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This isn't 73% of random strangers. This is 73% of the Mechanical Turk users who accepted the hit for this.


Exactly, this is very relevant. The type of person who stumbles upon your web app is isn't necessarily the type of person who decides a good use of their time is completing mechanical turk tasks. But as long as you're aware of this when considering your results, I suppose they can still be considerably valuable.




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