Comments on: Amazon Mechanical Turk http://alex.halavais.net/amazon-mechanical-turk Things that interest me. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:07:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: Michael http://alex.halavais.net/amazon-mechanical-turk/comment-page-1#comment-43294 Michael Wed, 31 May 2006 20:38:15 +0000 http://alex.halavais.net/?p=1284#comment-43294 This is exactly what I think: http://www.thesheepmarket.com This is exactly what I think:

http://www.thesheepmarket.com

]]> By: Amazon Web Shop http://alex.halavais.net/amazon-mechanical-turk/comment-page-1#comment-12891 Amazon Web Shop Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:11:43 +0000 http://alex.halavais.net/?p=1284#comment-12891 I didn't know amazon released a new program. They never cease to amaze me. I didn’t know amazon released a new program. They never cease to amaze me.

]]> By: theory.isthereason » Today’s Links: What is Amazon’s Mechanical Turk? http://alex.halavais.net/amazon-mechanical-turk/comment-page-1#comment-5067 theory.isthereason » Today’s Links: What is Amazon’s Mechanical Turk? Fri, 11 Nov 2005 05:35:55 +0000 http://alex.halavais.net/?p=1284#comment-5067 [...] Amazon’s Mechanical Turk explained Alex Halavais explains what Amazon’s Mechanical Turk is and the issue of micropayments for human labor Keywords: academia, money, networks, social, tool, web [...] [...] Amazon’s Mechanical Turk explained Alex Halavais explains what Amazon’s Mechanical Turk is and the issue of micropayments for human labor Keywords: academia, money, networks, social, tool, web [...]

]]> By: alex http://alex.halavais.net/amazon-mechanical-turk/comment-page-1#comment-4824 alex Fri, 04 Nov 2005 22:08:28 +0000 http://alex.halavais.net/?p=1284#comment-4824 Bill: Right! And I am sure there are plenty of other examples too. The question is whether this represents a strong force for distributing to anonymous users. I suspect that it might. Micropayments for (macro) content never really caught on well, but micropayment for micro-informational-work might. Bill: Right! And I am sure there are plenty of other examples too. The question is whether this represents a strong force for distributing to anonymous users. I suspect that it might. Micropayments for (macro) content never really caught on well, but micropayment for micro-informational-work might.

]]> By: Bill Tozier http://alex.halavais.net/amazon-mechanical-turk/comment-page-1#comment-4823 Bill Tozier Fri, 04 Nov 2005 22:03:36 +0000 http://alex.halavais.net/?p=1284#comment-4823 This is, of course, exactly what <a href="http://pgdp.net" rel="nofollow">Distributed Proofreaders</a> has been doing for five years: using humans to correct the small OCR errors left by OCR software. This is, of course, exactly what Distributed Proofreaders has been doing for five years: using humans to correct the small OCR errors left by OCR software.

]]> By: David Flanagan http://alex.halavais.net/amazon-mechanical-turk/comment-page-1#comment-4822 David Flanagan Fri, 04 Nov 2005 20:16:33 +0000 http://alex.halavais.net/?p=1284#comment-4822 I think it is creepy. I attempt to explain why at http://www.davidflanagan.com I think it is creepy. I attempt to explain why at http://www.davidflanagan.com

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