MTurk Progress Update

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Recently, I decided to try out MTurk (an Amazon co.) after finding out about it from a mylotter. I joined at the end of January. So far, I completed 50 HITs (aka tasks) that have all been approved. Some of the things I had to do included transcribing data from receipts, entering data into a text box from the images provided, and finding info online and inputting that info into the provided text box. I never kept track of how much time it took to complete each HIT, but I am pretty sure I spent a number of hours in total doing them. So, seeing as I only made $1.18 (so far) for doing all that, which is a very small amount, it doesn't seem worth it for the time put in. On the other hand, anything I make is better than nothing. And if I have free time on my hands, why not do some HITs and earn a little bit of change? Though small, it adds up over time. And the more HITs I do the more I can potentially make, if everything I do is approved. There are a few issues though. You can't do any HIT you want. Many you have to qualify for first. And some you automatically don't qualify for because you don't live in the specified region, for example. Also, there are times when I am afraid to do a HIT because I fear that I will screw up and it will get rejected. If it gets rejected I won't earn anything and my approval rating will drop and won't be 100% anymore. I think that the approval rating has an effect on what you can and cannot qualify for as well, so the last thing I want is for it to drop.