1. aedum New Turker

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    Hi, started MTurk yesterday and actually not hating it. Only at 7.90 earnings and 13.55 reward goal (how are these two numbers different?) but hoping that creeps up fairly quickly.

    Looking to really get into it in order to clear myself of debt over the next 6 months.

    How is everyone?
     
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  2. CorvusSapiens Survey Slinger

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    The reward goal up top is what we refer to as "Projected Earnings" or "PE", it's how much you'll make if all the hits you've done approve. The earnings on your dashboard only counts hits that have already approved and paid. If you don't get any rejections the earnings should eventually catch up to what you're reward goal showed. Reward goal will reset every day.

    If you haven't started working with scripts yet, I suggest checking out this guide here: Super beginners guide to scripts

    Feel free to stop by the Daily Thread. That's the busiest part of the forum.
     
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  3. AMindAtTurk Survey Slinger TurkerView Masters

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  4. Ornac Survey Slinger TurkerView Masters

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    Hello and welcome. Make sure to check out the daily thread if you haven't already. You can pick up quite a lot of tips/tricks just hanging around there and it's usually a good time. It's a little quiet on the weekends, but it'll be lively again tomorrow.

    @CorvusSapiens beat me to it so I deleted the rest of my explanation. :slowturtle::slowpoke::slug:
     
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  5. afallstarxfall Well-Known Turker

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    slow morning for me and ya I'm in similar boat, trying to pay off debt too...should be able to do that within 2-3 months, but student loans is going to take a bit longer.
     
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  6. aedum New Turker

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    Thanks. This was super helpful!
     
  7. aedum New Turker

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    Good luck.
     
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  8. afallstarxfall Well-Known Turker

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    Also consider looking up requester ratings on Turkerview or Turkopticon. That helps you avoid bad requester.
     
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  9. jessica93 Survey Slinger TurkerView Masters

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  11. BlueMountainBacon Well-Known Turker

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    This makes me lol endoscopy time.
     
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  12. BlueMountainBacon Well-Known Turker

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    Autocorrect...no..stop what you are doing.
     
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