05/24 - Fickle Friday!

Here's one possible sequence of events as I understand it.

I'm NOT an expert, so someone can correct me if I'm not entirely right.

(Note step #3 and steps #10–#13 — the latter explains how I think
a panda may be relevant even in the scenario you describe.)

1 — A requester posts a HIT (let's say it's a survey).
2 — The servers makes the HIT available at its HIT URL (but not yet in search results, IIUC).
3 — (Some small lag time here, IIUC.)
4 — Then the system adds that HIT into available search results.
5 — After that, the HIT can appear on the next periodic refresh of your search-scraper (such as HIT Forker).

(Am I right about the lag time in #3 above)? — That's on the server side:
After the server makes the HIT URL go live, there's a short lag time
before the server adds the HIT to available search results. — Correct?)

6 — You're using a scraper (such as HIT Forker) that periodically refreshes a search.
7 — You see the aforementioned HIT in the scraped search results.
8 — You click, but the HIT is already unavailable (others got it first).
9 — You may now panda (or "panda once") that HIT.

10 — The requester posts at least one more of that HIT — or maybe some worker returns one.
11 — Now again the servers make the HIT available at the HIT URL (but not yet in search, IIUC).
12 — (Again some small time interval here, IIUC.)
13 — Possibly (with some luck) your panda might now catch the HIT during that interval. — Otherwise:

14 — After that short lag time, the servers may add that HIT into available search results, IIUC.
15 — And after that, your search scraper's next refresh might display that HIT.

IIUC, the panda mechanism can (with luck) just possibly
catch the HIT before the servers add it back into search results.

So this is not only about client-side search-scraping intervals
(and client-side panda intervals) — it can also involve a server-side
interval of time (so in step #13 above, your panda has a possible chance
to maybe catch the HIT before the servers add it to available search results).

... unless I'm wrong. — Am I wrong? — (I'm not an expert.)

 

Title: Survey. New Snack Product Ideas that contain nuts | PANDA
Requester: Greg Lemmon [A2DNNMIO6XSPG6]
TurkerView: [ $56.70 / hour ]
Description: Give us your opinion about these potential ideas for new snack products
Duration: 60 Min
Available: 0
Reward: $3.00
Qualifications:

• Age - 25 - 30 EqualTo 1,
• Household Income - $50,000 - $74,999 EqualTo 1,
• Location EqualTo US,

[3X9FJ610BWPD8WJK4XXPPGEN3KN1W8]​

 

Marketing Researcher [A8QZUFPEYEEGB] A survey that pays $.50(~ 5 minutes) - $0.50 | PANDA

Unrated

Unrated

Unrated

$17.48 / hour
00:01:43 / completion time

​

Pros:

Cons:

Qualifications: Exc: [149322-148733] DoesNotExist ; Total approved HITs <= 50000; Total approved HITs >= 1000; HIT approval rate (%) >= 95; Location In US;

To read Marketing Researcher's full profile check out TurkerView!​

 

Whilst writing my long reply, I fell far behind reading other comments. I'm going back now to catch up.

 

Just F5 the thread and move on.

 

Youtube Artist save me

oh

 

yup pretty sure that's correct.

but what I'm saying is for catching new surveys - it's best catch it directly from the scraper - because waiting on the panda requires the requester posting more HITs under that same GID or hoping for return or expires which may never come.

Just gotta stare at that scraper!

 

Title: Register and write a post on unidef.net/forum/ | PANDA
Requester: Jonathan Maharaj [ATW01AD03L6LJ]
TurkerView: [ N/A ]
Description: Register a free forum account and populate the forum with constructive posts, easy job, requires tenacity and gumpshaw
Duration: 60 Min
Available: 1
Reward: $0.05
Qualifications:

• None

[3ZCNYL2D66SVRP1A0NELZY3AIK7M6P]​

 

wtf is "gumpshaw?"

 

It's a mix of gumption and Forrest Gump.

 

gumption I suppose

 

easy job, requires tenacity

 

also a great baby name that expected mothers and fathers of the forum should absolutely consider.

 

Digital Improv [AF2AH9DFIUPBV] Rank which audio loop fits best with the current music composition so far. - $0.25 | PANDA

Good

Unrated

Unrated

$13.43 / hour
00:01:07 / completion time

​

Pros:

Cons:

Qualifications:

To read Digital Improv's full profile check out TurkerView!​

 

Blaine [A3R4QLY5NL1ZBM] Short Survey - $1.25 | PANDA

Unrated

Unrated

Unrated

$12.53 / hour
00:05:59 / completion time

​

Pros:

Cons:
Writing for three minutes

Qualifications: Total approved HITs > 500; HIT approval rate (%) > 98; Location EqualTo US; Power/Choice Survey DoesNotExist ;

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

 

Ayaburi Emmanuel [A15RE0NK88B5B3] Post Data Breach Protective Technologies Use: An Examination of User’s Dilemma - $1.00 | PANDA

Generous

Unrated

Unrated

$25.17 / hour
00:02:23 / completion time

​

Pros:

Cons:

Qualifications: Facebook Account Holder EqualTo 1;

To read Ayaburi Emmanuel's full profile check out TurkerView!​

 

I'm using Mturk Suite v2.6.12
I set it to 800 MS and maintain 0 PRES at that rate.

I've looked at Pandacrazy and it looked a bit dated to me as well as most of the scripts on gresyfork. Am I missing something? Is PandaCrazy and Forker faster?

 

@sarin please consider investing in one of these in the future
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MR4JBWY/?tag=thtv02-20
Now things will never fall out of your pocket again.

 

Can you guys back up off my batch please, thanks. I am trying to get my hourly over a dollar an hour.

Title: Describe Restaurants • Accept Requester: Mx Tags [A3BX4WTA9VW9JR] Contact TV: $0.94/hr • TO: 1.50 • TO2: n/a Reward: $0.02 Duration: 5 days Available: 132560 Description: 1. Click on the Google Search link. 2. Research the website results from Google and determine THREE different ways YOU would describe the restaurant. 3. Prioritize YOUR categorizations (1 is highest priority, 3 is lowest priority) Qualifications: None