How the HECK to use Hitscraper in Incognito Mode?!

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Hello all,

Been reading posts about using Hitscraper in Incognito mode to avoid refresh rate errors.

There are a couple of things I just can't wrap my head around.

For starters, how would you even accept the HIT in time that way? I know you can cut and paste the link or drag the link to a logged in window...but based on how quickly the work is taken...the HIT would be gobbled up by that time...

I almost never get the HIT unless I click immediately once it shows up in Hitscraper.

Also, if you're not running Hitscraper from a different IP (which some say is against Amazon's TOS and is risking suspension) then it doesn't matter anyway because the refresh rate is bound by BOTH IP *and* account!

Does anyone know how this would work or have a good way to make it happen?

I'm trying to avoid all these refresh rate errors but don't want to do anything against TOS and risk suspension.

Thanks in advance!
 

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You cannot accept a hit from incognito mode. People only use this method to get notifications so they start their pandas or copy/paste pandas like you said. You cannot share data between two sessions (normal/incognito).
 

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You cannot accept a hit from incognito mode. People only use this method to get notifications so they start their pandas or copy/paste pandas like you said. You cannot share data between two sessions (normal/incognito).
buy Incognito I mean not logged in. And obviously some people probably have some work around but they probably decided to keep it a secret.
 
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Logged out HIT scraper used to be a thing, but I don't think it is worth it anymore. Some time around spring 2015 amazon changed the way logged-out page requests worked. We used to be able to do basically as many logged-out searches as we wanted without ever having to worry about page request errors. They wanted to put the kibosh on that I guess, so they made logged-out page request errors a lot more common. They also made it so a lot of the important information on the searches was missing unless it was logged in to mturk.

Anyway, for posterity sake, the way to easily accept a HIT from logged out scraper was with an AHK script. Basically, the script would copy the HIT link URL and then do a command line command something like "firefox.exe https://www.mturk.com/mturk/THEHITLINK" That would open a new tab in your non-incognito window where you are logged in to mturk.
 

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Thanks a lot guys. I guess the point is that it's not even worth considering using a logged out Hitscraper anymore? Are the PRE's (at this point) just a likely either way? Or is it still more heavily weighted towards being logged in when getting these errors? I'm sure I could have phrased that better ;]
 

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Thanks a lot guys. I guess the point is that it's not even worth considering using a logged out Hitscraper anymore? Are the PRE's (at this point) just a likely either way? Or is it still more heavily weighted towards being logged in when getting these errors? I'm sure I could have phrased that better ;]
The only real use for it is to get notifications when a certain requester drop hits. You will save on requests because it is not linked to your actual account.
 
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If you are definitely going to be using logged out hit scraper, here is the answer to the original question.

To send a link from firefox private window (logged out) to firefox main window (logged in):
Log in or register now. to view Spoiler content!

To send a link from chrome incognito window (logged out) to chrome main window (logged in):
Log in or register now. to view Spoiler content!

The chrome one might need some minor adjustment depending on how many items there are in your right-click menu. On my chrome I have to hit down 4 times to get to the copy url option. The key combo for both versions is ctrl+left click.