09/28 - More Time Please, Monday

So... hi

Got an email from PickFu saying basically "hey, since Mechanical Turk is shutting down, come work for us!" First of all - no, lol. Second - it was the first I'd heard about the shutdown, so I hopped on here to see what's up.

It's been awhile since I got on mturk, I moved on to Prolific and then after about a year or two kind of gave up crowdwork altogether. It got me through some scary times, both financially and emotionally, and once life got to a good spot for me I didn't need it as much.

But I do want to thank the people who made this forum a special place. I'm especially grateful for the kind words from when I had to put my sweet orange cat Charlie down for his final nap. I still miss him every day, he was my little turking companion. I do have a feisty void kitty now, but he's a different kind of beast altogether.

Anyway. This has been a great place and the people who visited every day being both snarky and kind made it that way. So thanks to all of you for being here, virtually. I'll probably log in here for the next week or so just for old times sake and to see who else does the same. You guys are awesome and fun. I enjoyed being part of this community and I hope for great things for all of you.

 

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sucks that mturk is finally imploding but it has been nice seeing familiar faces again <3

 

GOOD FOR YOU

 

Hello! I haven't been on here in a really long time. This place used to be a big part of my life with so many great people on here. Unfortunately many not so good things happened the last few years that caused me to drift away from the forum as well as Mturk itself. I moved a few times, changed jobs and then started getting health problems again especially the last couple of years. I went on Mturk off and on but I could only squeak out a few dollars here and there. It seems to have slowed down so much. I'm still a little sad that I never got the chance to get the Vacation Rentals qual lol. I wanted that one so bad.

I guess Mturk shutting down shouldn't surprise me but it is so depressing. My life revolved around it for so long that it feels like a huge chunk of my past is disappearing with it. I definitely don't feel ready for this.