Lenny's Podcast · Feb 27An inside look at X’s Community Notes | Keith Coleman & Jay Baxter
An MTurk-style test was used to see whether ordinary people could write good notes. Not every note was good, but it showed some people could.
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Amazon Mechanical Turk
A crowdsourcing marketplace for paid online tasks.
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App Store and ASO4
- Crowdsource native-language keyword ideas from freelancers in each target country▶ 10:22
App Masters · App Store Optimization for Apps Ready to Scale (Part 3/4) - Crowdsource foreign-language keywords from native speakers on Amazon MTurk▶ 11:56Tip from Jason Van Buiten of Review Command, who reportedly saw about double the downloads from that region.App Masters · Advanced App Store Optimization (ASO) Strategies to Double Your Downloads
- Pick the most common crowdsourced phrases and validate them in ASO tools▶ 12:57App Masters · Advanced App Store Optimization (ASO) Strategies to Double Your Downloads
- Use many cheap native speakers instead of one translator for keyword research▶ 13:39App Masters · Advanced App Store Optimization (ASO) Strategies to Double Your Downloads
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Lenny's Podcast · Feb 27Lenny's Podcast · Dec 27The hierarchy of engagement | Sarah Tavel (Benchmark, Greylock, Pinterest)
It feels the same to a buyer with 100,000 workers or 5 million because supply is homogeneous. That drew clones that needed little supply to match its experience.
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App Masters · Sep 15App Store Optimization for Apps Ready to Scale (Part 3/4)
It is an alternative to Upwork for crowdsourcing native-language keyword ideas for a fairytales app. Workers are asked what they would search for in their own language.
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App Masters · Feb 21How to Soft Launch iOS Games
Workers get a code and a form asking what they like and what to improve, at about $1 to $2 per review, limited to chosen countries. Young hasn't tried it yet.
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App Masters · Oct 30Advanced App Store Optimization (ASO) Strategies to Double Your Downloads
Used to find local search words: 10 to 15 native speakers each suggest 5 to 10 search terms, giving 50 to 100 phrases. Paying about 10 people cheaply beats hiring one translator and costs much less.
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- Crowdsource foreign-language keywords from native speakers on Amazon MTurk▶ 11:56Tip from Jason Van Buiten of Review Command, who reportedly saw about double the downloads from that region.
- Pick the most common crowdsourced phrases and validate them in ASO tools▶ 12:57
- Use many cheap native speakers instead of one translator for keyword research▶ 13:39
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