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This is not nice: "I'm offering a $50 reward to the guy with the best photo, so have fun and be creative" They thought they had a chance of winning. Blows my m

by dawie 17y ago

This is not nice: "I'm offering a $50 reward to the guy with the best photo, so have fun and be creative" They thought they had a chance of winning. Blows my mind how 4 out of 50 (8%) did not even complete the stated requirements. Also crazy how all many of these people are Indian.

iheartmemcache 17y ago
4 out of 50 is 8% not 12%.
dylanz 17y ago
I think he paid them all $1 for the task, with the added bonus of possibly getting $50 if they win. Why is that not nice? They got paid, and entered a contest. $1 for a HIT on Mechanical Turk is pretty good, especially considering the amount of work they needed to do here (which is not much).
- ardit33 17y ago
  are you kidding me? it is a fricking $1. Even in a developing country is not much, especially with the dollar going down. Don't be surprised when people don't take your requirement that seriously.
  - ericb 17y ago
    I've also seen people making 100k+ who can't follow simple instructions or be bothered to read requirements.
  - dylanz 17y ago
    45RS to take a photo and post it online is a good deal. That buys you lunch (or food for your family).
  - gommm 17y ago
    1$ is the salary for one hour work for a maid in Shanghai... And Shanghai is not exactly the cheapest part of China.
  - malvim 17y ago
    $1 seems to be pretty great for this task. I just read some HIT descriptions, and there were A WHOLE LOT of "write 200 words for $0.03" jobs. Which really sucks if you ask me.
  - Poiesis 17y ago
    The funny thing is, every single one of those participants thought it was worth their time. They looked for something to earn money, and found this. They clearly thought the time/money tradeoff was sufficient. If you can earn a buck doing what a lot of (generally wealthier, admittedly) people do for free, why not?
steveeq1 17y ago
Over 50% did not do the required task. A lot of people sent me a picture of their cat or something.
wooUK 17y ago
You could run another HIT to get people to verify the submissions and reduce the error rate further.

by dawie 17y ago

iheartmemcache 17y ago

4 out of 50 is 8% not 12%.

dylanz 17y ago

I think he paid them all $1 for the task, with the added bonus of possibly getting $50 if they win. Why is that not nice? They got paid, and entered a contest. $1 for a HIT on Mechanical Turk is pretty good, especially considering the amount of work they needed to do here (which is not much).

ardit33 17y ago
are you kidding me? it is a fricking $1. Even in a developing country is not much, especially with the dollar going down. Don't be surprised when people don't take your requirement that seriously.
- ericb 17y ago
  I've also seen people making 100k+ who can't follow simple instructions or be bothered to read requirements.
- dylanz 17y ago
  45RS to take a photo and post it online is a good deal. That buys you lunch (or food for your family).
- gommm 17y ago
  1$ is the salary for one hour work for a maid in Shanghai... And Shanghai is not exactly the cheapest part of China.
- malvim 17y ago
  $1 seems to be pretty great for this task. I just read some HIT descriptions, and there were A WHOLE LOT of "write 200 words for $0.03" jobs. Which really sucks if you ask me.
- Poiesis 17y ago
  The funny thing is, every single one of those participants thought it was worth their time. They looked for something to earn money, and found this. They clearly thought the time/money tradeoff was sufficient. If you can earn a buck doing what a lot of (generally wealthier, admittedly) people do for free, why not?

steveeq1 17y ago

Over 50% did not do the required task. A lot of people sent me a picture of their cat or something.

wooUK 17y ago

You could run another HIT to get people to verify the submissions and reduce the error rate further.