Re:MTurk + Google News API = press
by aantix on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @06:10PM
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Certainly they performed jobs for 25 cents an hour, but that rate just isn't sustainable if you actually want to get fast, reliant results.
Just as the requesters on MTurk are smart, so are the workers (aka Turkers). If you hang around the market place long enough you will quickly discover that your time is worth much more than 25 cents an hour.
The Turkers are smart; high throughput is the only way they are going to make any money.
As a requester, someone posting work, if you don't respect that in terms of 1) streaming-lining your instructions to simplify the work for the Turkers, and 2) giving a descent wage relative to the work needed
The Turkers will go elsewhere and your results are just going to trickle in.
MTurk is actually a perfect marketplace, as a worker you can see ALL of the jobs that you are qualified, all of the competing bids for a piece of your time in one consolidated place, and you can choose how and when to work instantly or whether you want to work at all.
Just as the requesters on MTurk are smart, so are the workers (aka Turkers). If you hang around the market place long enough you will quickly discover that your time is worth much more than 25 cents an hour.
The Turkers are smart; high throughput is the only way they are going to make any money.
As a requester, someone posting work, if you don't respect that in terms of 1) streaming-lining your instructions to simplify the work for the Turkers, and 2) giving a descent wage relative to the work needed
The Turkers will go elsewhere and your results are just going to trickle in.
MTurk is actually a perfect marketplace, as a worker you can see ALL of the jobs that you are qualified, all of the competing bids for a piece of your time in one consolidated place, and you can choose how and when to work instantly or whether you want to work at all.