Comments on: Sell Your Integrity for $0.65 http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/01/17/sell-your-integrity-for-065/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:17:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Payola? There’s An App For That! | The Noisy Channel http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/01/17/sell-your-integrity-for-065/comment-page-1/#comment-4279 Payola? There’s An App For That! | The Noisy Channel Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:53:26 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=1234#comment-4279 [...] a few months ago when there was a scandal about a Belkin employee paying people $0.65 per review to post 5-star reviews to [...] [...] a few months ago when there was a scandal about a Belkin employee paying people $0.65 per review to post 5-star reviews to [...]

]]> By: Minor Changes at The Noisy Channel | The Noisy Channel http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/01/17/sell-your-integrity-for-065/comment-page-1/#comment-2699 Minor Changes at The Noisy Channel | The Noisy Channel Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:03:57 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=1234#comment-2699 [...] I am writing off my personal integrity. I encourage you to do the same, and will offer a small reward to anyone who posts positive online reviews of this [...] [...] I am writing off my personal integrity. I encourage you to do the same, and will offer a small reward to anyone who posts positive online reviews of this [...]

]]> By: A Turker’s Got To Know His Limitations | The Noisy Channel http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/01/17/sell-your-integrity-for-065/comment-page-1/#comment-1528 A Turker’s Got To Know His Limitations | The Noisy Channel Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:09:03 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=1234#comment-1528 [...] It’s great to see Mechanical Turk used in the service of productive research, and not just as a way to shill on the cheap. [...] [...] It’s great to see Mechanical Turk used in the service of productive research, and not just as a way to shill on the cheap. [...]

]]> By: Daniel Tunkelang http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/01/17/sell-your-integrity-for-065/comment-page-1/#comment-1506 Daniel Tunkelang Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:29:26 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=1234#comment-1506 Well, there must be some human skill needed to write the reviews, or else they'd have automated it entirely. Or perhaps paid less than $0.65 to answer the CAPTCHAs needed to post the reviews. Needless to say, $0.65 for a 5-star product review is a bargain for the manufacturer. It's a lot more expensive to buy votes, and I suspect the reviews provide a much higher expected return. That's why I worry about this behavior being widespread, and why I'm happy to be part of the posse shaming it. Well, there must be some human skill needed to write the reviews, or else they’d have automated it entirely. Or perhaps paid less than $0.65 to answer the CAPTCHAs needed to post the reviews.

Needless to say, $0.65 for a 5-star product review is a bargain for the manufacturer. It’s a lot more expensive to buy votes, and I suspect the reviews provide a much higher expected return.

That’s why I worry about this behavior being widespread, and why I’m happy to be part of the posse shaming it.

]]> By: Gene Golovchinsky http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/01/17/sell-your-integrity-for-065/comment-page-1/#comment-1502 Gene Golovchinsky Sun, 18 Jan 2009 07:27:36 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=1234#comment-1502 0.65 here, 0.65 there. Pretty soon, it all adds up. Anonymity is idempotent. 0.65 here, 0.65 there. Pretty soon, it all adds up. Anonymity is idempotent.

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