/r/mturk
A subreddit focused on Amazon's crowd work platform, Mechanical Turk (MTurk)
For discussion and sharing of MTurk tips and tricks, scam alerts, research studies, and all things Mechanical Turk related.
New to Mechanical Turk?
Check the /r/mturk FAQ.
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Turkers' Essentials
When submitting to /r/mturk
Check the FAQ or search the subreddit before asking a question.
Please create a 'text post' instead of a 'link post' if you're referring to a specific HIT. Avoid linking directly to HITs because a HIT becomes unable to be viewed by others after it's accepted by someone. We likely can't help you if we can't see the HIT you're talking about.
If you are a Requester (someone trying to get work done)
You are welcome to post and promote your HITs, but please post no more than once a day. Also, keep in mind that this is a community where jobs are done for money. If your survey offers no compensation, consider posting to /r/SampleSize instead of here, or talk to your sponsor and tell them you'll need to provide incentive before posting. When posting, please include the following information.
- Requester name
- HIT name (if applicable)
- Requester ID (optional, but it helps)
Additionally, if asking for advice about hit design or potential hits, please include the following.
- A description of the hit
- What's required, how long does it take, as much info as possible so we can help you
- A best guess is fine, but make sure you take into account that the people doing your hit will not be as intimately familiar with the subject matter as you are. Please use a worst-case guideline when estimating time.
- Keep in mind that wage (incentive) and effort are directly related! Minimum wage = minimum effort.
Any survey content, qualification test content, posts or comments that promote unethical behavior, or violations of Amazon's Terms of Service for Mechanical Turk will be removed at mod discretion.
Rules/Guidelines
Here you can find some general rules/guidelines to follow when posting/commenting. Keep in mind, all of these are up to moderator discretion. These rules apply to both the subreddit and the IRC. These rules are subject to change at any time, so keep an eye out and please check before posting to ensure you're following the guidelines.
Be respectful. Reddiquette is real, and is expected. Make sure your comments are respectful of other turkers. Refrain from name-calling, insults, etc. This includes flaming new people for not searching the subreddit before posting. We're all adults here, I shouldn't have to tell you how to behave. This includes talking down to people, or being overly patronizing. If you don't want to be helpful and answer the question in a non-snarky way, just don't post and move on.
Follow MTurk TOS. All the relevant documentation can be found here. You are expected to abide by these requirements on mturk, this sub, and the IRC. Read them. If you have a question, read them again, then ask. If in doubt, message the subreddit mods to see if it would be appropriate before posting. If we say no, see rule 7. This includes buying/selling accounts and working on other people's accounts. This is specifically disallowed on mturk (and is also likely a crime in the US), and should not be discussed here.
No scamming. /r/mturk takes a hard stance against scamming, and it is grounds for a ban. It makes everyone look bad, and sours requesters to the entire platform. Don't do it, don't talk about it, simple as that. This includes discussion of scripts that the moderators decide are against mturk TOS.
No survey info. If posting a particularly funny passage, question, etc. you should not be able to determine either the requester or the HIT unless you've already done it. The only exception to this rule is information found on the preview page (before accepting a HIT), or on the consent form. NOTE: This includes the URL. If you are posting a page from a survey, please crop or censor the URL.
No doxxing. When posting information about a requester, you may only post information which is acceptable per rule 4. If you had to leave the preview page or consent form to get the info, you are not allowed to post it. A rule of thumb is to post as little information as possible. Try to keep it to mturk's "contact requester" links, the requester name (as seen on mturk), and the contact email given on the consent form. No personal phone numbers, no real names (unless it's the same as the requester name on mturk), no supervisor's name/number/address, none of that.
No spamming. Please search the subreddit before posting. If there's already a post, please respond to that one instead of creating a whole new one, even if it's old. A general rule of thumb is one post about a topic every day, though that's up to moderator discretion.
Respect moderator decisions. You may not agree with them, you may be upset about it, but moderators exist to keep things civil and make sure people are following the rules. Chances are if something was deleted, it broke a rule. The mod team attempts to be as impartial as possible, but sometimes we make mistakes. Feel free to message the subreddit mods if you want us to take a look at something again.
Report posts. The mods attempt to be active, but we all have other things going on, and we can't look through every post or comment made. If you see something that breaks a rule, please report it and give a reason. That's the best way to bring things to our attention. If it's urgent, please message us or let us know in IRC.
Flair your posts. While not a rule, per-se, it makes it a lot easier if you can flair your own post. That helps new people find your post when searching, and helps everyone get an idea of the content of your post right from the front page.
