Re:10,000 Mechanical Turkers work separately to draw a 100 d...
by astine on Wednesday September 24, 2008 @12:01PM
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Please don't patronize me. I never said, "no one in their right mind would do this." I asked, "why would someone do this if the primary motivation was money?" If the primary motivation isn't money, and people are looking to alleviate boredom, all you needed to do was say that. understand that the reason I asked was because I tried it once and couldn't stand it.
That said, your study does answer my question. People see it as easy money that they can pursuit while doing other things or when there is nothing else to do, which makes sense.
That said, your study does answer my question. People see it as easy money that they can pursuit while doing other things or when there is nothing else to do, which makes sense.