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Most Turkers are women? That's very odd to read. I distinctly remember an article posted to HN a few weeks ago where a "Turk Boss" asked Turkers to take pictu
by mcantor 17y ago
Most Turkers are women? That's very odd to read. I distinctly remember an article posted to HN a few weeks ago where a "Turk Boss" asked Turkers to take pictures of themselves, and a vast majority appeared to be Indian men.
- donw 17y agoThis could easily be self-selection bias; many women may very well shy away from sending their pictures away anonymously for cultural reasons.
- raffi 17y agoHere's my reference: http://behind-the-enemy-lines.blogspot.com/2008/03/mechanical-turk-demographics.html http://behind-the-enemy-lines.blogspot.com/2008/03/mechanica...
- gwern 17y agoI remember years ago reading about Mechanical Turk, and the demographic profile then was about the same; the reason given was that homemakers and underemployed women could hop on Turk for a few minutes whenever convenient, such as in between cleanups, and get a few jobs done.