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<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/mturk/comments/28cexz/mechanical_turk_to_require_ssnein_for_requesters/">
http://www.reddit.com/r/mturk/comments/28cexz/mechanical_turk_to_require_ssnein_for_requesters/</a>
As the poster says, this may stop some potential abuses where requesters
switch accounts to escape poor TurkOpticon ratings.
I haven't followed /r/mturk lately; does anyone know if any other
changes
have come into play lately? I saw another post that suggested
'rejections'
no longer carry as much weight.
Sam</pre><font face="Courier New, Courier"></blockquote><br>
It also completely blocks Requesters from outside the US, so there's
that. And that's bad. A flood of international Requesters signed up on
TurkerNation when the policy was announced, and none were too pleased.
Most have now moved to other platforms, but aren't happy with the results
for the most part. In return, we've set up a third-party service
(mTurkData.com) to allow them to return to mTurk by posting through a US
account. It's not pretty, but it'll do for now.<br><br>
Rejections carry just as much weight as ever, which is none if the Turker
is smart and knows how to manage their account properly. Only new people
are greatly affected by rejections. It is blocks which carry true weight,
but even they don't do much when it comes to getting rid of bad Turkers.
I know of a worker who systematically cheats Requesters by creating
scripts which automate the process of research, answer creation, and
submission of HITs. I believe he has the Masters qualification, even
though he has MULTIPLE blocks on his account for cheating. Go
figure.<br><br>
Kristy</font></body>
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