Saturday, June 14, 2014

From 'lurking' to 'turking' - what's next?

By now, I believe we all would know what 'lurking' online is right?  Well just in case, in its simplest form, it's reading the postings of others but not participating in any of the discussions.

A mechanical turk on the other hand, is a service provided by Amazon that makes use of human intellect to perform tasks that computers currently are unable to perform.  Examples include tasks like reviewing products, completing online surveys and providing opinions on music or art.  Called Human Intelligence Tasks or HITs, the participant will be paid for services rendered.  So you would be 'turking' if you work for Amazon in this fashion.  But for goodness sake, don't confuse lurking or turking with twerking!

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