The Mechanical Turk Diaries

Voices of Amazon's Anonymous Workforce Mechanical Turk


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My most memerable moment on Mechanical Turk is when I was able to buy my son a acoustic guitar

Well I have been doing the Mechanical Turk program for about a month now. I am very pleased with the program and have nothing bad to say about it. It is a very easy way to make money from your house in your free time. There is a variety of different tasks that you can do so there is work available for everybody. Like I said I have been doing it for a month now and have made around $135 and it’s not like I do it all day long. To me the best part about the Mechanical Turk program is that you can spend your money online at Amazon.com without a credit card. My most memerable moment on Mechanical Turk is when I was able to buy my son a acoustic guitar with the money I made. He had been asking for one for months. I could’nt seem to save enough money to buy him one. Bills and the cost of living was sucking up my whole paycheck. So I set my mind to makeing enough money on Mechanical Turk to get him his guitar. Well I did it and it did’nt take nearly as long as I thought it would. So I ordered it and when it came the joy in my sons face was beyond words. He was so happy and suprised. This made me feel great to, even though I have to hear it all the time when I am trying to watch the TV. Right now I am trying to save up enough money to buy a Android tablet off of Amazon.com. I was expecting it to take forever to get enough money to buy it. I am actually getting there very fast. I can’t wait to get it. I have to say that doing the surveys on Mechanical Turk can actually be quite fun. Some of them make you think and othere are just cool. So if there is something that you want to buy, but don’t seem to be able to save the money, Mechanical Turk is the way to go. The bonus system is a great addition to the site. It is enjoyable and gets you a little extra cash. Best of all it is relaxing and you can work at your own pace, that is my favorate part.

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