

Thank you!

Response:

Thanks for the feedback. We have found that this task seems to be more straightforward and finished more accurately and quickly.

Abby

'accurately'. Lowering pay is asking for lower quality work. I'm sure she'll see that in effect once the batch is finished.

 

[Bode "Emo Barry" Miller]

So people were working too quickly and efficiently so they lowered the pay. You know, in a "normal" job, a worker who was working quickly and efficiently would receive a pay raise, not a pay cut.

well mturk is a "normal" job for savvy requesters who know how to minimize costs of how much they pay to get enough of the data that they want

 

[Definitely Not Riss]

So people were working too quickly and efficiently so they lowered the pay. You know, in a "normal" job, a worker who was working quickly and efficiently would receive a pay raise, not a pay cut.

Also, this is why working from queue is so damn important.

 

[Squatty]

i wonder if a bunch of us email Abby about the superintendents being underpaid maybe she'll up the pay? i'm having a way harder time with these than with the principals and i'm returning probably 50% more

Doesn't hurt to try.

 

[KellieS23]

Title: Decision making study (bonus of up to $4.5) | PANDA Requester: LabExperiments2020 [AB21H80UDEL3Q] (TO) TO Ratings: ★★★★★ 5.00 Communicativity ★★★★★ 4.15 Generosity ★★★★★ 4.64 Fairness ★★★★★ 5.00 Promptness Number of Reviews: 16 (Submit a new TO rating for this requester) Description: Decision making study. Your payment will depend on the decisions you and other participants make in the experiment. In addition to a fixed amount of $0.25 you will earn a bonus of up to $4.5. Time: 1 hour 20 minutes Hits Available: 1 Reward: $0.25 Qualifications: NoMultipleUses has not been granted; Total approved HITs is not less than 1000; HIT approval rate (%) is not less than 95; Location is US

 

[Jaded]

@April, @Jaded tells me you're afraid of giraffes and @electrolyte told me to post this

She is gonna kill me.

@April don't look at it!

 

[kryss]

You get it, you [redacted].

Did you just call me a dick bird?

 

[Definitely Not Riss]

Did you just call me a dick bird?

click this

 

[YAHU]

Did you just call me a dick bird?

hehe

 

[Kerek]

Did you just call me a dick bird?

I guess I should have said,

"We get it, you had [redacted]."

@YAHU knows what I was saying.

 

[Jaded]

click this

Why would you do this to me...

 

[Blue]

Did you just call me a dick bird?

prolly better than being called a thunder-shit

 

[bxpretzel]

Doesn't hurt to try.

just emailed