Self Promotion. Self promotion is alright within limits. Follow the spamming rules, and try to give as much information as you can. Make sure there are no incentivized links (adfly, etc) anywhere, though you are free to include a referral link/code provided that a non-referral link is prominantly provided as well. People shouldn't HAVE to support you.
- Donation. /r/mturk doesn't have a problem with Turkers including a paypal link or something in the footer of your post, but please don't go overboard. A simple "Like my work? Support me here:" is all that's necessary. We don't need a 3 page summary of your financial issues; people shouldn't be guilted into supporting you.
- For Hire. In general, "for hire" posts are out of scope of mturk work. Please don't come in trying to get people to hire you to do things. This does not apply to people asking someone to do something for them, but keep in mind the previous rules. Also, any business you enter into with other users is your own risk. The /r/mturk mods take no responsibility if anyone does anything for payment through the subreddit.
Include preview links. If linking to a hit, please DO NOT post "panda", or auto-accept, links without also providing preview links as well. Some people may want to look at a HIT without accepting it. Alternatively, include a link to the requester page.
If you have any questions about the rules, please message the subreddit mods.
Reddiquette applies here and anyone unable to follow these guidelines may be banned at moderator discretion. Our subreddit rules also apply to our IRC channel.
Related subreddits
- CrowdSurf (the mTurk requester)
- BeerMoney
- WorkOnline
- CircleTurk
- Crowdsourcing
- SwagBucks
- HWTF
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/r/mturk Daily Discussion - February 04, 2025
Please use this thread to discuss HITs, quals, daily goals, and other day to day turker topics. As usual, please don't reveal survey or qualification content and no MTurk/Reddit TOS breaking posts. Be sure to search the subreddit and/or check the sidebar for answers to common questions/topics.
05:00 UTC
/r/mturk Daily Discussion - February 03, 2025
Please use this thread to discuss HITs, quals, daily goals, and other day to day turker topics. As usual, please don't reveal survey or qualification content and no MTurk/Reddit TOS breaking posts. Be sure to search the subreddit and/or check the sidebar for answers to common questions/topics.
05:00 UTC
/r/mturk Daily Discussion - February 02, 2025
Please use this thread to discuss HITs, quals, daily goals, and other day to day turker topics. As usual, please don't reveal survey or qualification content and no MTurk/Reddit TOS breaking posts. Be sure to search the subreddit and/or check the sidebar for answers to common questions/topics.
05:00 UTC
Weekly Newbie Questions Thread - Week of February 02, 2025
Please use this thread to ask any "newbie" questions you might have. Just getting started? Wondering where to go, what to do? Wondering what a qualification is and how to get it? This is the place! Any common questions will be added to the [FAQ](http://www.reddit.com/r/mturk/wiki/) to help everyone! Please don't downvote questions just because they've been asked a million times before, that's not what this thread is for. This is supposed to be a place where anyone should be unafraid to ask anything, thanks!
Helpful links:
Check the [**/r/mturk FAQ**](http://www.reddit.com/r/mturk/wiki/).
* Join us on [OrangeChat](https://app.orangechat.io/r/mturk)
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### Turkers' Essentials
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* [mTurk **Communities and Resource** Sites](http://www.reddit.com/r/mturk/wiki/communities)
* [**HITsWorthTurkingFor**](/r/HITsWorthTurkingFor)
* [mTurk **Glossary**](http://www.reddit.com/r/mturk/wiki/glossary)
* [mTurk **Scripts**](https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/search?q=mturk)
05:00 UTC
Pulser 0.15 hit how to work
23:19 UTC
Most efficient way to earn 20k a year or less so i keep my healthcare
Hey everyone,
I'm in a unique situation where I have access to top-tier healthcare and dental benefits, but I'll lose these if my annual income exceeds $20,000. I'm looking for the most efficient ways to make this amount or less annually, leveraging my skills in finance. Here's my background:
Finance Expert: I have deep knowledge in financial management, investment strategies, and personal finance planning. Low Capital: I'm working with limited funds to start or invest. Additional Skills: Tech Savvy: Demonstrated by participating in tech-related discussions. Social Media Engagement: I'm active on social platforms, indicating good marketing or communication skills. Research: I engage with data-driven topics like health benefits of certain substances, suggesting I'm good at research and analysis.
