I felt the same way about how bots would work. I don't think they're bots. I think it's more of scamming that some people are doing or don't understand it enough to do it right.
Yep they probably had a couple people spam/miss AC's on their surveys, and that's their way of addressing it. Weird, though, I do wonder if they REALLY do think it's bots lol, and not just people spamming them darn survey spamming bots taking all me surveys
Time may vary since it requires brain power. Under 30 min at least. Title: Questionnaires | Accept Requester: Yigal Attali [ASOGCCOAO0E33] Contact TV: [Hrly=$19.98] [Pay=Generous] [Approval=~24 hrs] [Comm=Excellent] [Rej=0] [Blk=0] TO: [Pay=4.84] [Fast=5.00] [Comm=4.64] [Fair=5.00] [Reviews=59] [ToS=0] TO2: No Reviews Reward: 4.00 Duration: 1:30:00 Available: 4 Description: Questionnaires Qualifications: Math and reasoning DoesNotExist ; Total approved HITs GreaterThan 100; HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThan 90; Location In CA, US
Yeah and it's not the first time that's been said in fact there was a big "bot" scare probably a few years ago and if you just think about it logically it's not really possible. I think at best you might be able to make a script that autofills a good portion of the survey but again if your smart enough to do that as well as taking the time to perfect some kind of script or program to help you basically steal money from researchers then you could probably figure out better ways to make money using those skills especially if you are already willing to be that conniving. But yeah no way is it a HUGE problem. I can't even imagine it being like over 2% of surveys which I'd be remarkably surprised if it was even that high.
riiight?! and didn't it have a masters qual? they took all kinda precautions against those "bots" and I really don't know much about developing scripts/bots, but considering the surveys are hosted on several platforms, the bots would have to be smart enough to detect that/the different forms' coding? unless they're making a different bot for each survey lmfao. but how would the bots also detect the different AC's in different surveys? so the person probably gets half of her/his rejected. The payoff does seem not worth it. To spend that much effort/time for "50 cents" and a 49% approval rating. my tiny brain just can't figure out how designing bots for mturk surveys would work out
5 minutes Title: Decision Making Survey(~ 15 minutes) | Accept Requester: Sam Hirshman [A6M2J2T11SLNA] Contact TV: [Hrly=$34.59] [Pay=Generous] [Approval=~24 hrs] [Comm=Unrated] [Rej=0] [Blk=0] TO: [Pay=4.68] [Fast=5.00] [Comm=5.00] [Fair=5.00] [Reviews=21] [ToS=0] TO2: No Reviews Reward: 1.50 Duration: 45:00 Available: 5 Description: Do a Decision Making Survey Qualifications: Exc: [6494001-202396] DoesNotExist ; HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 95; Location In US
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Title: Locate the company homepage | Accept Requester: Indeed AggOps [AH1VVH20DQZN9] Contact TV: [Hrly=$9.95] [Pay=Fair] [Approval=~24 hrs] [Comm=Unrated] [Rej=0] [Blk=0] TO: [Pay=3.14] [Fast=4.20] [Comm=3.00] [Fair=3.25] [Reviews=10] [ToS=0] TO2: No Reviews Reward: 0.08 Duration: 6:00 Available: 41589 Description: Review the given information and find the correct homepage for the company Qualifications: Masters Exists
Did the opposite lol need a break from typing and cars so hitting none of the above for 95% of the geohives is the way to go in my opinion.
Follow up 2 min Title: Follow-up Survey About Working Online (~5 minutes, $0.50)(~ 5 minutes) | Accept Requester: Sauder Research [A2XMDKCW9TNM6T] Contact TV: [Hrly=$17.50] [Pay=Good] [Approval=~24 hrs] [Comm=Excellent] [Rej=0] [Blk=0] TO: [Pay=3.96] [Fast=4.89] [Comm=4.67] [Fair=4.94] [Reviews=123] [ToS=4] TO2: No Reviews Reward: 0.50 Duration: 20:00 Available: 64 Description: Questions about working on MTurk, demographics Qualifications: Inc: [19-202406] Exists ; Exc: [202995-202406] DoesNotExist ; Total approved HITs GreaterThanOrEqualTo 500; HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 95; Location In US
4 min Title: Participate in a study about a children's story(~ 3 minutes) | Accept Requester: Markman Lab [A36T3SXQFU14DI] Contact TV: [Hrly=$18.26] [Pay=Generous] [Approval=~24 hrs] [Comm=Unrated] [Rej=0] [Blk=0] TO: No Reviews TO2: No Reviews Reward: 0.58 Duration: 1:30:00 Available: 18 Description: Read a story written for children, and respond to some questions about characters in the story. Qualifications: Exc: [1435431667-202475] DoesNotExist ; Total approved HITs GreaterThanOrEqualTo 50; HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 98; Location In US
Title: Answer a Survey about Thoughts/Feelings regarding Coronavirus (completion time 20-30 min) | Accept Requester: Dave [A1UAUTWJC7WZKW] Contact TV: No Reviews TO: [Pay=5.00] [Fast=5.00] [Comm=0.00] [Fair=5.00] [Reviews=2] [ToS=0] TO2: No Reviews Reward: 4.50 Duration: 2:00:00 Available: 1 Description: Survey both about your general thoughts/feelings about life, as well as your thoughts/feelings about the coronavirus. No special expertise needed. Takes approximately 20-30 min. May participate only once. Qualifications: HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 90; Location EqualTo US
So many coronavirus surveys. Keep them coming. Title: Economics survey | Accept Requester: TradeVisibility [AHJCP4044V5YY] Contact TV: [Hrly=$18.41] [Pay=Generous] [Approval=1-3 days] [Comm=Unrated] [Rej=0] [Blk=0] TO: [Pay=4.43] [Fast=4.60] [Comm=5.00] [Fair=5.00] [Reviews=7] [ToS=0] TO2: No Reviews Reward: 0.70 Duration: 1 day Available: 60 Description: Survey about the coronavirus and economics Qualifications: Total approved HITs GreaterThan 500; HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 99; Location EqualTo US
Title: 3-question screener | Accept Requester: Learning and Behavior Lab [AME9V48UHTDMT] Contact TV: No Reviews TO: [Pay=1.00] [Fast=0.00] [Comm=0.00] [Fair=1.00] [Reviews=1] [ToS=0] TO2: No Reviews Reward: 0.02 Duration: 1:00:00 Available: 1 Description: Take a 3-question screener to become qualified for a higher paying hit Qualifications: HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 95; Location EqualTo US
7 min. Annoying format. Thought maximizing window would help but it doesn't. Title: Answer a survey about your opinions | Accept Requester: Laszlo Sajtos [A2WD2T8KIE4CRO] Contact TV: [Hrly=$21.43] [Pay=Generous] [Approval=1-3 days] [Comm=Unrated] [Rej=0] [Blk=0] TO: No Reviews TO2: No Reviews Reward: 1.00 Duration: 1:00:00 Available: 1 Description: Give us your opinion about our products Qualifications: Masters Exists