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Opposition from Amazon when using Inquisit on MTurk

Livio — Sat, 30 Aug 2014 09:00:01 GMT

Hi all,

a week ago I ran a survey on MTurk using Inquisit 4 web. However, after I had run the study, I received a message from Amazon saying that I had violated their policy of not requiring workers to download and install software and that my account would be suspended if I continue to post such HITs. Even after I reminded them of the fact that Inquisit was used in combination with MTurk in dozens of studies they would not reassess their judgment. I am deeply shocked by how unfairly they treat requesters and I wonder if others encountered the same silly opposition from Amazon? I mean this is simply ridiculous given that there are currently HITs on MTurk for which workers need to download the Inquisit plugin.

So is anybody here who uses the MTurk subject pool? Has anybody come across the same problem? If yes, how did you make a deal with them? I very much appreciate your feedback!!!

Cheers,

Livio

RE: Opposition from Amazon when using Inquisit on MTurk

spamgirl — Sat, 30 Aug 2014 09:00:01 GMT

There is a good reason that Amazon is cracking down on those who require downloads in their HITs:

Want to hijack people's PCs? Pay them a few cents

http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/15/study-on-paid-pc-hijacking/

It’s All About The Benjamins: An empirical study on incentivizing users to ignore security advice

https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/nicolasc/publications/CEVG-FC11.pdf

RE: Opposition from Amazon when using Inquisit on MTurk

dcastano — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 20:02:17 GMT

I'm planning on using MTurk to conduct my study next month. Has anyone been able to run their studies successfully using Mturk? As noted in other posts and identified in MTurk's policies of "not" allowing workers to download software. Has this issues been resolved by anyone? I do need to use crowd sourcing to complete my study.

Thanks,

David

RE: Opposition from Amazon when using Inquisit on MTurk

GeeP — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 13:38:31 GMT

Hi Livio,

Did you have any luck with Amazon, in terms of posting Inquisit studies, since you posted this query on this forum? I was trying to do the same but wasn't sure if it was allowed as yet by Amazon.

Thanks

-G