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NBadger Fast Reader
Reviews: 2,823
Points: 3,157
Ratings: 769
4-minute conversation: Need MIC and HEADPHONES - $1.10

Fair

Acceptable

Approved

$10.73 / hour

00:06:09 / completion time

Pros

- HITs are extremely consistent, and are dropped on weekdays from 5pm-8pm. There are three batches of hits daily with 1-3 hits available per batch, 3 being the most common (for a possible total of 3-9 hits per turker per day).
- The hit always tells you how many of that batch will be available that day ("LIMIT THREE PER WORKER PER DAY", etc.) and will prevent you from accidentally doing too many (you'll get the "no soup for you" message if you try to go over).
- While the hit itself is not hosted on Endor (so you can return without consequence), the link to the hit is and if you refresh or close the tab it will count as one of your attempts, regardless of whether or not you actually tried to do it (if you accidentally close the tab I suggest you ctl+shift+T ASAP so you can grab the cached tab before it disappears).
- You do talk to a real human, but it's done via TTS on their end so responses take a bit of time, and also you have a bullet list of points to go through most of the time. This makes it far less anxiety-inducing than normal audio hits would for me.
- Usually the actual active part of the hit only lasts 2-6 minutes.

Cons

- The time spent "on" the hit can vary widely–while the dialogues themselves are short, the queue to talk to an assistant can be very very long. All you have to do is leave the tab open while you wait from place 10 in line, but this can take anywhere from 2-20 minutes, during which the 30 minute timer might expire. Plus, it's frustrating to be tied to a hit for that long. Occasionally after waiting for awhile and making it all the way to first in line, you are knocked out the queue with the message that no assistants are available and you have to start over.
- As mentioned previously, it does involve talking to a real person and this can be nerve-wracking for some, especially if the assistant is having a hard time understanding you due to connection problems, etc. You will also need a microphone/headset, as it's required for these hits as per the instructions.
- Occasionally the assistant will hang up mid conversation for no apparent reason, or after completing the entire session the assistant will fail to disconnect properly (if you hang up you are not paid). Both cases are extremely frustrating but there's nothing you can do. Either give up or start the process over.
- Some of the less-structured dialogues are much more time consuming and frustrating–one in particular is pretty much guaranteed to be 7-10 minutes instead of the usual 2-6; I avoid these. After doing them for awhile you start to recognize which dialogues you prefer.
- It's a Google requester, so if you have any questions you're pretty much screwed. They don't reply to messages (though they might read them). Fortunately their hit instructions are pretty clear, so you should rarely have cause to message anyway.
Oct 31, 2017 | 11 workers found this helpful.

sarin Unreliably Fast
Reviews: 10,091
Points: 10,085
Ratings: 1,706
write a pizza ordering dialogue - $1.50

Generous

Unrated

Approved

$23.68 / hour

00:03:48 / completion time

Pros

Write a dialogue between you and a hypothetical assistant about ordering a pizza, confirming what type of pizza it is, and end it with the assistant confirming the order

Cons

Lots of creative writing
Quite a few guidelines that the requesters want you to conform to
The HIT used a wrong template, as it listed a starting point for a coffee ordering HIT for the first text box.
Jan 22, 2019 | 3 workers found this helpful.

sarin Unreliably Fast
Reviews: 10,091
Points: 10,085
Ratings: 1,706
write a music browsing in the car dialogue - $1.50

Good

Unrated

Pending

$19.22 / hour

00:04:41 / completion time

Pros

Write a dialogue between you and a hypothetical assistant about browsing through music in the car

Cons

Lots of creative writing
Wants you to fulfill a lot of guidelines that makes the dialogue somewhat awkward (at least 5 songs, some genres, what you like/dislike about the music)
HIT says 10 steps are required, with an option to go up to 15 steps, but it only provides spaces for 10 steps, and the form is set up so that 8 steps are the minimum required
Jan 22, 2019

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Wage Aggregate Tracking

This is fairly straightforward: we take the completion time & the reward amount (where available) and calculate the average hourly rate for the task. We then apply that number to a simple range based on US minimum wage standards to color-code the data for easy to digest numerical data.

Color Pay Range (Hourly) Explanation
RED < $7.25 / hr Hourly averages below US Federal minimum wage
ORANGE $7.25 - $10.00 / hr Hourly averages between Federal & highest statewide (CA) minimum wages.
GREEN > $10.00 / hr Hourly averages above all US minimum wage standards

Reward Sentiment

Not all HITs are created equal. Sometimes an hourly wage doesn't convey the full story of a HIT's true worth, so we encourage workers to give their opinion on the overall pay of the task. Was it $8/hr to rate pictures of puppies? A worker could justifiably bump up the rating a bit for something so adorable. 10 hours locked in Inquisit? Even for $10/hr many workers would appreciate the heads up on such a task. The Pay Sentiment rating helps connect workers beyond the hard data.

Icon Rating Suggested Guidelines
Underpaid 1 / 5
  • Very low or no pay
  • Frustrating work experience
  • Inadequate instructions
Low 2 / 5
  • Below US min-wage ($7.25/hr)
  • No redeeming qualities to make up for pay
Fair 3 / 5
  • Minimum wages for task (consider SE taxes!)
  • Work experience offers nothing to tip the scales in a positive or negative direction
Good 4 / 5
  • Pay is above minimum wage, or compensates better than average for the level of effort required.
  • The overall work experience makes up for borderline wages
Generous 5 / 5
  • Pay is exceptional.
  • Interesting, engaging work or work environment
  • Concise instructions, well designed HIT.

Communication Ratings

Communication is an underrated aspect of mTurk. Clear, concise directions. A fast response to a clarification question or a resolution to a workflow suggestion can all be valuable aspects of interaction between Requesters & Workers and its worth keeping track of. Plus everyone enjoys the peace of mind knowing that if something does go wrong there will be an actual human getting back to you to solve the issue.

Icon Rating Suggested Guidelines
Unacceptable 1 / 5
  • No response at all
  • Rude response without a resolution
Poor 2 / 5
  • Responsive, but unhelpful
  • Required IRB or extra intervention
Acceptable 3 / 5
  • Responded in a reasonable timeframe
  • Resolves issues to a minimum level of satisfaction.
Good 4 / 5
  • Prompt Response
  • Positive resolution
Excellent 5 / 5
  • Prompt response time
  • Friendly & Professional
  • Helpful / Solved Issues
  • Interacts within the community

Approval Time Tracking

This rating is strictly for approval times. Let's face it, no one wants to mix approval time ratings with how fast a Requester rejects a HIT, so we've saved rejection flags for another category. This provides a more straightforward way to know about how long your HIT might sit pending before paying out. The default auto-approval for most MTurk tasks is 3 days, the maximum is 30 days. We've tried to base our ratings around those data-points.

Icon Rating Approval Time
Very Slow 1 / 5 Over 2 weeks
Slow 2 / 5 ~1 - 2 Weeks
Average 3 / 5 ~3 - 7 Days
Fast 4 / 5 ~1 - 3 Days
Very Fast 5 / 5 ~24 hours or less

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