Mass rejections remain a significant and frustrating issue for many workers in online platforms like Amazon Mechanical Turk. Have you ever experienced a situation at work where an issue spanned multiple departments? Unraveling the problem often hinges on effective communication. We don’t have that luxury as data workers. In mid-September, a group of workers on …
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Managed by Code: Workers’ problems on Amazon Mechanical Turk
Newsletter 28 – May 2023
Next Open Forum If you have thoughts on Turkopticon’s mass rejection campaign or any other issues facing turkers, we would like to invite you to our open community forum on Wednesday May 31st. Turkers can stop by between the hours of 1-3 pm EST. As always, we will try to answer questions about the platform …
Newsletter 25 – Feb 2023
Welcome to your Turkopticon Newsletter Hopefully we can all have a great year in 2023 turking. We will continue our work on trying to make turking better for us all. To leave reviews please visit our homepage turkopticon.net. Have you been affected by a mass rejection? We’d love to hear your story. Please contact us. See the …
Newsletter 26 – March 2023
On Thursday, March 22, Turkopticon will present an interactive session at MozFest 2023 and you are invited! What is MozFest? According to the festival website, MozFest is a unique hybrid: part art, tech, and society convening, part maker festival, and the premiere gathering for activists in diverse global movements fighting for a more humane digital world. Where …
Newsletter 24 – December 2022
Welcome to your Turkopticon Newsletter We have had a busy year so far and with your help, we can carry on trying to make turking better for us all. To leave reviews please visit our homepage turkopticon.net. Have you been affected by a mass rejection? We’d love to hear your story. Please contact us. See the bottom …
Newsletter 18 – May 2022
Welcome to your Turkopticon Newsletter We have had a busy start to the year and with your help, we can carry on trying to make turking better for us all. To leave reviews please visit our homepage turkopticon.net. Have you been affected by a mass rejection? We’d love to hear your story. Please contact us. See the …
Newsletter 17 – March 2022
March has been a great month for Turkers. Read on to learn more. To leave reviews please visit our homepage turkopticon.net. Have you been affected by a mass rejection? We’d love to hear your story. Please contact us. If you have articles you would like to publish please see the bottom of the newsletter for more information. …
Newsletter 16
Welcome to your Turkopticon Newsletter February has been a great month for Turkers. Read on to learn more. To leave reviews please visit our homepage turkopticon.net. Have you been affected by a mass rejection? We are still collecting stories Here. If you have articles you would like to publish please see the bottom of the newsletter …