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Re:Mechanical Turk shutting down September 30 by skinfaxi on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @08:51PM (#49458016)
Why it's Transactional Systems for Ephemeral Tasks, don't you know? No but same here. The other pages lead to more confusion.
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Re:Mechanical Turk shutting down September 30 by freehorse on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @09:21PM (#49458235)
My favourite part is the "our customers" section [0], starting with

> Ripe with fraud, labor exploitation, political polling manipulation

I am not sure if they want to convey what I think I am reading or not.

[0] https://generalresearch.com/mission/#:~:text=Our%20Customers

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Re:Mechanical Turk shutting down September 30 by x0xMaximus on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @11:27PM (#49459276)
Buyer A is presented with the following rate card:

< 10min targeting gen pop: $3 10 <= 15min targeting gen pop: $5

Of course they'll bid saying their 14 min survey only takes 9 min to complete. Buyers try to cheat pricing strategies of exchanges just as much as respondents try to cheat buyers on survey platforms. Both parties can't be trusted and have adverse incentives.

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