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Would It Help If Medcrowd Posted Seperate Batches During The Day?

  1. ~ 9:00am - 10:00am ET (6:00am - 7:00am PT)

    26 vote(s)
    17.9%
  2. ~ 10:00am - 11:00am ET (7:00am - 8:00am PT)

    38 vote(s)
    26.2%
  3. ~ 11:00am - 12:00 noon ET (8:00am -9:00am PT)

    38 vote(s)
    26.2%
  4. ~ 12:00 noon - 1:00pm ET (9:00am - 10:00am PT)

    54 vote(s)
    37.2%
  5. ~ 1:00pm - 2:00pm ET (10:00am - 11:00am PT)

    44 vote(s)
    30.3%
  6. ~ 2:00pm - 3:00pm ET (11:00am - 12:00 noon PT)

    34 vote(s)
    23.4%
  7. ~ 3:00pm - 4:00pm ET (12:00 noon - 1:00pm PT)

    26 vote(s)
    17.9%
  8. ~ 4:00pm - 5:00pm ET (1:00pm - 2:00pm PT)

    29 vote(s)
    20.0%
  9. Auto posted after 5:00pm ET (Mark would not be available to answer questions until next day)

    30 vote(s)
    20.7%
  10. No Preference

    2 vote(s)
    1.4%
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  1. granit

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    All in all, I gotta say it's the hardest I've seen any requester work in order to accommodate their workers.
    It is really appreciated by us, regardless of any choice you make Mark.
     
  2. Mumuudd

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    Yeah, I don't want the batches split too. Though, I kinda like the idea Whimsy stated, to set the batches at 12pm for 3 days of the week and at 2pm/3pm for 2 days, or the other way around. That way I can plan my week ahead, on days the hits are up at 12pm est--11am cst--I can just get quick meals ready for lunch (yes this means less work for me, but I'm fine with it). But I can make it up on the days where the hits are up on a later time.

    Anyway, just throwing my .02 out there which probably doesn't count :p

    And Mark, thank you SO much for always taking our opinions into consideration. You're the best!

    *sucking up done*
     
  3. mtnsurf

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    I know I'm going against popular vote here. But you are to nice. Mturk workers are here to accommodate you not the other way around. Don't be fooled only 1 other requester is even a 10th as response as you and you have to pass special tests which most cant even to work for them. I say post them when you are good and ready. Don't worry about a time slot. If people don't like it, they don't have to do the hits.
     
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  4. Medcrowd

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    I almost feel like people are either being responsive in that they express their opinion or responsive in that they are protecting me from others lol.

    Either way it is appreciated.

    Still not sure what I will do, if you all want to have extra polls and Rob doesnt mind, then do as you will.

    It may help me make a decision. However at this point I see the downside to splitting the batches and do like Whimsy's idea more.

    ~ Mark L.
     
  5. Bertha

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    Looking at the Poll it looks like the most popular time slots are 11am - 2pm EST. Any of those time slots would work for me. If it's some other time slot I could make it work. And if for some reason you post when I take/pick up my kid to/from school, take her to soccer practice or soccer games, then I miss some or the entire batch. I won't have you accommodate my schedule.

    What I am having a problem with is limiting us to one batch or the other.
     
  6. jckruth

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    Just thought if share my two cents.

    I don't mind the idea of two batches, incase someone has something to do during one of the times. However, I don't agree with the different quals. That would mean if I normally do afternoon work but couldn't that day, I'd be forced to miss out on ALL of the work instead of just whatever is posted at the afternoon time. At least now, if something comes up, we're able to catch the tail end of the batch sometimes because of how large the batch is. To me, some hits are better than none and by giving out two quals for time periods it takes that opportunity away.

    I agree with this being crowdsourcing and not regular work. People hoard hits, people want to do as many hits for good requesters, people change their schedules daily (that's a perk of crowdsourcing) and for those that can't comprehend that- well you need to face reality. People do this for the money, and will do whatever it takes to make as much as possible. As long as they are doing quality work, that is all a requester should be bothered with.

    Mark is an awesome requester, and A LOT of us are taking advantage of that. Constant emails, requests, and forum questions about when the next batch will be up is not necessary. No other requester would take this on a daily basis and yet a lot of us are doing it to him nonstop. He has proven he will send out forum posts and emails when he has batch ideas, direction changes, etc so why do people feel its necessary to address these issues when he already takes care of it?

