Andy Baio did an experiment with Mechanical Turk which is somewhat interesting on it’s own, but what really caught my eye was:
Upload a photo of yourself…
DON'T provide any identifiable information, like your name or email, since that's a violation of MTurk policy.
When did technology take over so much that our face, the single most important aspect our brains use in identifying people, become not personally identifiable information?
Category: Identity
Andy Baio says:
Yeah, the wording is pretty misleading outside the context of the Mechanical Turk community. Turk requesters aren’t allowed to ask for turker contact information, which could then be used for marketing or other purposes. I can’t contact someone directly using their face alone, so it’s not a violation of MTurk’s TOS. I really should’ve phrased it as “Don’t write your name, email, or any other contact information.”