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That task on Mechanical Turk usually goes for $.02-.05 a task. And, if you're familiar with MechaTurk, it really only takes about 15 minutes to set that task up.
He's charging $7 because people don't want to mess with Mechanical Turk. It's brilliant, and I hope it takes off. I actually think that he should charge $20-30 and give people 40-50 user comments. It seems like a better value.
Looks like a lot of people missed it last time around, and it yielded some different comments so seems it worked out ok.
Kinda interesting to think people can get quite different experiences of HN if they're in different time zones or browse at different times of day.
He's using Mechanical Turk's API to create a "give me feedback on my site" task automatically. That task on Mechanical Turk usually goes for $.02-.05 a task. And, if you're familiar with MechaTurk, it really only takes about 15 minutes to set that task up. He's charging $7 because people don't want to mess with Mechanical Turk. It's brilliant, and I hope it takes off. I actually think that he should charge $20-30 and…
He's using Mechanical Turk's API to create a "give me feedback on my site" task automatically. That task on Mechanical Turk usually goes for $.02-.05 a task. And, if you're familiar with MechaTurk, it really only takes about 15 minutes to set that task up. He's charging $7 because people don't want to mess with Mechanical Turk. It's brilliant, and I hope it takes off. I actually think that he should charge $20-30 and…
I wonder why one can't go to Amazon directly instead of going through Feedback Army ?
I think it's great he's quickly turned around a site that lowers the barrier to a specific problem. I'd just worry about the demographic makeup of the respondents. While Turkers aren't all geeks getting good sensible feedback is a skill in itself. I would worry that most Turkers a) aren't you customers b) aren't demographically vetted. That said getting independent opinions is surely great food for thought and that's…
I also posed questions directly to the Turk community about what I could do to make the process better and get results quicker. They spoke, I did what I could, and I'm really proud of the results my customers are getting. I'm not just saying that either.
I'm a researcher by trade and have absolute sales call reluctance. I won't sell something if I don't feel it is worth the persons time to hear me or money to invest into the product.
While this little project may only go so far, I'm not afraid to put my name on it and say I'm giving people something of value for what I'm asking.
Just realised this is effectively a dupe [ http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=373900 ]. I should have checked if the direct link had been submitted. Looks like a lot of people missed it last time around, and it yielded some different comments so seems it worked out ok. Kinda interesting to think people can get quite different experiences of HN if they're in different time zones or browse at different times of day.
He's using Mechanical Turk's API to create a "give me feedback on my site" task automatically. That task on Mechanical Turk usually goes for $.02-.05 a task. And, if you're familiar with MechaTurk, it really only takes about 15 minutes to set that task up. He's charging $7 because people don't want to mess with Mechanical Turk. It's brilliant, and I hope it takes off. I actually think that he should charge $20-30 and…
Typical tasks may go for $.02-$.05. I pay the workers much more than that. I experimented with different levels of payment prior to launch and had to offer more than I expected but my customers are receiving quality results, very quickly. To make this happen required paying up. My goal is to be a requestor the Turkers want to work for. This community outreach is a whole other side of what I'm doing that people don't…