08/08 - Fine Friday

https://worker.mturk.com/requesters/A3VXH6Q29WIEMH/projects?ref=w_pl_prvw
masters, US, $1, fast (3 minutes?)

 

LBTC [A3VXH6Q29WIEMH] Product Design Preference Survey - $1.00 | PANDA

Generous

Unrated

Unrated

$34.62 / hour
00:01:44 / completion time

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Pros:
So fast; easy interface. Minimal demographic questions.

Cons:

Catchability: Okay (HIT Last Seen: 30 minutes ago)
Qualifications: Masters Exists ; Location EqualTo US;

To read LBTC's full profile check out TurkerView!​

 

this is fine

 

not my kid but I did help the neighbor's kid get his school laptop set up a cat kid is enough responsibility for me atm..

 

New Requester Profile!

Iwan Trisna [A1NN9WRWEW0H03] Answer a survey about your opinions in ECO-FRIENDLY Clothing & Shoes - $0.50 | PANDA

Unrated

Unrated

Unrated

$11.39 / hour
00:02:38 / completion time

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Pros:
Single page

Cons:
New requester
No code

Catchability: Impossible (HIT Last Seen: 6 hours ago)
Qualifications: Masters Exists ;

To read Iwan Trisna's full profile check out TurkerView!​

 

LBTC [A3VXH6Q29WIEMH] Product Design Preference Survey - $1.00 | PANDA

Unrated

Unrated

Unrated

$39.13 / hour
00:01:32 / completion time

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Pros:
Very quick

Cons:

Catchability: Very Low (HIT Last Seen: 2 hours ago)
Qualifications: Masters Exists ; Location EqualTo US;

To read LBTC's full profile check out TurkerView!​

 

Interesting(?) article:

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07-highlights-unreliable-responses-amazon-mturk.html

(Dismiss any popups and ignore the distracting ads.)

The gist:

One study "involving over 1300 participants" found that "the majority of participants from MTurk's general worker pool failed the attention checks and demonstrated highly inconsistent responses, even when the sample was limited to users with a 95% or higher approval rating" – but Masters "consistently produced high-quality data."

 

Sam McNerney [A39215IC8I5WH5] ~1-2 minute survey involving questions about two brands - $0.50 | PANDA

Generous

Unrated

Unrated

$27.69 / hour
00:01:05 / completion time

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Pros:
ymmv. 99% approval. very easy and fair pay.

Cons:
ymmv.

Catchability: Great (HIT Last Seen: a second ago)
Qualifications: Masters Exists ; Total approved HITs > 500; HIT approval rate (%) >= 95; Location EqualTo US;

To read Sam McNerney's full profile check out TurkerView!​

 

I'm sure this has been asked at least once, but because I am an infrequent visitor, I don't know where to see it.


the last 3 times I was on mturk, when I tried to submit a task, it kept failing, but I'd go to the queue and see that I could still "work" the task, and when you 'work' it again, it has the submission code ready to submit.


I cannot submit tasks on my laptop anymore? I must ALWAYS do it through my phone?

 

(No such problem here.)
Could it be something in your browser causing this?

I would:
Disable add-ons / extensions, and clear the browser's cache entirely. Restart the computer. Then try another hit submission. If it still doesn't work, then I'd clear all cookies (which of course also logs-out any active logins), log back in and try another hit.

 

... You can also try using a different browser, instead of your usual one.

 

Since when is Ignite Media back?

I used to do those occasionally.

Closed qual now though.

And the pay is still what it is.
If I remember from someone's comment, the pay reduction happened many years ago.
I wasn't here during the good-old-days before the cut.

 

Who uses mturk without masters? Why would a new user on mturk who provides "high-quality" data spend time on the platform? Why would you target research at a "far fewer" pool of "experienced" participants?