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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)
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  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)
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  1. Medcrowd

    Medcrowd Verified Requester

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    Hey All,

    Just to update you. We are still experiencing technical problems and are trying to figure out what happened. As it stands, we could not initially see that the HIT was 1) Up and 2) that workers were actually working on it. I am working to 1) idenitify the issue that caused this delay on our end and 2) ensure that for those who did work on the HIT that their scores are calculated and qualifications are given accordingly.

    I deeply apologize for this as it is the biggest issue we've faced so far. I am definitely planning on posting another qualification batch, but not until this initial issue is resolved. I apologize again to those who have to continue to wait and ask you to be as patient as you can with me while I sort this out.

    I would also like to add that I noticed that there were a few workers who did work in the Qualification HIT's that are already qualified. I do not know if or how it will affect your score, but if it does please reach out to me right away (email is preffered). Secondly, for those who are qualified, please make sure to check that the HIT you work on requires a qualification prior to entering it. This way, those who do not have the qual can attempt it.

    Finally, just fyi: In order to qualify you need to complete at least 10 HIT's before a score and/or qualification is assigned to you. For those that were able to attempt the HIT, if you did do 10+ your score should be updated once I'm done, for those that did less, you will need to make up the difference once the next HIT is posted so that your score can calculate. i.e. if you did 6, you will need to do 4 more.

    Please do not hesitate to ask any questions if anything is unclear, I will try to answer as fast as I can.

    Thank you again for your patience and understanding during this rough patch.

    ~ Mark L.
     
  2. riyazalikhan

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    I am already qualified and i am doing your hits since the first batch.
    I dint get any issue with score till now since morning(IST) while doing all current batches, i will update you if my scores drop down or modified

    And also since 2 hours approval process went into fast and now suddenly stopped. (Just to update you)
     
  3. roon83

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    Did the Qualification batch but not got rated yet. Hope all issues are solved ASAP. Thanks for the helpful reply.
     
  4. Khalinov

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    I am going to ask a dumb question here:

    Why are people who already have the qualification allowed to take more HITs from said qualification batch?

    Machiavellian types would benefit from always taking qualification HITs, thus depriving other Turkers the chance to qualify for the bigger batches and preserving their own self-interests.

    I personally think most people are just on a hair trigger and accept anything that says "MedCrowd" - but the potential for abuse exists.
     
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  5. Medcrowd

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    Thanks for the replys and updates guys.

    I took the current qual batch down to triage the situation.


    As for this, I am not sure if there is a way to create a qualification batch that prevents people from doing it who have it. This is something else (that is obviously a good idea) that I need to look into once this is all sorted out.

    In all honesty, I don't think that people are abusing it, I feel it is the former where people jump on the HIT when they see it.

    ~ Mark L.
     
  6. roon83

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    I have a suggestion why don't you put a qual for the qualification HIT's that stops the pre-qualified Turkers from doing the Qual HIT again. The qual could be medical URL not yet granted. Not sure if that could be done as I have never been a requester.

    P.S when will the unqualified Turkers who did the qual HIT's will be granted the qual score?
     
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    Well is is actually like that normally. With the other qualifications that medcrowd has posted I do them once (15 of them) to get qualified then the big batch opens. If I tried to work on the qual batch again it would have a message saying "you're not qualified for this hit" so I think that's how it is supposed to be anyways but the glitches might be messing with that too.
     
  8. Bertha

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    I have never been able to work on a qualifying batch after receiving the qualification. I worked on these last night and had no idea that they were a qualifying batch because it let me work on them.

    Obviously the Requester is trying to fix the problem. If you have been reading the thread, you should know that they have been having issues for a few days.

    Remember if you catch the qualifying batch, you catch it and if you don't, hopefully you get it the next time it pops up.
     
  9. Bertha

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    I just wanted to clear things up as people seem to be getting a little upset.

    Normally your qualifying Hits are untouchable by us, the workers with the qualification already. Like aiturkess821 said, it won't let us work on them. Last night the batch went up and I hit accept and it allowed me to work on them, it was that simple. I had no idea that they were supposed to be designated as a qualifying batch because it let me work on them. There is no abuse, at least not on my part.

    I think a lot of the frustration stems from people really wanting to work for MedCrowd, you are an awesome requester, not sure how many would continue to log on and answer every repeated question.

    Thanks Mark L
     
  10. mtnsurf

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    Dont want to fuel the fire. But has anyone else been paid for last nights qual batch and not had them graded?
     
  11. roon83

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    Yup paid but not graded yet.
     
  12. mohammed kaleem

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    waiting for medcrowd qualification hits?
     
  13. JenniLeigh

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    He's said a few times he's still trying to fix whatever is wrong in the system that's making things go out of order and sporadic and wonky. =-)
     
  14. atkins

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    Hi Mike,
    There was another requester, or maybe one of your first batches, but it had the qualifier set up so that it would limit non-qualified people to only 15 or so. After the 15 were graded, you either got the qualification that you could do the other bigger batch, or you were not able to work on any more qualifiers. Once you had the qualifier, you couldn't work on the qualifying ones.

    I know I used qualifier a number of times in this post, so hope it makes sense! LOL
     
  15. fyre839

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    Will there still be Medcrowd hits this week?
     
  16. marcialoyd

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    Whew. I did exactly ten qualifiers. Talk about cutting it close. Phew.
     
  17. roon83

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    Just got this mail from Mark :

     
  18. riyazalikhan

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    Hope we get hits 2day.....
     
  19. Medcrowd

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    Alright People, I can finally come to you with good news after this long (and agonizing) week.

    We have resolved the issue with the qualification batch just this morning. The long short of the issue stems from having a HUGE batch (50000) that kept going up and down due to funds not being steadily available. This caused a lag in our system affecting other HITs, namely the qualification batch. This caused the qualification batch not to process because the system was focusing its resources on the large batch thereby not giving us any notifications on the qualfication batch.

    I was able to get the system to calculate scores, but it is not assigning qualifications. I am going to spend the first part of the day assigning qualifications. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me.

    I want to get a NEW batch up by the end of the day also. If you have the Medical Information qualification, that batch would be for you, and it is the batch I tested last week. I have tested it and it should work properly. I just need to prep it a bit more before posting it. I will not be posting a qualification batch with this (Medical Information) as I won't have the time to prep it unless everything goes smoothly today.

    Thanks all,

    ~ Mark L.
     
  20. riyazalikhan

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    Thanks for the update, so we will have good volume of work this day....
     
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