Here's what I'm considering:
Freelance Financial Consulting: Offer services on a project basis, carefully tracking earnings to stay under the threshold. Platforms like Upwork or consulting through referrals could work. Micro-Investing: Use apps like Acorns or invest in small, low-risk stocks or ETFs to generate passive income that doesn't push me over my limit. Online Tutoring or Mentoring: Use my finance knowledge to tutor or mentor students or professionals looking to improve their financial literacy, through sites like Chegg or Wyzant. Content Creation: Write articles or create videos on finance topics for platforms like Medium, YouTube, or Patreon, ensuring monetization doesn't exceed $20K. Affiliate Marketing: Promote financial tools, apps, or books, earning a commission without going over the income cap. Flipping Items: Use my finance acumen to buy and sell items for profit, keeping transactions small to manage income.
Question for the Community:
What other strategies would you recommend for someone in my position? How can I maximize my earnings while staying under $20,000, particularly using my finance and tech skills? Have any of you managed similar constraints with premium benefits? Any success stories or pitfalls to avoid?
Thanks for your insights!
17:49 UTC
/r/mturk Daily Discussion - February 01, 2025
Please use this thread to discuss HITs, quals, daily goals, and other day to day turker topics. As usual, please don't reveal survey or qualification content and no MTurk/Reddit TOS breaking posts. Be sure to search the subreddit and/or check the sidebar for answers to common questions/topics.
05:01 UTC
/r/mturk Daily Discussion - January 31, 2025
Please use this thread to discuss HITs, quals, daily goals, and other day to day turker topics. As usual, please don't reveal survey or qualification content and no MTurk/Reddit TOS breaking posts. Be sure to search the subreddit and/or check the sidebar for answers to common questions/topics.
05:00 UTC
/r/mturk Daily Discussion - January 30, 2025
Please use this thread to discuss HITs, quals, daily goals, and other day to day turker topics. As usual, please don't reveal survey or qualification content and no MTurk/Reddit TOS breaking posts. Be sure to search the subreddit and/or check the sidebar for answers to common questions/topics.
05:00 UTC
Mturk Account suspended? Asking me to create another?
I recently returned to Mturk to find out my account had been suspended.
I reached out to Amazon who said
"Hello,
Thank you for contacting Amazon Payments.
After reviewing your account, we were unable to verify the information that you provided during account registration.
At this point, your account registration has been suspended. We request that you open a new account using a different email address than the email address you originally used. For security reasons, your original email address cannot be used to reopen an Amazon Payments account."
I feel like signing up with a new email would put my original amazon account in jeopardy. I am confused and I assume my only option is to move onto another site?
18:02 UTC
/r/mturk Daily Discussion - January 29, 2025
Please use this thread to discuss HITs, quals, daily goals, and other day to day turker topics. As usual, please don't reveal survey or qualification content and no MTurk/Reddit TOS breaking posts. Be sure to search the subreddit and/or check the sidebar for answers to common questions/topics.
05:00 UTC
/r/mturk Daily Discussion - January 28, 2025
Please use this thread to discuss HITs, quals, daily goals, and other day to day turker topics. As usual, please don't reveal survey or qualification content and no MTurk/Reddit TOS breaking posts. Be sure to search the subreddit and/or check the sidebar for answers to common questions/topics.
05:00 UTC
Workers speak fluent Japanese
Hey! I am looking for workers who speak Japanese well.
Please contact me.
22:24 UTC
Rediculously short timer, and no submit button
Just did a hit that had a one minute timer, and it had no submit button.
What are these requesters thinking? I even had done the hit before accepting it, and once I finished there was no submit button (which I hadn't noticed at first, thought it might have been off screen) and it timed out before I even had the chance to return it. I had done the hit and had everything in my clipboard ready to submit it after hitting accept and that was still not enough time.
Is this an automatic rejection?
Ok now that I think about it, it will be an abandoned hit, not sure if that will hurt anything.
I will contact the requester and report the hit but geez
18:12 UTC
/r/mturk Daily Discussion - January 27, 2025
Please use this thread to discuss HITs, quals, daily goals, and other day to day turker topics. As usual, please don't reveal survey or qualification content and no MTurk/Reddit TOS breaking posts. Be sure to search the subreddit and/or check the sidebar for answers to common questions/topics.
05:00 UTC
/r/mturk Daily Discussion - January 26, 2025
Please use this thread to discuss HITs, quals, daily goals, and other day to day turker topics. As usual, please don't reveal survey or qualification content and no MTurk/Reddit TOS breaking posts. Be sure to search the subreddit and/or check the sidebar for answers to common questions/topics.
05:00 UTC
Weekly Newbie Questions Thread - Week of January 26, 2025
Please use this thread to ask any "newbie" questions you might have. Just getting started? Wondering where to go, what to do? Wondering what a qualification is and how to get it? This is the place! Any common questions will be added to the [FAQ](http://www.reddit.com/r/mturk/wiki/) to help everyone! Please don't downvote questions just because they've been asked a million times before, that's not what this thread is for. This is supposed to be a place where anyone should be unafraid to ask anything, thanks!
