How much time do you spend on MTurk?

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  1. Mercurcuryman3a

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    I find that I am spending at least 4-5 hours on MTurk. My earnings are good and I am able to do a lot of HITs. How much time do you spend on MTurk?
     
  2. desertsky

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    I tend to spend only my free time on mTurk. Sometimes its more, sometimes its less. It has become my stop online after email, instead of playing trivia or games online. :)
     
  3. BourbonJohnson

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    I have been getting about the same amount of time doing actual tasks. Searching for quality tasks can add in another hour or more each day. I try to mix up my day with non CPU activities, job search, and online games.
     
  4. miklb

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    I've only spent about an hour total so far.
     
  5. spiritwind

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    I log in every day and see if there are any hits I want to work on. With the rotten internt connection I have right now I am not doing to many hits.
     
  6. spaceace018

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    time wll spent

    I work online anyways so most of my time is spent in front of a pc. But my work on the mturk i can say i spend at least 5-6 hours a day working on it its my version of world or war craft i can't get enough of t. sometimes i can't sleep and i find myself on it. its a good habit to have i guess.
     
  7. Andy

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    So far i've only spent about 30 minutes per day on it. I think I can increase this time gradually. I just don't want to get burnt out.
     
  8. sjwillis

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    I usually spend around 30 minutes to an hour for a mere 50 cents! It feels worth it at the time, but I look back and I think "what did I just do?".
     
  9. britnyflatford@gmail.com

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    I honestly am on mTUrk all hours I am awake.
     
  10. ragulnaveen11

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    I spend more than 2 hours on mturk
     
  11. winetou1984

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    i`m spending like 4 hours a day on mturk... i know it`s much.. but ... i just like it..
     
  12. lshiru

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    I spend about 8 hours on mturk. From 8.00pm to 5.oopm. I take mtruk seriously. It is my day job,. It pays my bills and I wouldn't want to give it any less attention.
     
  13. DmndD9

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    I probably average about 5 hours a day. It seems like a lot but some days if I don't feel like it, I'll skip a day.
     
  14. JelloExperience

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    I spend like three hours a week on mTurk. Generally, I check every day for hits I like, but I don't spend much time if I don't see anything appealing.
     
  15. Lsunny

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    I dont even want to know how many hrs a day or week I am on there LOL then I would feel worse about my pay !
     
  16. cubbykatz

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    I think I typically spend about 6 hours a day on it. Damn that's too much!
     
  17. RazorMK

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    2-3 hours a day. Im busy with school
     

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