What is Amazon Mechanical Turk?
Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) is a crowdsourcing platform that enables the delegation of various tasks and processes to a wide-ranging online workforce. The tasks available on MTurk can greatly differ, including simple jobs such as data verification and research, alongside more subjective roles like completing surveys and moderating online content. By leveraging MTurk, companies gain access to a broad spectrum of global expertise, utilizing the diverse skills of workers to streamline workflows, enhance data gathering and analysis, and accelerate the creation of machine learning models. Although technology has advanced significantly, there are still certain tasks that humans perform more adeptly than machines, including content moderation, data deduplication, and comprehensive research. Traditionally, businesses have met these needs by forming large temporary teams, which can be expensive, time-consuming, and difficult to manage at scale, often resulting in tasks being overlooked or delayed. MTurk presents a more effective solution for organizations aiming to fulfill these job requirements, eliminating the common pitfalls linked to temporary staffing methods. Consequently, the platform not only enhances productivity but also allows for greater flexibility in managing workforce needs.
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Few regulations on prices
Date: Nov 23 2020SummaryThere are people who make a good amount of side money off of this, though certainly no one makes enough to live off of every month. For businesses, labor comes cheaply, but with seemingly no bottom out on what they allow people to charge per task and task length, it just comes off really scummy. I personally feel a more ethical business wouldn't use a service like this out of principle.
PositiveFrom a business standpoint, you can get a lot of cheap labor through this. And there are guides out there from a worker's end for how to make some decent side money.
NegativeAmazon doesn't seem to regulate whatsoever the prices they allow people to ask for work for. It's not as bad as it used to be, but compared to other microtask services out there, this one comes off as one of the more unethical ones.
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