[poll] press Enter to Submit Hit

elt · Jul 7, 2014

clearly a bug, wtf Amazon?
makes life interesting, keep it
that never happened to me

elt · Jul 11, 2014

me:

just submitted another hit with the enter key by mistake.
in case someone there is keeping count.
that's at least 2 for me in the past few days.
I have heard of dozens more
many resulting in rejections
in spite of emailing the requester and explaining the problem
it's not possible to not submit hits by mistake and stay sane.
what are you thinking amazon by allowing this bug to continue?
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Amazon:

Thank you for contacting Mechanical Turk! Unfortunately, as HITs are created by the
Requester, we have very limited visibility into the design. If you are experiencing a
problem with a HIT on Mechanical Turk, we recommend reaching out to them directly. You
can reach out to a Requester by following these steps:

1. Go to the HITs tab on the Worker website and search for HITs containing the Requesters
name.
2. Click on the title of the HIT in question.
3. On the lower right-hand side of the box, click Contact the Requester of this HIT.
4. Enter your question about the HIT and submit.

Your name and e-mail address will be made available to the requester when you click
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After you have sent your message, you may need to wait a few days for a reply. Some
Requesters do not monitor their messages every day.

I hope this helps. Please let us know if you have any additional questions.

Thank you for your inquiry. Did I solve your problem?
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me:

sorry, no this is not a good answer.
the requesters didn't start magically using the same template
the past few weeks
yes, enter to submit hits has been a problem in the past
yes, amazon can suggest to include code and supply code
to trap the enter key and check if all fields have been filled in
or popup a double check
amazon can warn requesters that workers will probably submit
hits by mistake and they will waste their time reading emails
about the problem and if they reject workers because of it
some will continue to email
amazon will get more contact emails about the problem unless it's fixed
that is, more than it now gets which I'm guessing is plenty
and remember, for every email about the problem
there are 10 or more workers who know it's a waste of time contacting anyone about the problem because MTurk is still in beta after 8 years and no body is going to fix it.
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[poll] press Enter to Submit Hit

press Enter to Submit Hit is a problem

clearly a bug, wtf Amazon?

makes life interesting, keep it

that never happened to me

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