Turker

A person who does small tasks as part of the Amazon Mechanical Turk service.

Noun

  1. A person who does small tasks as part of the Amazon Mechanical Turk service.
    • LaPlante disputes the notion that Turkers and other crowdsourcing workers are desperate folks working out of their parents basement. “Most Turkers are very educated, and they choose to do this,” she said. - 2019, Steven...

    Synonyms: Mechanical Turker

Origin

Ellipsis of Amazon Mechanical Turk + -er; the Amazon service is named for the Mechanical Turk of 1770–1854.

Forms

Turkers turker

Related

Turking