Amazon Mechanical Turk

[missbobloblaw]

Wow, you got a netbook just from doing this? That's awesome!! Congrats I've never ordered anything big from the .com store, are customs bad?

Thanks! (I used swagbucks redemptions as well)
I lucked out on duties and didn't pay any (only taxes) because whomever processed the paperwork put it down as a camera! S/H is the killer though But *free* is free!

[wimbly11]

Wow, I need to get back at this! What hits were you doing the most?

[missbobloblaw]

Photomod for 5 cents are quick and easy when they have them up. They take a bit of practise, but I was doing just over 3 a minute when I had no distractions easy hit!

[iAmBrendaLee]

I made $5.99 since the 9th. A lot of the tasks are actually fun. I did an audio transcription yesterday...that was tedious! It paid $3.44 though, so not bad.

[Michelle1]

I must be doing something wrong...Last night I did 5 1 was accepted and the rest were rejected...all i have in my account is $0.04...And now all i can find are things for twitter and other sites...so I'm assuming doing these are not for me

[iAmBrendaLee]

I've made $17.28 so far. I did 2 easy $5 HITS. I also got 2 unfair rejections which p'ed me off a little.

[romeoz]

I've made $17.28 so far. I did 2 easy $5 HITS. I also got 2 unfair rejections which p'ed me off a little.

$5? Whick HIT's were they?

[iAmBrendaLee]

$5? Whick HIT's were they?

One was a website where you custom design a light fixture- that was fun. The other was an automated job application.

I got a mysterious $5 bonus today. I can't figure out where it came from, but I'm up to $23.15.

[MagicalDreams]

Just received an email stating that we are going to have to provide tax information and address when you sign-in for the next couple weeks...... hope this doesnt mean they wont be working with Canadians anymore.

[wimbly11]

Got the email as well, wondering what this will mean for us:

Dear Mechanical Turk Worker,

We would like to inform you about some changes to the Mechanical Turk site.

When you sign-in to Mechanical Turk in the next couple weeks you will be asked to provide your name, address and certify certain tax information required by the US Internal Revenue Service. If you do not provide this information, you will not be allowed to work on Mechanical Turk until you have provided your name, address, and certified the required information. Please refer to the IRS website (www.irs.gov) for more details about tax requirements for international workers.

We also added your Worker ID to your Dashboard page, since we know some Requesters ask you to provide it. This eliminates the need to contact customer support to obtain your Worker ID.

Thank you for your participation on Mechanical Turk.

Best regards,
The Amazon Mechanical Turk Team

[maybe]

I got the email and logged in to check the changes. All you have to do is verify your name and addy then check some boxes off.

[iAmBrendaLee]

Ew. I'm addicted to mturk. I've earned almost $50 in, what, 12 days? How could that not be addictive!? My wrist is killing me.

[MagicalDreams]

what have you been doing lately? Im having a problem finding things to do...the dolores labs must be a joke, b/c its impossible to pass the tests they have now!

[iAmBrendaLee]

I do a little bit of everything. When I first get on the computer, I search for high paying HITs, surveys, studies, universities, game testing. I've written a couple of articles. I do transcribing and sentence rewriting...how can we improve this website...etc. I just did one HIT where I called a government office in New York and said I opposed a certain proposition- that paid $2.50, and you didn't need to be in NY.

One thing I recommend is to use Firefox, and download a plug-in called turkopticon. It displays ratings for requesters, and lets you report if you had a good or bad experience.

[exitmanifesto]

I'm not sure if anyone else likes these hits as much as I do, but the PhotoMod hits that have been gone for a week or so (and missed a lot by me!) are BACK! Yays.

Oh and if anyone hasn't signed up for www.turkalert.com yet, I'm finding it really useful (sorry if this has already been mentioned, I'm new and don't have time to read through all the pages about murk)