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07/21 - All the Food is Poison Tuesday

Discussion in 'Daily mTurk HITs Threads' started by skittles, Jul 21, 2026.

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  1. Jerry Siewert

    Jerry Siewert New Turker

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    I mainly only do csats and when I was suspended I was using MTS catcher for csats. I have received 402 errors when using MTS even though my PAR's were not that high, so I'm curious if MTS is no longer allowed or if it triggering automatic bans somehow. Also, I see that many of the workers who reported suspensions are veterans so it might be possible they are filtering out those who have been on Mturk for many years and starting fresh (considering the July 31 deadline for new users).
     
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    Jerry Siewert, Jul 21, 2026
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  2. antibalas

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    Pretty much the same experience as me. Plugging along with CSATS using MTS and Panda Crazy Max. Had to switch to Brave browser 2 weeks ago to continue using those tools and for the last month or so have been getting a fair amount of 402 errors. Been turking for 10+ years.
     
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  3. Tripsa

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    The pre's have been really bad since the last mass suspension was lifted at the end of May.
     
    Tripsa, Jul 21, 2026
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  4. eyeofodin

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    This is exactly what I have been doing for the past year probably. I got axed in the middle of doing one of those video jobs that you find if they're offensive.
     
    eyeofodin, Jul 21, 2026
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  5. Antonina

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    hmm I mean I get that they want to start fresh but they could at least pay out . afaik once an account is suspended, whatever money you had in the account doesn't automatically gets transferred to your bank account. That's pretty messed up and sounds like illegal.
     
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  6. AlexZ

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    One scenario that I can imagine is since they are disabling new MTurk account sign-ups soon, they figured they could also downscale the servers that MTurk runs on since the load is likely to get progressively lower in the future as fewer HITs are posted. But since right now the servers are at near-capacity as it is, they just targeted an x% of turkers who generated the highest average load on the servers and suspended them.

    But that seems pretty extreme. Hopefully it's just a bug, same as a few months ago.
     
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  7. InfiniteChanges

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    i doubt that, only because i only do VRAPI, which is few big hits not lots of small ones, my PRE rate this morning before i got banned was 0.2.

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    InfiniteChanges, Jul 21, 2026
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  8. Antonina

    Antonina Active Turker

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    you were also suspended? If so, did you get your account reinstated already? I also mostly do VRAPI ( but not part of their slack channel so I have no updates etc)
     
    Antonina, Jul 21, 2026
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  9. InfiniteChanges

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    how many people just got the "Unfortunately, we are not able to take any additional action regarding your Amazon Mechanical Turk Worker account suspension, or offer any additional insight. Please refer to our earlier correspondence for details regarding this decision." in the last two minutes?
     
    InfiniteChanges, Jul 21, 2026
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  10. ReignChaser

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    That is not a deadline for new workers. It's a deadline for requesters. Notice how they say "customers". Workers aren't customers.
     
    ReignChaser, Jul 21, 2026
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  11. Antonina

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    yeah i just got that too. They really need to pay up though, isn't that illegal if there is money in my account that I earned already? Do you have access to VRAPI slack? maybe they can help here
     
    Antonina, Jul 21, 2026
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  12. AfterDarkMark

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    AfterDarkMark, Jul 21, 2026
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  13. Abscheulich

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    I went from confused, to happy this was a mistake, to confused, to thinking I'm never going to get my account back

    Hope I hit confused again soon. I prefer that state.
     
    Abscheulich, Jul 21, 2026
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  14. eyeofodin

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    Hello,

    Unfortunately, we are not able to take any additional action regarding your Amazon Mechanical Turk Worker account suspension, or offer any additional insight. Please refer to our earlier correspondence for details regarding this decision.

    Your account will not be re-opened. We regret that we have not been able to address your concerns to your satisfaction.

    Thank you for your understanding.

    Sincerely,
    Account Specialist

    Welp... Thanks for all the fish, I guess...
     
    eyeofodin, Jul 21, 2026
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  15. Abscheulich

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    They mass sent that out to a lot of people, myself included. I don't even have an earlier correspondence.
     
    Abscheulich, Jul 22, 2026
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  16. eyeofodin

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    I don't have anything either. I didn't get you are suspended or anything.
     
    eyeofodin, Jul 22, 2026
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  17. Antonina

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    hmmm, so strange. It looks like they're just getting rid of older accounts. My payout is in a few days, I'll update if it goes through etc for those with money still pending etc.
     
    Antonina, Jul 22, 2026
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  19. InfiniteChanges

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    is your account still active?
     
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    InfiniteChanges, Jul 22, 2026
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