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So the the Mturk worker would check the article for the email, if it's listed great, if not they might Google it?
by seeingfurther 13y ago
So the the Mturk worker would check the article for the email, if it's listed great, if not they might Google it?
- justinwi 13y agoExactly. Full instructions for the worker are available here: http://screencast.com/t/HBl34oh58p http://screencast.com/t/HBl34oh58p
- seeingfurther 13y agodude.... screw that KickStarter thing ;-) Build this as a business! I've literally been trying to solve this problem for a month. Freelancer.com sucks and you can't buy cheap targeted email lists. You saved me a huge headache. Thanks!
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- eterm 13y agoAnd all for $0.03 Does that make anyone else feel a bit ick at mTurk?
- jimueller 13y agoAgreed. Surely the ~350 email addresses (although stated about 1/2 were valid) were worth much more than $10. In my opinion, it's unethical.
- justinwi 13y agoComments welcome here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6483636 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6483636
- DanBC 13y agoFor this particular example I don't understand it. But I look through reddit's "What is this thing?" subreddits to try to find what the thing is. I do that to improve my skills with search engines. (Really, try it sometime. A blurry photograph of a rusty lump of metal, with no context other than "I found this in a field" makes you think hard how to find things). 3 cents is no where near enough to make me want to do this more, or to persuade me that I'm not wasting time online, but it goes in the free money jar. I guess there's a risk that offering money puts off more people than it attracts - more people will do something for free than if you offer a tiny payment.