05/24 - The Lovely Picacho Thursday!

Discussion in 'Daily mTurk HITs Threads' started by Melting Glacier, May 24, 2018.

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  1. morweeg

    morweeg Triple Double Certified Organic Batch Master

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    Yeah, $300/night "just to make ends meet"
     
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  2. WimpLo

    WimpLo Survey Slingin' Batch Masta Former MTG MotM

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  3. Squatcobbler

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    might be cheaper for cities that want their slice to just hire someone at min wage to book reservations and then show up with a tax bill in hand
     
  4. Epictetus

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    There ARE ethical issues with this kind of work and both sides have valid points.
     
  5. morweeg

    morweeg Triple Double Certified Organic Batch Master

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    Not really. If people don't want to be hunted down by the tax man, they should pay their taxes. Government doesn't function for free.
     
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  7. ChrisTurk

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    I'm pretty sure that was my review he was quoting so I'll give you a serious answer..

    Back when I did VRAPI "full time" for my mTurk time I'd actually earn $100/hr. That includes returns, skips, etc. If I sat down at the start of a batch & worked for 2 hours I'd have $200, the hourly wages from there diminished quickly though. I think my single highest VRAPI day in the modern era (since gurlondrums/etc group got the qual) was a $600 Sunday (& I have no clue how long I worked for it tbh). That sounds like a great day in a vacuum, but that $600 earned their company $7,000 in commissions from cities/counties and relative to when I started was over $1,000 less than what I would have earned previously.

    I don't think anyone can expect to get close to that nowadays because the HITs were entirely different and I had a unique mix of skills to make it work, though I'm sure a few of the OG VRAPI folks older than I am still stick it out & do very well.

    On good batches, you can still make $10-$25/hr with little skill, but the amount of time you can sustain that for is low, and after this new round of folks it'll be even lower. Most folks I see who have no skills other than looking at a map are lucky to sustain $10/hr over the course of a day. The reason people get hyped for them is that for mTurk, that's pretty fantastic wages for that level of effort/skill vs the time period its available & you're not being abused by some psych experiment on how much you hate yourself, lol. They're good relative to the alternative (praying something good drops all day the whole day, which doesn't happen on mTurk) not necessarily in the vacuum of looking at the task w/o the context of the platform around it.

    So, YMMV, on mTurk it is better to have options than not IMO & its really inefficient to try and mix your morals into the equation. I do the same thing w/ that company, and on a lot of days I probably make less than I could if I "sucked it up" and just worked for them, but my honest advice to everyone is to get the qual while you have a shot at it lol.
     
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  10. ChrisTurk

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    already hit the button :aetsch:

    also i agree.. idk why either.. something is just wrong about submitting a survey w/ no code/workerid/prayer for no rejection
     
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  11. Hummingbirdee

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    For once, we are in total agreement.

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  12. Epictetus

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    So what you're saying is:[​IMG]
     
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  13. morweeg

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    When are you going to start handing out awards for "most TV reviews posted."
     
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    Most first blood TV reviews.
     
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    Sounds like a great way to lower the quality of reviews
     
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  19. Hummingbirdee

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    Pay your taxes!
    Pay your taxes!

    Or Birb will show up!
    WITH ALL HER AXES!

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    Uncle Sam dangled me by my ankles this year (and every year lol) to make sure he got everything down to my loose pocket change and I think everyone should have their rightful chance to get frisked by the tax man.

    U try run
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  20. Lil Kitchen

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    It should be the Halo medal methinks
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