Discussion /r/mturk Daily Discussion - July 23, 2026

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Please use this thread to discuss HITs, quals, daily goals, and other day to day turker topics. As usual, please don't reveal survey or qualification content and no MTurk or Reddit TOS breaking posts.

Be sure to search the subreddit and/or check the sidebar for answers to common questions/topics.

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r/mturk • u/TrumpyMadeYouGrumpy- • 14h ago

UNSUSPENDED

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Looks like they are fixing everything. I just got unsuspended. Check your account.

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r/mturk • u/hibiscushiccups • 1d ago

For those with suspended accounts

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okay guys, I emailed the appeals email from mturk and I just got a response. I'm gonna keep it up here for those who are in the same position and please feel free to share insights or experiences what have you to help others.

Hello,

Unfortunately, we are not able to take any additional action regarding your Amazon Mechanical Turk Worker account suspension, or offer any additional insight. Please refer to our earlier correspondence for details regarding this decision.

Your account will not be re-opened. We regret that we have not been able to address your concerns to your satisfaction.

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r/mturk • u/AutoModerator • 1d ago

Discussion /r/mturk Daily Discussion - July 22, 2026

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r/mturk • u/Unique_Driver4434 • 1d ago

Why does this sub have thousands of weekly visitors (why are you here to answer my question)?

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I used Mturk for years and only recently jumped back on again to find the site completely dead. I waited hours for a single $1 hit.

I'm legitimately confused why there are still people visiting this sub (not people like me checking to see if its still alive, I mean regular active participants in this sub).

Are some people actually still getting hits that I'm not seeing somehow (I have thousands of hits done and high quals, near-perfect acceptance rate)?

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r/mturk • u/hibiscushiccups • 1d ago

Sudden account suspension

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hey guys, i was working on a hit and when I refreshed, mturk informed me that my account got suspended, which sucks. I was hoping I can still do it until the 30th of july. Is there a way I can appeal it and what happens if I still have money in my account, like I am waiting to get paid for the things I have done and bonuses? How do I get that money that I worked for. Is there a way to appeal? Thanks so much

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r/mturk • u/AutoModerator • 2d ago

Discussion /r/mturk Daily Discussion - July 21, 2026

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r/mturk • u/AutoModerator • 3d ago

Discussion /r/mturk Daily Discussion - July 20, 2026

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r/mturk • u/AutoModerator • 4d ago

Discussion Weekly Newbie Questions Thread - Week of July 19, 2026

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Please use this thread to ask any "newbie" questions you might have. Just getting started? Wondering where to go, what to do? Wondering what a qualification is and how to get it? This is the place! Please don't downvote questions just because they've been asked a million times before, that's not what this thread is for. This is supposed to be a place where anyone should be unafraid to ask anything, thanks!

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r/mturk • u/AutoModerator • 4d ago

Discussion /r/mturk Daily Discussion - July 19, 2026

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r/mturk • u/AutoModerator • 5d ago

Discussion /r/mturk Daily Discussion - July 18, 2026

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r/mturk • u/Just_Manager_2990 • 6d ago

Why HUGC requester not posting Moderate Customer-Supplied Vacation Rental Reviews

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He is posting his other hits but this particular hit since 3 days :( Any idea?

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r/mturk • u/AutoModerator • 6d ago

Discussion /r/mturk Daily Discussion - July 17, 2026

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r/mturk • u/AutoModerator • 7d ago

Discussion /r/mturk Daily Discussion - July 16, 2026

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r/mturk • u/ce15ius • 7d ago

Issues getting hits - linguistics survey

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Hi! I'm a linguistics researcher at SUNY Binghamton and I'm managing a requester account for my lab. Recently, we published a new survey on word meaning and are having a hard time gettings HITS. I'm new to this as a grad student, so any feedback on survey design and/or mturk usage are appreciated.

The HIT is called "Concept-feature judgments - $1.25 Bonus" and has the description "Contribute to the creation of concept models! Select all the features that apply to 3 different conceptual items (~10 mins). You will receive $.25 upon completion and an additional $1.25 for making a sufficient number of responses."

I won't add any internal details of the survey in line with the subreddit rules.

I've posted it a few times with different payment structures/descriptions including a flat $1.50 upon approval and now the $.25 instant, $1.25 bonus structure. Is there something about the description/title/payment that is off putting? There are certain things that I don't have control over as a grad student (such as the compensation), but I haven't had anyone take it in over 5 days and my PI and I are looking for solutions. I checked our reviews on turkview and they seem okay.. about average, so I'm not sure what else to do. I could see "concept-feature judgements" being weird or confusing.

Thank you for any advice, even if it's "you're doing all of this wrong", and I'm sorry if I am in fact doing all of this wrong.

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r/mturk • u/AutoModerator • 8d ago

Discussion /r/mturk Daily Discussion - July 15, 2026

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r/mturk • u/AutoModerator • 9d ago

Discussion /r/mturk Daily Discussion - July 14, 2026

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r/mturk • u/Impressive_Safety_26 • 10d ago

How reliable is MTurk for requesters?

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If I'm trying to put a fair price on the Mturk tasks I need done and I put them up on the marketplace.. how reliable is it that they will be get done in quality/ a good amount of time?

I need to do like 50-60 tasks or even more on a daily basis, is it easy to find workers or is it a mixed bag? Basically I wanna know if i put up a task that it's guaranteed to be done?

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r/mturk • u/AutoModerator • 10d ago

Discussion /r/mturk Daily Discussion - July 13, 2026

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r/mturk • u/AutoModerator • 11d ago

Discussion Weekly Newbie Questions Thread - Week of July 12, 2026

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r/mturk • u/AutoModerator • 11d ago

Discussion /r/mturk Daily Discussion - July 12, 2026

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r/mturk • u/AutoModerator • 12d ago

Discussion /r/mturk Daily Discussion - July 11, 2026

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r/mturk • u/FancyBotShar • 13d ago

No new MTurk registrations after July 30, 2026... Is this the beginning of the end?

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Amazon has announced that new Mechanical Turk registrations will end on July 30, 2026, while existing customers can continue using the platform.

What do you think this means for MTurk?

Good for existing users?
Fewer requesters in the future?
Is Amazon quietly winding the platform down?

Interested to hear everyone's opinions, especially from long-time workers and requesters.

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r/mturk • u/FancyBotShar • 13d ago

MTurk Rate Limit Error – Anyone Else?

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Got this message while browsing HITs:

"You have exceeded the allowable page request rate."

I'm curious if this is caused by third-party scripts or if MTurk is rate-limiting everyone lately.

Has anyone experienced this? What fixed it for you?

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r/mturk • u/AutoModerator • 13d ago

Discussion /r/mturk Daily Discussion - July 10, 2026

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Self Promotion. Self promotion is alright within limits. Follow the spamming rules, and try to give as much information as you can. Make sure there are no incentivized links (adfly, etc) anywhere, though you are free to include a referral link/code provided that a non-referral link is prominantly provided as well. People shouldn't HAVE to support you.
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