working for pennies

[fiduch]

check this shit out: amazon mechanical turkit's a site run by amazon where companies can list menial work that's very difficult for computers to do, to be completed for as little as 1-2 cents per task, though it only takes a few seconds to complete many of them before you move on to the next. the tasks are things like transcribing podcasts,

Comments

Got me hooked now

[anonymous]

Thanks for the link, it looks like it is going to be fun...

Bryce from usmediaweb.net

[aniranda]

I can't see spending $20 on a bunch of sheep stickers...but I guess it might be different for people with disposable income???

[fiduch]

well, i think the big draw is in owning part of somewhat of an internet phenomenon.

[aniranda]

I guess, but it's still $20 for a sheet of sheep stickers...

[fiduch]

hey, i didn't say i'd buy them. :op