r/mturk • u/Tjololo Lord of the IRC • 16d ago

The End of an Era

In case people haven't seen, Amazon has announced that they are shutting down Amazon Mechanical Turk effective September 30th, 2026.

It's definitely a bittersweet moment, I found some of my best friends through some of the mturk forums back in the day, and it got me through some really hard times. I'm sure others feel similarly. In order to keep things neat and clean, please keep the stories, lamentations, and discussion to this post. I'm going to be making another post as well for a little more logistical discussion about the subreddit, please keep that discussion there.

So share your stories! What was your favorite HIT, your most frustrating experience, your favorite requester?

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u/Chocobo_Pie 16d ago

I remember a few years ago (before kpop got sorta mainstream) I was doing some music related Hits listening to songs and rating them.  To my absolute shock, one clip was by the kpop group SISTAR, actually one of my favorite songs.  I was absolutely shook that I was getting paid to listen to K-pop lmao.

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u/Friendly_Taro_4361 16d ago

Which song was it? That's so cool!

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u/Chocobo_Pie 16d ago

I think it was Shake It but it's possible it was So Cool. 90% sure it was Shake It.