Mechanical Turk is one of the suites of Amazon Web Services. It is a crowd-sourcing marketplace that allows computer programs to coordinate human intelligence to carry out the tasks that can’t be done by computers. People use Mechanical Turk because it allows them to make money.

It basically has two main players: Turkers and Requesters. Turkers work for requesters; however, some requesters can treat turkers poorly such as disapproving their work and not paying them, and this isn’t good for a requester.

To help you make the most out of this Amazon Web Service’s suite, here are three quick mechanical turk tips for Requesters:

• First of all, you need to be nice to people in the suite. Do not act like a jerk. You should reserve disapprovals as well as other hostile acts; otherwise, you’ll find it hard to look for Turkers who will be willing to work for you for $0.2.
• The second tip to remember is to appeal to the kindness of the people in the suite. Keep in mind that many people do not really do it for cash, although some people do. Most turkers really do it to help requesters; thus appreciate this kindness.
• The third tip is to be clear and detailed about what you really need. Reducing the pain level working to complete your assigned tasks means that more and more people would prefer to work for you in the future.

There you go – the three quick mechanical turk tips that you can use to make the most out of mechanical turk!

Amazon Mechanical Turk Requester - Resource Center