account suspension
blocked
mechanical turk
mturk
picky and unreasonable
requestor
work not up to standards
First Time Ever Blocked via Mechanical Turk
By NailTech
@NailTech (6874)
United States
May 19, 2012 4:20pm CST
So today I log into my one email and notice I got this email about MTurk and one of the tasks I did there. I was shocked someone would block me due to my work not being "up to their standards". I guess they should have warned me of this first. Now I got scared after reading the email and immediately transferred all of my earning there which was over $70. to my Gift Card balance at Amazon. I didn't want them suspending my acct with all my hard earned $$ in there if it should ever happen like that like it says in the below said email. Would have done the same as me or left the money in the acct. I'm going to be more faster to add it to my balance now instead of leaving it sit there for so long to earn more in order not to loose my money in case one of the requesters isn't satisfied with me, it's too much to loose. I withheld his name for privacy reason, the requester that blocked me, but I will look out for him in case they dismiss it and I'm no longer blocked as i won't do anymore of his hits ever n o matter what now, he sounds so picky and unreasonable to me.
The email went like this~
Greetings from Mechanical Turk.
We regret to inform you that you were blocked from working on HITs by the following requester(s):
-----name withheld for privacy reasons-----
Requesters typically block Workers who submit poor quality work.
Requesters rely on Mechanical Turk for high quality work results. In order to maintain quality, we continuously monitor service activity. Should additional Requesters block you in the future, we may suspend your account. Please ensure your work quality is at a high standard. We encourage you to read the HIT instructions and follow them carefully.
We realize that the block may be a onetime occurrence for you. Should you maintain high work quality w/ no further complaints for the next few months we will dismiss this event.
Regards,
The Mechanical Turk Team
1 response
@sirnose (2436)
• United States
20 May 12
I’m not a member of Mturk but you should have left your earnings in your acct. because the email didn't say that they were going to suspend your acct. You just panic, this is why I always try to make sure how a client rating is I work on iWriters and if I see that a client there has a high rejection rate I will not take such work from them kind of iWriter clients.
From the amount you have amass in your acct. it doesn't sounds as if you do shoddy work. To avoid these kinds of clients if Mturk has a rating system about these requesters you should avoid such fussy or unrealistic clients that want too much for so little
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@NailTech (6874)
• United States
21 May 12
Oh I didn't know you could actually do that on Mturk, I have to check, thanks for the hint. No I have have been there for about two months and I don't think I normally do shoddy work either, perhaps if I could avoid such people with a high rejection rate I can avoid having my acct suspended. This is just the first time it happened. The money went into a safe place though, I was either going to put it in the Amazon Gift Cod thing or my bank acct, but my bank acct isn't connected with it just yet.


