CrowdSource - Categorize a Website

Yeah 12 is the limit. I got them done in a minute each, basically load 6 webpages per HIT. Did all 12 in about 10-15 minutes for $1.08.. not great, not bad.

 

The $0.21 "Judge a Sentiment..." HITs seem straightforward enough (YMMV).

https://www.mturk.com/mturk/preview?groupId=2CH5TVOK5UFJBTX3WCFZJYQZAJZ47Q

You check 3 articles to see if each is positive/negative/neutral regarding a specific brand. From each article you paste 1 sentence to support your conclusion.

Simple enough (but read the instructions). When a decision is difficult, return and go to next HIT.

A few of these may have problems (such as linking to an irrelevant page instead of a relevant article).

To report a problem with the individual HIT, use the link to "Provide Feedback Regarding This Task." (To report other issues use the "General Questions, Comments or Feedback" link.)

 

So tired of this kind of stuff from CrowdSource. I know I'm being bitter, but they used to be such a good requester, even when they were slow. The bullet points HITs were a decent way to make money, but the editing was where it was at. $1-2 for about five minutes of work. Oh well.

 

These HITs would be easier (and would go faster) if the questions weren't subjective and the answers often debatable.

Many of the evaluated pages are news articles. An author may seek a "neutral" journalistic tone, while discussing some "positive" and/or "negative" aspects of some issue regarding a company or brand. Readers (and HIT workers), however, might possibly interpret an article (and judge the author's tone) in various different ways.

Faced with subjective elements in a HIT, I sometimes hesitate and spend time attempting to weigh the possible answers. How are these HITs evaluated? 'Majority rules' perhaps? I don't know. Is there much of a risk of rejection on these HITs? I don't know. I haven't done enough of them to find out.

 

CS is pretty good about not rejecting (writing HITs presently excluded). You're more likely to be blocked from doing HITs of that type in the future. But with the sentiment, as long as you paste a sentence that makes sense in terms of the keyword, there's no rejections. That I've seen, anyway, and I've done a shit ton of these.

 

I did about a half dozen of those sentiment ones, they all approved within a few hours. I'm not a big fan of them, even though that's a decent pay.

Is there a limit per worker on this one?

 

CrowdSource doesn't *reject*, but they do have an internal rating system that is entirely subjective. I have had some *very* questionable negative feedback in the past...as in, "this was not quite up to standards as per the style guide" (paraphrasing), without giving specific examples. Not to brag, but I am extremely consistent, and I have a strong feeling that some of these feedbacks are from lesser editors at the company. It took me almost two months to get a response from the company in regards to the vague feedback (they used to be very punctual and helpful with their feedback and email...that has changed recently). The explanation was, "this is a standard feedback that we use." No help with the actual HIT, no explanation for the changes that were made to my work (which included, FROM THE IN-HOUSE EDITOR, major faults in both style guide and grammar). That, plus the recent dearth of real work from them, has severely lowered them in my eyes.