10/20 - Terminal Velocity Thursday!

[T. Leela]

Well Crap. I restarted to get out of safe mode (laptop is messed up) to use inquisit for a hit, and instead of clicking the link I hit submit.

Yay found in my cache whew

 

[Billdar]

I NEED A BATCH!!!!!
Batch DANCE TIME

 

[j0e]

I got this block yesterday...Never done a single hit by them. Though i was using their hits as a captcha clear.

Greetings from Mechanical Turk.

We regret to inform you that you were blocked from working on HITs by the following requester(s):

CopyText Inc.

Requesters typically block Workers who submit poor quality work.

Should additional requesters block you in the next few months, we may suspend your account.

Regards,
The Mechanical Turk Team

Still haven't gotten blocked myself but I can't help but feel that it's coming.

@Kadauchi - may be a good idea to change them from the default in the captcha clear script for those unaware

 

[electrolyte]

Today is Thursday! You cannot use that GIF until tomorrow!

 

[Cruxy]

there isn't a single mention of this on their TO. I figured someone would have set fire to it by now.

Personally, my feeling on it is...what good is it going to do anyone? They are underpaid penny hits, i doubt many even worry about looking at their TO. Plus bitching about it on TO will just piss me off even further and throwing my computer monitor against the wall is counter productive to my whole needing money for food and bills thing.

For sure.
I'm not doing anything risky for a little while.

Though at the same time it's hard to tell where a block is going to come from next especially when you get stupid blocks out of nowhere like your copytext or my neighborhood effect block to prevent retakes.

Blocks really can come from just about anywhere. Requesters you do bad work for, requesters you do no work for and survey requesters who dont know how to use quals to prevent retakes.

 

[j0e]

I NEED A BATCH!!!!!
Batch DANCE TIME

 

[seventhaxis]

Today is Thursday! You cannot use that GIF until tomorrow!

 

[Jaded]

Today is Thursday! You cannot use that GIF until tomorrow!

Oh man, thank god I was getting super confused that I'd missed a day O.O

 

[mTurk8705]

Celebrated too SOOONNN!

I was bounced out after the second HIT. Be very careful, have good headphones, It's pass/fail.

 

[C to the J]

Blocks really can come from just about anywhere. Requesters you do bad work for, requesters you do no work for and survey requesters who dont know how to use quals to prevent retakes.

And that's why I feel I'm on such thin ice with 2 blocks in the last 2 weeks.

Just going to take some time off I guess.
Would rather not work than work scared.

 

[Barbwire]

Title: Take a 5-7 minute survey on choices and opinions | PANDA Requester: Jacqueline Rifkin [A1JCSKVMCW63DY] (Contact) (TO): [Pay: 3.96] [Fair: 4.75] [Comm: 4.00] [Fast: 5.00] Description: Take a 5-7 minute survey on choices and opinions Time: 30 minutes HITs Available: 43 Reward: $0.60 Qualifications: Total approved HITs is not less than 500; HIT approval rate (%) is not less than 95; Location is US;

 

[ecko]

And that's why I feel I'm on such thin ice with 2 blocks in the last 2 weeks.

Just going to take some time off I guess.
Would rather not work than work scared.

Who were you blocked by?

 

[T. Leela]

I don't even turk, I just check to see how much money I made all day long.

does that work for you? I think I'm gonna try that instead. after my nap.

 

[C to the J]

Who were you blocked by?

Pinterest this morning.

And then I got this yesterday though I was blocked by them 2 weeks ago.
I guess worst case scenario I could pass this on to Mturk so they would understand the block.

Message from Neighborhood Effects
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We are temporarily blocking you. We are conducting another project for data annotation that is very similar to some that you have already participated. We would like to get annotations from people that have not worked in a project with us. We will unblock you after we conclude this project phase. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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[Jaded]

Pinterest this morning.

And then I got this yesterday though I was blocked by them 2 weeks ago.
I guess worst case scenario I could pass this on to Mturk so they would understand the block.

Message from Neighborhood Effects
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We are temporarily blocking you. We are conducting another project for data annotation that is very similar to some that you have already participated. We would like to get annotations from people that have not worked in a project with us. We will unblock you after we conclude this project phase. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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as if they care.

 

[emily]

Are Zs dropping again!?!

 

[C to the J]

as if they care.

I mean worst case scenario if I got suspended but yea even then your point remains the same.

 

[mrsbc08]

Celebrated too SOOONNN!

I was bounced out after the second HIT. Be very careful, have good headphones, It's pass/fail.

that test was baloney. It sounded the same, i was in a quiet room and by time I realized there was the slightest difference I knew I already failed.

 

[ecko]

Pinterest this morning.

And then I got this yesterday though I was blocked by them 2 weeks ago.
I guess worst case scenario I could pass this on to Mturk so they would understand the block.

Message from Neighborhood Effects
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We are temporarily blocking you. We are conducting another project for data annotation that is very similar to some that you have already participated. We would like to get annotations from people that have not worked in a project with us. We will unblock you after we conclude this project phase. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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OK, what pin hits did you do yesterday?

 

[C to the J]

OK, what pin hits did you do yesterday?

Just the $2s.