Our October 2021 newsletter. You can see our previous newsletters on our blog here. We are are now using www.turkopticon.net as our homepage. Have you been affected by a mass rejection? We’d love to hear your story. Please contact us. See the bottom of the newsletter for how you can submit short articles. You Are Invited! It is that …
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Newsletter 11
Our July 2021 newsletter. You can see our previous newsletters on our blog here. We will be changing from the UCSD server to our own server on Sunday July 11th, made possible thanks to the generous donations from people like you. This will improve our Reliability and speed. This is a moment that we have been …
Newsletter 12
Our August 2021 newsletter. You can see our previous newsletters on our blog here. We changed from the UCSD server to our own server on Sunday July 11th, made possible thanks to the generous donations from people like you. This will improve our reliability and speed. This is a moment that we have been working towards …
Newsletter 13
Our September 2021 newsletter. You can see our previous newsletters on our blog here. We are are now using www.turkopticon.net as our homepage. Have you been affected by a mass rejection? We’d love to hear your story. Please contact us. See the bottom of the newsletter for how you can submit short articles. You Are Invited! It is that …
Newsletter 10
We apologize for our website being down over the weekend. The server which hosts Turkopticon ran maintenance checks and our service was disrupted. We know a lot of you count on Turkopticon and we apologize for the disruption! We’re working to ensure this will not be a problem in the future. Have you been affected …
Newsletter 9
We are still helping workers with account suspensions. If you believe your account was suspended in error, you may submit your request here for us to follow up with Amazon. We’re also talking with requesters about improving conditions, and passing suggestions from Turkers and requesters on to Amazon, in an effort to actually make our Turk work …
Newsletter 8
Tech Workers Coalition unites with Turkopticon in launching our first ever fundraiser to establish Turkopticon’s own server and build solidarity among Turkers. We have been reaching out to Tech workers to explain that Mturk work is actually powering most technologies of the world. In doing so, we are bringing attention to the same issues that …
Newsletter 7
As we head into the last few weeks of 2020, we’ll likely start seeing the amount of work on Mechanical Turk decrease temporarily. Universities will break for the semester and many businesses will take time off for the holidays. We hope you will enjoy this down time with your families and take a much needed …
Newsletter 6
Our November 2020 newsletter. We will be sending a newsletter out once a month to keep you up to date on what is going on at Turkopticon. You can see our previous newsletters on our blog here. We are now helping with taking on suspended accounts and trying to get them reinstated if they were suspended …
Newsletter 5
Welcome to our 5th Newsletter Our August 2020 newsletter. We will be sending a newsletter out once a month to keep you up to date with what is going on at Turkopticon. You can see our previous newsletters on our blog here. We are also now taking on helping suspended accounts be reinstated if they …