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Has anyone else on HN used Mechanical Turk? What was your experience like? We're thinking of using it.
by fallentimes 18y ago
Has anyone else on HN used Mechanical Turk? What was your experience like? We're thinking of using it.
- floozyspeak 18y agoIts great, just depends on... - what you want to do - is it clear and possible to do - how many people you want to do it - what you want to pay It doesn't cost much to get a taste of turk, go for it, you'll be surprised at the result.
- fallentimes 18y agoIf you don't mind me asking, what kind of projects have you used it for?
- floozyspeak 18y agoI've used it lots of ways. transcription of audio interviews, paid 8 bucks help me brainstorm a problem while I was flying from city to city for work, they did a good job on that one validate a hunch we had at the office on some language in a research assignment, basically quick proof, get a taste on whether or not it was connecting with them many times ive used it to get what i call fuel before a meeting, get a quick read on folks on brand or research aspects of something i don't use turk in the traditional sense, i see it as a personal army ready to process whatever you got, a survey np, help you think outloud np, research when you cant, np, turk is pretty cool, but it all depends on what you want to get out of it
- fallentimes 18y agoI'm sold. I'll use it today and report back. If you ever need anything: dan@ticketstumbler.com.
- floozyspeak 18y agoGood luck, have fun, and report back!
- furiouslol 18y agoCan/do you use it to kick off your user base to critical mass?
- rms 18y agoI used it to find scientific citations -- works great. And the price is always cheaper than you think. I figured for something that takes reasonably good search skills, oftentimes not Google.com, 10 cents would do it. I got down to about 4 cents.
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