    Mark, you said all that really matters to you is that work gets done correctly. So why even bother doing all of this special work? Things already get done at lightening speed. You are going to cause yourself more headaches and stress trying to keep quals straight (people will ask for switches, probably more than you'd like to imagine) and that would be double the amount of batches that you'd have to try to get up at the correct time each day. Meaning double the chance of not being able to, increasing emails asking about it and such.

    I'm sure plenty of people won't like my opinions. But there they are
     
  7. Bertha

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    This would also work. Have different time schedules for some days of the week.
     
  8. Medcrowd

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    Fair enough. So it seems it doesnt really matter when its posted, really you are saying "who cares, just give me all or nothing"

    ~ Mark L.
     
  9. Medcrowd

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    And by "you" it is referencing the "general worker popluation"

    ~ Mark L.
     
  10. Bertha

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    I vote for Whimsy's idea. You already have the time slot results. No more Polls. It's stressful and worrisome.
     
  11. Medcrowd

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    It may be a better option then to split the batches into 2 times to allow workers to work when they are free, but not limit them so that at least when/if your schedule changes (or other requesters but up better work at either time :p) you can change your schedule accordingly.

    And I am open to that idea also :)

    If I post the batch when its most convenient to me, and not to you guys, I may loose the lightning fast speed that you all provide me. It may be beacuse I pay "fairly" it may be because I communicate "better than other requesters" but regardless of the reason, the speed comes as a result of those things and by taking the availability away from people, would hurt me and my work more in the long run.

    This is why I'm open to any suggestions except for qualifying more workers. Because then the work would not be spread well or fairly.

    ~ Mark L.

    P.S. thank you for your comments :-D and I too need to remember this is crowdsourcing, though as someone pointed out indirectly (nothing bad) that I should offer benefits beause I am starting to treat crowdsourcing as a full time job lol.

    ~ Mark L.
     
  12. Bertha

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    For the most part but like I said earlier Whimsy's idea is awesome. I think that would satisfy more turkers and give you less headaches. And it's not that we don't care what time the batch goes up, obviously we do, look at the last 20 pages, it's that we all have a life outside of turking and I don't think that you as a requester should try to accommodate all of us, it's going to be impossible.
     
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  13. mtnsurf

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    You can post your work and midnight and you are not going to loose the speed at which they are done.
     
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    :peace: :peace:
     
  15. Medcrowd

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    Yes but then I won't be around to help lol. Coming to work the next day with 100 emails kind of sucks.

    Besides, most of you won't continue working if you dont think you are doing it right, so it would impact speed, and probably quality of work as a result.

    ~ Mark L.
     
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    going to my first meeting of the day. bbl all.

    ~ Mark L.
     
  17. shreyas

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    I don't think that if less people are available, it will hamper the speed at which the work gets done. When you notify workers about the work, most of them try to plan accordingly. Remember the 7000+ batch that was reduced to 4000 HITs last week (a dumb system error did not post HITs at the scheduled time), in such cases the worker pool gets dispersed and there are very few workers available to do HITs. Even then the work was done in 2 hours. So, with 296 workers I don't feel you'll ever face "scarcity" of workers. And each and every worker will try to do the batch whenever possible.
     
  18. mtnsurf

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    I don't know about that. A popular ploy with other requester is just don't return email. If a worker is doing it wrong shoot them a message, if they still do it wrong take their qual away. I know some of my favorite requester's work like that. I have worked for some of them for years and might have talked with them once.

     
  19. Ryberg

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    Ive seen some suggest that they limit the amount of HITs we can do on that particular batch. Ill say it right now, im against that to the fullest. Some of us can really dive into these batches and complete a lot of them, and I feel that if we have the ability to do so, then it shouldnt be taken away :). Those suggestin' that are prob the ones yet to get into a groove with these type of HITs. Def dont limit us like Crowdsource does.
     
  20. wonkatonka

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    I see it as whether or not you split it up or use a specific timeframe, some people will never be satisfied. I would rather have a general time frame (12 pm to 2:30 PM EST) and on set days, rather than awkward hours for some days and another set of awkward hours for the remaining days.
     
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