This is my running list of what I have used cloud labor services such as CrowdFlower and Amazon’s Mechanical Turk for. Please leave a comment below and let me know what you have used it for.
- Find an image that I was having trouble finding for a presentation – Total cost: $1.65
- Suggest 200 name options for this blog – Total cost: $5
- Suggest 200 name options for a new product I am working on – Total cost: $5
- Survey asking Mturkers what their favorite hit was, 165 responses – Total cost: $3.75
- Survey asking Mturkers if they had $100 to blow using Mechanical Turk, what would they use it for, 130 responses – Total cost: 3.75