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10/08 - Treats Thursday

Discussion in 'Daily mTurk HITs Threads' started by ChrisTurk, Oct 8, 2026 at 7:12 AM.

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School project: animal diorama - do we make candy glass animals to bribe judges (older kids)?

Poll closed Today at 1:08 PM.

  1. Absolutely

    13 vote(s)
    81.3%

  2. No

    3 vote(s)
    18.8%
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  1. laby

    laby Survey Slinger Former MTG MotM TurkerView Masters

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    ...Are the judges going to eat the diorama? Are you making extras? How is that going to win your kid the science fair or whatever this is for? How old are these child judges? I feel like animals made out of money would be better at bribing the kids. Or do children know what cash is anymore? Is cash still a thing for kids or did it go the way of cursive? Maybe candy is the way to go?
     
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    laby, Oct 8, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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  2. ObsidianSage

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    yesterday i made the mistake of just typing "mturk" into my search bar on my sandboxed Chrome with no adblockers or anything. they're the sponsored result ad "The MTurk Alternative - MTurk Is Shutting Down"
     
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    ObsidianSage, Oct 8, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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  3. ChrisTurk

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    Listen if I had great answers to these questions I wouldn't be here hoping everyone just sees "candy" and votes yes.

    I was thinking of pouring them into molds of the animals that our assigned animal eats and then you could have a little buffet to "taste what lions eat" and have little candy bunny rabbits the judges can eat

    also bless your heart but I run a forum for a defunct website built entirely around pennies.. 50 cents worth of sugar is going way further than what it'd cost to bribe a bunch of fortnite junkies what do you think i'm made of over here :emoji_joy::emoji_joy::emoji_joy:
     
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    ChrisTurk, Oct 8, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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  4. laby

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    Are there a lot of bunnies in the places lions live? I would have thought zebras or something. Also, I'm a worst case scenario person so I'm just imagining children breaking teeth or choking on hard candy....maybe chocolate? unless there are kids there who are allergic. Carob?
     
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    laby, Oct 8, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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  5. QualifyForBigPayday

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    Dynamic rewards don't seem to be fair anymore.

    Consistently spending more time than the intended and not getting the full reward lately when at first engaging with studies using it I never had this problem.

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    QualifyForBigPayday, Oct 8, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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    InfiniteChanges, Oct 8, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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  7. ChrisTurk

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    Dream scenario, then the school might actually start enforcing the rule about not bringing in food during crap like this, which every other parent breaks leaving me to be the "uncool dad" for actually following the stupid rules
     
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    ChrisTurk, Oct 8, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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  8. InfiniteChanges

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    youre talking about the site that would ban people who put in there prolific ids when asked... theyre shady as shit.
     
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    InfiniteChanges, Oct 8, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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  9. ChrisTurk

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    wait why would you enter your prolific id on connect? lol
     
    ChrisTurk, Oct 8, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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  10. InfiniteChanges

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    there arent a lot of bunnies because the lions eat them all... duh.:)
     
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    InfiniteChanges, Oct 8, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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  11. InfiniteChanges

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    it was super super common when connect first launched.
     
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    InfiniteChanges, Oct 8, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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  12. laby

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    Too many sites. The requesters can't even keep track.I was rerouted to prolific from mturk surveys multiple times.
     
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    laby, Oct 8, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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  13. InfiniteChanges

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    obviously the answer is to become the "enforcer" dad, and take all the food from the other parents... preferably with a bat or large crowbar.
     
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    InfiniteChanges, Oct 8, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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  14. laby

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    laby, Oct 8, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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  15. InfiniteChanges

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    this wasnt bad coding. people were complaining about getting shadow banned after doing a survey where they put in their prolific id.
     
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    InfiniteChanges, Oct 8, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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  16. Tripsa

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    Tripsa, Oct 8, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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    I returned a lot of tasks like that because it felt like they were trying to cross-reference different IDs so they could identify the same user on different platforms. Sure, it could have been a simple copy/paste of the template and forget to change the ending buuuutttt....

    I am probably just paranoid....or maybe not

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    Pronewbi3, Oct 8, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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  18. ChrisTurk

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    perfect timing about to run for supplies so i can safely send this to my wife and she can't hit me with anything until i get home thanks
     
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    ChrisTurk, Oct 8, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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    Here's another one for you: all dolphins are whales.

    All tortoises are turtles.

    Bananas are berries.

    The world's all kinds of fucked up.
     
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    AlexZ, Oct 8, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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  20. Mtwerkingit

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    Connect is kind of shady now. I used to love that site.
     
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    Mtwerkingit, Oct 8, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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