I'd like to hear everyone's story about the most unique request they've seen. The one I keep seeing that makes me laugh is this one: "Take a video pretending to be a ferocious dog. Upload a video of yourself visibly attacking a camera as if you were ferocious dog. Of course this requires you to have a recording device. No, the point isn't to make you do something embarrassing. No, the point isn't for the novelty value (okay, well maybe a little). The point is to make a video-to-video comparison with footage of a woman who was supposedly brought up by dogs her entire life. How well can a TURKer mimic the mannerisms of a dog? I am serious about this HIT. Only respond with legitimate videos." He goes on with more details. I was tempted to actually complete this one for shear ingenuity of the idea, if I had a video camera. So what's the most unique you have seen?
I loved the one that asked that people of mTurk send pictures of themselves doing work on mTurk. It was called the faces of mTurk I think. I seen the finished product, was neat to see some of the faces of people behind the scenes. I didn't feel comfortable participating in that hit though, so I passed on it.
I love this one. I think I'm going to do it. I mean, I have a camera and everything. Might as well. (So this is where all my acting experience is getting me...!)
Request I have not really had any odd requests, yet. I did have an experience recently that was a bit humorous. I had just finished a transcription that took quite some time, tried to cut and paste only to realize that I had not accepted the post yet. When I tried to accept, it was no longer available so I did all the work for nothing other than transcription practice. Take a lesson from me, be sure to accept if you want the task so it doesn't dissappear.
I feel your pain. That happened to me once on a Casting Words HIT. After moping for a bit, I finally decided to email my transcript to Nathan and Rachel anyway, hoping that the person who had accepted the HIT would return it or something, so that a new HIT could be set up for me. No such luck.
I really hate finding out that I forgot to accept an HIT! That's such a pain. I haven't had any really interesting HITs though, hoping for one. I saw the dog one, but I draw the line on anything that reveals my identity.
I would say the oddest i'v seen was find a town in Canada and write a a few words about it , the catch was using b&b , bed and breakfast and some other that wasn't the odd part the odd part was i looked up the town and it seems they really didn't have any b&b's what so ever. So i really didn't know how to write it but i did.
Weird The most strange one I have seen is asking a woman model to say some stuff about liking insurance you even have to get dressed up.
I did that hit, the take a video to be a ferocious dog. It was horribly embarrassing but it was a dollar. that is the most unique one i have seen
I saw the dog one too and every time am searching for hits I come across it and just laugh my head off. How could you even start. i mean, i just try to figure myself on all fours barking and my tongue ...aaa it just can not work for me. The one I found funny though is the one for writing web descriptions. I log on and it is all adult content and they are quoting my town. I was like jeez! Kenya, Nairobi? How do they even do this? The government should look into this.
I saw the dog one, too and I just wondered what it could be for. Perhaps someone get a thrill out of seeing others bark?
I saw this HIT just a few minutes ago. It seems as if no one has taken the initiative to complete this task. I also saw one that was similar, where you had to wish someone (I can't remember his name) a Happy Birthday. You had to use his name and talk to him as if he was your best friend, then you had to post it on YouTube. Crazy!
I had seen one hit where you were required to write a 500 word article on " strawberry pictures". I did not work on it, as I found the idea strange.
Reminds me of things I see from time to time along the lines of... Err... what question? What does the asker want to know about them?
I think it is GREAT I have a boring desk job and as I get paid to sit here, I also do little HITS in order to get some extra cash and also to feel like I'm actually DOING something. I've made about $70 and I've been soing this for a few months now.