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  1. ohsostrange

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    I've learned some odd things about the Olympics doing these. For instance, there was a basketball player named Carmelo "Melo" Anthony who got punched in the groin accidentally-on-purpose by somebody on Argentina's team, and one of the gymnasts was photographed accidentally peeing herself while she did a flip. Who knew?
     
  2. Khalinov

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    These will not last long...
     
  3. RWStein

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    My thing is that there are many scammers that have 15k or 25k approvals... That doesn't make them good - it just means they have been doing it a while... Having over 1k and a 99.9% approval means you are working for it.. You know?
     
  4. footballchick29

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    I agree.. kinda sucks.. andy k has some hits up that will boost number..as well as corbis.. they are .02 hits but half of mine have approved aready, it is helping get the numbers up
     
  5. Ovningskora

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    I like the 5k approval req, it keeps me working for more. The more requirements there are for workers the better as far as I'm concerned.
     
  6. HappyFish

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    Done just in time for bowling!
     
  7. lilkolo91

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    I want mooooorrrreeeee!!!!
     
  8. 2muchTurkin

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    hits go buh bye =[ almost hit $60 for today with them popping up to help out so that is good =]
     
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    I prefer the 8 cent ones more, I have a harder time getting through these for some reason. Still made about $15 though. Thanks Praveen!!
     
  10. 2muchTurkin

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    I highly doubt scammers make it to that many hits. I think what the scammers do is make an acnt. screw it till it gets suspended then open up another one. Big reason I think amazon stopped the overseas accounts since it is easier to verify US by SSN. Maybe I am wrong though....
     
  11. schlep

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    I agree. I doubt there are many scammers out there with those kind of numbers. I like the HIT requirements. 5K isn't too hard to get to, I've been at this for almost two months now and I have 11k+ approvals. And I'm one lazy sob.

    Maybe those that have trouble getting numbers are the ones that mostly do surveys?
     
  12. footballchick29

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    I rarely do surveys.. I stick to batch hits.. some of us work outside the home or have other commitments.. I speak for myself when I say that for this particular project I do not see a need for a 5k approved hit qual.. it makes more sense to me to have some kind of test instead.. someone could have 11k approved hits and do a bad job while someone else can have 1k hits wth over a 99% approval rate.. to me hits that require a specific approval rate should be higher paying
     
  13. Dan

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    My qualification for these "new hits" is still pending, sadly. How much do they pay? I thought they're still 8 cents per hit, like the ones i did in the big batch.
    And why are they harder to do?

    Wait...do you mean that you can't make a new mturk account if you're outside of US? When did they changed this? Because i know that existing foreign accounts still work.
     
  14. RWStein

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    2Much - you and I (I assume you as well) know of a couple people that employ scripts and bots to make numbers.... A sad thing and if / when I see it I say something - but a 5k limit is not the "be all end all" of quality work.... I have over 1800 approvals. 2 rejects from scamming requesters that I should have never done work for. I'm at 99.9%! Most people with 5k+ approvals can not claim 99.9% or 100%!!! And I've never even had a reject from Classify This or ProductRnR or NetMSi. A lot of people in a similar situation... They do quality work! Just not at 5k approvals.

    I understand the requirement - I just don't think in "ensures" better work!

    In this case he emailed me to let me know that he needed the same sample group working on them as last time for scientific purposes. In that regard - I completely understand and am OK with it!
     
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    Exactly... I have a SH*T ton of family obligations.... But I am really devoted to Turking... I do batch HITs when I can but I refuse to make less than $6.oo per hour whenever possible. I'll be the first to admit I can be a survey junkie - but I also have over 99% approval on the CrowdSource Dashboard and over 90% on the CrowdFlower Dashboard.

    I just can't get into the click here, here and here and here HITs that pay $0.01 or $0.02 each like I'm a robot - and no one can do hundreds of those and still stay focused and provide quality work with out a break! I just refuse to submit bad work - so if I can't get into it - I don't do it!

    I'm not looking to brag about my HIT totals.... I'll brag all day long about my APPROVAL rate!!! In the end it is your approval rate that defines your quality - if you have more than a few HITs... Not the total number of HITs you have done.
     
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    My brother wishes he'd lower his qual to 95ish range. He has 10k HITs and is stuck at 95.

    I actually feel bad for him.. Every time he hits 95 he gets scammed again and gets a bunch of rejects. He's been over 95 for a few weeks now so i'll try not to jinx it!!


    But I agree. Anyone who's at the 5k marker has done good work if they are still turking.
     
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    I am at 45k+ approved with 99.6%. Are you saying that isn't good? And no I only know one person who turks and that is my sister who I got started. I was at 1k approved then seen I needed 5k approved for some hits. So I worked my ass off to get there. Then I seen you needed 10k on a few after I got to 5k and dedicated my self again to pounding out shit hits again like redwood. I am proud of my approval count and rate and I do not see anything wrong with requesters putting whatever they wish as requirements. If you ask me.. high hit counts with high approval rates show dedication. Of course this mostly applies to batch hits as I hardly do surveys anymore.
     
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    Having 1k and a 99.9 says that you haven't been working at if very long. Having over 5k and a 99% means that you have been "working for it" for a while.
     
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    Very good point. I would hate to see newbies with no clue ruining a good hit. Not saying that all newbies are clueless just a select few.
     
  20. 2muchTurkin

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    I understand it sucks that you cannot do certain hits because you do not have the requirements. I went through this also. Set goals and pursue them.
     

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