What's the problem with TurkerNation?

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  1. riddeck

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    I set up an account on TurkerNation, posted nothing but helpful info and joined their chatroom on irc. I asked a few questions, got completely ignored, and when I provided advice and said certain requesters weren't worth doing, I got a flood of hate messages including "F*ck off riddeck" and "Who do you think you are?" then half of the people in the chat acted like children and left. I asked the mod why they got so mad and he told me I had to leave or he'd ban me. I said I wanted to talk to him about it to see why they acted so childishly and he said he didn't want to talk to me, I was banned. I'm now banned from that site just for saying how I felt about requesters.

    Anyone else have a bad experience like this with them or did I just catch them on a bad day?
     
  2. Khalinov

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    TN is a clique. They are the insiders and you are the outsider.

    That’s really all you need to know.
     
  3. riddeck

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    If by "insiders" you mean "nerds with no self-esteem" I agree with you :)
     
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    +1 I posted twice there and noticed quickly how extreemly rude and unfriendly people are there.. Its not suprising to me really using forums for the past decade or more you see the same things all too often but quickly learn when to just find a better forum.. Such as here :D
     
  5. riddeck

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    It was pretty funny watching how mad they all got when I said a requester wasn't very good. I would ask each person why they were mad at me for posting how I felt about a requester and they would get even madder and say I was nobody and I don't get an opinion - then they would leave the chat in anger. I'm used to people behaving badly on message boards but I've never seen adults act that childishly. Then when the mod pretended I was the bad guy because other people were having temper tantrums I knew it was run by people with very low IQ's. No amount of logic could change their minds, it was like talking to a group of monkeys.
     
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  6. Mayhem

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    I would say it's more of a situation where the bullied (in real life) have become the bullies (in cyber life). It's very, very bad. I'm appalled at things I've seen said to people. There is so much to say about it. In my world, the bully isn't supposed to pass on the bullying, they're supposed to stop it.

    Most people who work from home solely do find themselves lonely and frustrated sometimes, but to gnaw, chew, and tear at the necks of others because they ask a question or offer advice is truly barbaric and no way to compensate for powerlessness.
     
  7. riddeck

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    I think you nailed it. I couldn't have said it better myself.
     
  8. lphillips1

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    I had a 1000+ posts on TN, built the John Gaddy thread, where a lot of people made really good money while he was around. I like to think I had a hand in helping people make decent money from from that particular requestor. I spent a lot of time on the forum, helping and learning, and one little argument with the moderator, and bam, banned! Hell, I even tried to help the moderator get another job at another site to help generate a little more income. Ok, so here is your thank you, F-you, you are banned. Go figure.
     
  9. Mayhem

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    That's horrible. Ugh.
     
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    I had damn near that same experience on a Venders Chat site that i used to buy e-cig stuff thru.. Went in chat asked a simple question about a product that they were selling that they knew was defective and i had the intire room on my azz like i did something wrong.. It was vicious!

    Anymore i just dust my shoulders off and move on.. It takes to much energy to get angry and upset with shit done to me on the internet anymore.. I just see these people as cowards something they have always been and with the internet will contiune to always be. :D

    And thats Sad What happend to You also lphillips1 I know what its like to build up a forum and have it all taken away from you by idiots with temper tantrums..
     
  11. yourfavoritewife

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    Oh, gosh. It's a relief to see others talking about that hell hole. I checked it out for a few weeks. While some of the moderators seem nice, others are clearly amoral and unethical. I realize that it's their forum and they can set whatever rules that they want, but I'm not going to hang around some place with so much clear bullying. I didn't get into any arguments there or post very much before deciding that it was a toxic environment. I found this place a few days later and, oh!, what a difference.
     
  12. Danthony

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    There are no rules there.
    Sorry for anyone that had to discover that
    Just a bunch of........
     
  13. BMW-M3

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    On a lighter note, just create another account, create a furore and disappear. Go back with a new ID. Repeat :D
     
  14. moonwalker

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    They do block the IP address.
     
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    And you could/would appreciate There reject members doing the same thing here??

    How about we dust the shoulders off and just move on .. a Pissing contest is only as good as those willing to participate ..
     
  16. aukxsona

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    Yep, I was on the old board before. They never transfered over my credit for posting, kept me out of the private chats, etc... I got fed up and left. In my experience most of them are jerks.
     
  17. riddeck

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    I have no interest in starting anything with them. Like Mayhem said, most likely it's a case of the bullied becoming the bullies.

    I met a kid in high school that was extremely quiet, really shy and always had his head down everywhere he went. I sat next to him in a few classes so slowly over time I got to know him. We played some of the same computer games, so one day he gave me his account info and I looked him up. It was like Dr Jeckyl and Mr Hyde. He was a very outspoken, active, but bitter person online. He was nothing like the polite kid I knew in real life. But that's the way those Columbine type kids are. Everyone says how polite and quiet they are, but they're miserable on the inside. I'm sure they don't wake up and say "I think I'll be mean to complete strangers on the internet today."

    They just don't don't have the confidence to express themselves in real life and need some way to vent their anger. I feel bad for them.
     
  18. aukxsona

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    how tempting, but that's a waste of time.
     
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    Yeah.. and people wunder why its the creepy ones you always gotta watch out for...


    I was that creepy one.. I went thru my rebel faze.. I never went hamm like trench coat idiots did.. But i did dirt.


    With that said.. People CAN change.. So its not just as simple as its a matter of this or that..


    ITS TURK NATION.. <--- notice the NATION part...
    WHAT DOES THAT SAY TO YOU>!

    America is what??? A NATION..


    Canada is what.. A NATION...

    Mexico is what?? DIRTY! ...

    my bad.. A NATION!!!


    You see where im going with this tho.. They see them selfs as a NATION and with that a DICTATOR and An ARMY to control the populus.. Hello North Korea wanna roomies?!


    Same concept .. We are the UN they are China NK ... and what ever other fucked up group that wants to disruprt the naturl order of things.


    They Reject Reasoning for Ignorance.. They Reject logic for Stupidity..

    there a nation of idiots whos only job is to breed more fucking idiots..

    I like to think of Mturkforum ( US HERE NOW WE THE USERS OF THIS FORUM! )

    As the middle guys the UN! the guys who say.. You know what come here talks about mturk pass on info keep the bullshit outside of the gates and just enjoy the city ya know..


    So Turknation can haver there nation.. We have our world :D
     
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  20. aukxsona

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    love this rant! <3
     

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