The Crisis Mapping Project

Discussion in 'Do My HIT!' started by mizzao, Jun 18, 2014.

  1. mizzao

    mizzao Active Member

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    This is a thread for users who have done the tutorial and received a qualification for the Crisis Mapping Project to communicate about questions, issues, or bugs regarding our HITs.

    Please discuss only general issues around the interface and experience. Please do not discuss the actual work you’re doing other than in the HIT itself. If you are unsure if your comment / question is appropriate, feel free to send me a private message.

    The Crisis Mapping HITs will be posted at scheduled times with a short expiration so that everyone can get online and be connected at the same time. The bonus payment scale is shown to you as you work and updated continuously, as long as you are not disconnected or idle. The base payment will be paid shortly after the task is done, and the bonus should be paid usually within 24 hours.

    If you experience any problems loading the task, feel free to try the HIT in a different browser. However, avoid having the HIT open at the same time in multiple browsers or you may run into issues with calculating your payment properly.

    Our first scheduled session is a limited run today (June 18th) at 2PM EDT/11AM PDT. The HITs will be available at the following link when posted:

    https://www.mturk.com/mturk/searchbar?requesterId=A3RXXNTGSUSTQ9

    If you don't manage to pick up a HIT today, don't worry - you will have a chance to do the task in the future.

    Please feel free to post any questions or concerns in this thread, or send me a PM for anything specific.
     
  2. dahs

    dahs Active Member

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    I just accepted it and it is not accepting new assignments already? It says unable to login
     
  3. Salamander

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    Mine says the same thing. I accepted the HIT a few minutes ago and it's still saying the same thing.
     
  4. dahs

    dahs Active Member

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    Try refreshing it now, I just got in
     
  5. SasafrasJones

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    Hit didn't even show up for me and I've been refreshing constantly.
     
  6. IMAFOX

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    All hits already gone? I just checked it at 203pm.... -_-
     
  7. annelions

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    I haven't seen anything either and I've been checking since 5 minutes before.
     
  8. SasafrasJones

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    Same here. People must have either been lucky or constantly refreshing.
     
  9. Salamander

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    I just clicked the link at 1:58 and it was there. Lucky, I guess.
     
  10. ACeeKayWa

    ACeeKayWa New Member

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    I managed to get to the HIT at exactly 2:00, but received a message that my screen resolution wasn't enough. That's hard to imagine since it's at 1366 x 768 and I've maximized the screen. Plus it worked fine when I did the tutorial. Help, please!
     
  11. dahs

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    Yeah I set my alarm a few minutes early and it happened to be there
     
  12. mizzao

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    Sorry, the HIT filled up. We got more than enough workers for this trial run. Way more than we expected. We’re primarily using this run to shake out bugs. We’re going to run MANY more of these in the near future and we’ll be sure to notify you of them. Thanks for coming, and please stay tuned. I’m sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.

    Sincerely,

    Sid
     
  13. annelions

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    Why didn't your emails say that there would only be X number of HITs available? If I had known that there was only a 1% or 10% chance of actually taking part in this, I would've done other things.
     
  14. mizzao

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    Hi annelions,

    I tried to state in my e-mail that this was just a trial run and that if you didn't pick up a HIT, we'd notify you later. I'm very sorry I wasn't clear, and we'll make sure in the future that we don't have to turn people away in the future. I will work harder to earn your trust.
     
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    The email was worded to make it sound like the limiting factor was time, not slots. ESPECIALLY since the email stated it was "open to everyone". Unless numbers are specifically stated, having "limited" slots is open to wide interpretation. There have been "limited edition" merchandise where they make hundreds of thousands of copies!
     
  16. ktk1990

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    Edit- Problem fixed.
    Had an issue submitting the hits but it was fixed now.
     
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  17. mizzao

    mizzao Active Member

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    Everyone who participated today should have been paid their bonus by now.

    If you have any questions, let me know :)
     
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    Is it possible that you moved to a different computer since doing the tutorial? 1366 x 768 is a bit too small for our task. We're thinking about redesigning the UI a bit to make better use of screen space.
     
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