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uncertainty
Aug 8, 2011


Prolific is an MTurk alternative for academic surveys and should pay a lot better: https://www.prolific.co/

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uncertainty
Aug 8, 2011


Victory Position posted:

I have always been very deeply suspicious of these types of websites; do they actually work? they're about as transparent as the bottom of the ocean, and I can't find a single thing on any of these sites dictating allotment of payment and fees

Based on my limited experience yes and no. The platforms themselves are usually transparent but also don't really seem to care about protecting anyone. On MTurk this means that the money earned for a task will be the money you get, but some people post tasks that just pay insanely low amounts, and some people will post tasks and lie about their duration. For Mturk this is resolved by user implemented rating systems where mturkers rate requesters based on how well they pay etc. So if you go in blindly, you will probably not do great, but if you join some MTurk communities, get the right scripts etc. it shouldn't be too risky.

EditL this is one of those websites for MTurk: https://turkerview.com/requesters/

uncertainty has issued a correction as of 06:56 on Dec 2, 2020

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