Requesters can see the effective hourly rate for their batches. http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSMechTurk/latest/RequesterUI/DisplayingBatchResults.html
What's interesting is with her last batch, you HAD to watch it from beginning to end because she wanted you to find any mention of a social media link or hastag, etc. Some of these you maybe* didn't have to watch till the end? I watched it till the end too... And it's true, she doesn't answer emails/questions at all.
Are any literary people here? I just discovered Terry Goodkind tweeted at me in 2012. I'm stoked, even if I'm never spending money on his books ever again.
Long timer so might as well grab it and decide later Title: Annotate retinal images to highlight lesions and abnormalities Requester: Mr. Danny Mitry [AXXK99Z4BD4QH] (TO) TO Ratings: ☢☢☢☢☢ 4.00 Communicativity ☢☢☢☢☢ 3.83 Generosity ☢☢☢☢☢ 4.80 Fairness ☢☢☢☢☢ 4.20 Promptness Number of Reviews: 6 (Submit a new TO rating for this requester) Description: Visit our website, complete the annotation tutorial, and proceed to annotate a batch of 84 retinal images to receive your award. Each image takes ~30 seconds to annotate. Time: 4 days Hits Available: 1 Reward: $4.20 Qualifications: Masters has been granted
I've taken time off and didn't get it before. I've accepted my fate. I will never have Master's. It's okay.
Those Teds went fast. Note to self: pay more attention to the time alotted on good batches and be sure to load your queue when you can.
I am convinced that is how I got it towards the end of last January. I had barely turked from mid-November until I got the email.