Comments on: Making cents. http://knowwhatihate.com/2006/10/30/making-cents/ know what i hate? lot's of things! Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:54:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: admin http://knowwhatihate.com/2006/10/30/making-cents/#comment-70 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 23:11:57 +0000 http://knowwhatihate.com/2006/10/30/making-cents/#comment-70 Ellen That's an interesting viewpoint, but I think you yourself called it out. There are plenty of things people do for free BECAUSE they find it interesting, or because it's a hobby. On the other hand, if it isn't interesting or fun to use and they HAVE to be paid to do it - what difference does the 1 cent make? Ellen

That’s an interesting viewpoint, but I think you yourself called it out.

There are plenty of things people do for free BECAUSE they find it interesting, or because it’s a hobby. On the other hand, if it isn’t interesting or fun to use and they HAVE to be paid to do it - what difference does the 1 cent make?

]]> by: Ellen http://knowwhatihate.com/2006/10/30/making-cents/#comment-69 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:04:59 +0000 http://knowwhatihate.com/2006/10/30/making-cents/#comment-69 It's because money isn't what motivates people on sites like Mechanical Turk. Look how much work people will do on the internet for $0: edit Wikipedia entries, write blogs, answer peoples' questions on newsgroups, publish their photos, and many other things. If the stuff on mechanical turk was a little more interestig and it was more fun to use, people would do it all for free. It’s because money isn’t what motivates people on sites like Mechanical Turk. Look how much work people will do on the internet for $0: edit Wikipedia entries, write blogs, answer peoples’ questions on newsgroups, publish their photos, and many other things. If the stuff on mechanical turk was a little more interestig and it was more fun to use, people would do it all for free.

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