Helpful links:
Check the [**/r/mturk FAQ**](http://www.reddit.com/r/mturk/wiki/).
* Join us on [OrangeChat](https://app.orangechat.io/r/mturk)
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### Turkers' Essentials
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* [mTurk **Communities and Resource** Sites](http://www.reddit.com/r/mturk/wiki/communities)
* [**HITsWorthTurkingFor**](/r/HITsWorthTurkingFor)
* [mTurk **Glossary**](http://www.reddit.com/r/mturk/wiki/glossary)
* [mTurk **Scripts**](https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/search?q=mturk)
05:00 UTC
Got warning email from Mturk appeals. First time receiving this email and no idea what went wrong.
Greetings from Amazon Mechanical Turk,
This is a warning to let you know that we have identified activity associated with your Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) Worker account that is in violation of the MTurk Participation Agreement. Specifically, your account has been flagged for allowing others to use or share your account, which violates Section 1(b) of the MTurk Participation Agreement.
You can review the complete Participation Agreement at the link below:
https://www.mturk.com/worker/participation-agreement
As a marketplace for human intelligence, Requester customers rely on each MTurk Worker account representing a unique individual. We take this seriously, so if you continue this prohibited activity, your account will be terminated without further warning.
Specifically it says, your account has been flagged for allowing others to use or share your account. Never shared my account and I never used VPN. Any idea what went wrong. Use of scripts like MTS, Panda Crazy Max, Turkdroid phone app or use of multiple laptops and my phone.
I think use of multiple devices is the culprit and sometimes switching from Home wifi to Mobile internet.
Please help and need your valuable suggestions.
17:07 UTC
/r/mturk Daily Discussion - January 25, 2025
Please use this thread to discuss HITs, quals, daily goals, and other day to day turker topics. As usual, please don't reveal survey or qualification content and no MTurk/Reddit TOS breaking posts. Be sure to search the subreddit and/or check the sidebar for answers to common questions/topics.
05:00 UTC
Looking for your feedback in 2025! Just signed up to Amazon Turk..
Can someone update me on this? Thank you. Says a few days they'll let me know if accepted or not.
I am in Australia. Thanks. Deb
04:30 UTC
Stay away from "Andy"
Pretty sure Francesco/Gabriel/Giordano/Giavanni Giardino has realized that all his new accounts stuck out like a sore thumb and slightly changed it up and is now "Andy."
23:50 UTC
/r/mturk Daily Discussion - January 24, 2025
Please use this thread to discuss HITs, quals, daily goals, and other day to day turker topics. As usual, please don't reveal survey or qualification content and no MTurk/Reddit TOS breaking posts. Be sure to search the subreddit and/or check the sidebar for answers to common questions/topics.
05:00 UTC
ISP is the matter
Isp is the matter to get qualified from cloudresearcher? (CR1)
02:11 UTC
HWTF gone private?
I stopped Turking at the end of 2020 because I found more profitable sites and daily employment. Here I am, 5 years later, dusting off the old browser plug-ins, and recalling a great little subreddit: HITs Worth Turking For. What ever happened to it? As far as google and direct links imply, it's now private? I'm just curious what happened to it since its demise didn't even seem to stir any waves in the crowdsourcing forums.
01:43 UTC
New login error I've never seen before: "There was a problem Enter a valid email or mobile number"
It's the above message with a big red exclamation point in front of it. Mturk logged me out as it does every twelve hours. I typed in my email address (in recent months, it no longer has the email as a clickable suggestion) and it advanced to the next screen. I typed in the password and it gave the above error.
I tried several times, same result. The password screen gives me this error. I used 'reveal password' to make sure the password was correct.
Does anyone know how to get past this?
01:15 UTC
ZS24 (WAVLAB) Just posted a qualifier! More hits on the way?
If you aren't doing these hits, get in on them!
22:08 UTC
/r/mturk Daily Discussion - January 23, 2025
Please use this thread to discuss HITs, quals, daily goals, and other day to day turker topics. As usual, please don't reveal survey or qualification content and no MTurk/Reddit TOS breaking posts. Be sure to search the subreddit and/or check the sidebar for answers to common questions/topics.
05:00 UTC
/r/mturk Daily Discussion - January 22, 2025
Please use this thread to discuss HITs, quals, daily goals, and other day to day turker topics. As usual, please don't reveal survey or qualification content and no MTurk/Reddit TOS breaking posts. Be sure to search the subreddit and/or check the sidebar for answers to common questions/topics.
05:00 UTC