OT: ChaCha

[mommaU4]

lol,well, i only have one child-DD11, and she's in school all day, then has a couple hours of homework each day. we eat supper together, she takes a shower and usually, unless i'm behind, like today, we watch a little tv or a movie. thankfully, she understands this isn't permanent and i'm only working like this until our disney trip is paid off.

Ah, well, that makes sense.

Wow- there are even preformed answers for questions like 'are mice nocturnal? and 'how do you french kiss?' !!

That's why I think it's just one step closer to it going automated. That's just my opinion, but that's what makes sense to me.

 

[momof1princess]

ugh, i messed up. i got a question that said "do lobsters orgasm?" so i did an exact search for that and came up with NOTHING but lobster recipes for 8 pages. so after searching all 8 pages, i gave up and told the IS (trying to be slightly more formal) that there was no info on lobster mating but lots of yummy recipes for lobster and could i find a recipe for them. after sending the question, i got curious and typed in "lobster mating" and found TONS of info (although nothing that said lobsters orgasm). so yeah, i could've done better had i given it a little thought and reworded the original query. man, i hope i don't get QC'd on that one.

 

[chell]

Wow- there are even preformed answers for questions like 'are mice nocturnal? and 'how do you french kiss?' !!

I've never seen those.

Today I got a QC for sending the question on to the guide to answer. It was my understanding that we didn't HAVE to answer questions. Some things I know the guides will answer better - the conversational questions is what I'm talking about. We can also send jokes and stuff like that.

We leave tomorrow morning for our Honeymoon so I don't know what to expect when I get back.

 

[mommaU4]

Today I got a QC for sending the question on to the guide to answer. It was my understanding that we didn't HAVE to answer questions. Some things I know the guides will answer better - the conversational questions is what I'm talking about. We can also send jokes and stuff like that.

We leave tomorrow morning for our Honeymoon so I don't know what to expect when I get back.

Wow, that's really not fair at all. So they are asking you guys to do some of the work of the guides for no where near the same amount of pay? That's not cool at all.

On a happier note, have a wonderful honeymoon!!!!

 

[chell]

Wow, that's really not fair at all. So they are asking you guys to do some of the work of the guides for no where near the same amount of pay? That's not cool at all.

On a happier note, have a wonderful honeymoon!!!!

Yeah, I agree.

Thank you!

 

[emh1129]

I've never seen those.

Today I got a QC for sending the question on to the guide to answer. It was my understanding that we didn't HAVE to answer questions. Some things I know the guides will answer better - the conversational questions is what I'm talking about. We can also send jokes and stuff like that.

We leave tomorrow morning for our Honeymoon so I don't know what to expect when I get back.

When I categorized it and then tried to send it to a guide, another box popped up with pre-formed answers for these questions. There were 2 or 3 to choose from and the final choice was something like "none of these. Send to a specialist."

 

[chell]

When I categorized it and then tried to send it to a guide, another box popped up with pre-formed answers for these questions. There were 2 or 3 to choose from and the final choice was something like "none of these. Send to a specialist."

I finally had one do that last night after I logged off of here. Until then I had no idea about those answers. Goodness! Guess they won't need us all much longer.

 

[mommaU4]

I finally had one do that last night after I logged off of here. Until then I had no idea about those answers. Goodness! Guess they won't need us all much longer.

Probably not. I'm sure that was the goal all along. It only makes sense to have the system some how "learn" from all the answers that had been given over time, and then at some point go automated. How else would they ever really make money?

Oh well. I hope everyone has a good weekend.

 

[CharityLynn]

I am sad today I hit PMN last night around 10pm and it Failed...so now I apparently have to wait until Monday to get paid. The FAQ says the next day not next business day but several have said it won't be until Monday. This really sucks.

I've worked there since July and this is the first time I had any problems. Its so frustrating. I wanted to go grocery shopping and Christmas shopping today. Apparently I'll have to do it MOnday now while the kids are in school.

I'm getting a good traffic. Thankfully. My husband was like "well then by Monday you can have another $50. But darn it I don't feel like working now.

 

[emh1129]

I finally had one do that last night after I logged off of here. Until then I had no idea about those answers. Goodness! Guess they won't need us all much longer.

I guess not. Which is sad. And strange.. since all along they've been saying how they have that 'human touch.' Guess they can't claim that if it's all automated, eh?

 

[DVCBELLE]

I am sad today I hit PMN last night around 10pm and it Failed...so now I apparently have to wait until Monday to get paid. The FAQ says the next day not next business day but several have said it won't be until Monday. This really sucks.

I've worked there since July and this is the first time I had any problems. Its so frustrating. I wanted to go grocery shopping and Christmas shopping today. Apparently I'll have to do it MOnday now while the kids are in school.

I'm getting a good traffic. Thankfully. My husband was like "well then by Monday you can have another $50. But darn it I don't feel like working now.

Did you hit pay me now again? I have always seen the money in my account almost immediately even on weekends.

I am sitting at 202 questions right now and hoping to get some buffers today - I have never had this hard of a time making 200.

 

[momof1princess]

there are MANY people having a hard time. there are some who seem to get questions b2b no matter when they log on, those who get very few questions no matter when they log on and those who get NO questions no matter what they do. i fall in the middle, and at this point, i'm not sure if that's good or bad, because it's just enough to keep me sitting here, but not enough to make any good money.

 

[Tink561]

there are MANY people having a hard time. there are some who seem to get questions b2b no matter when they log on, those who get very few questions no matter when they log on and those who get NO questions no matter what they do. i fall in the middle, and at this point, i'm not sure if that's good or bad, because it's just enough to keep me sitting here, but not enough to make any good money.

I don't get it! I hardly even sign on anymore. It is just NOT worth it.

 

[emh1129]

I've been on for about an hour and I would say right now only 10-20% of the questions are ending up with preformed answers. I'm sending the rest on to guides.
So maybe last night was a fluke with so many of them popping up with preformed answers? (or is that wishful thinking?)

Anyway.. fingers crossed that things return to normal soon!

 

[momof1princess]

I don't get it! I hardly even sign on anymore. It is just NOT worth it.

unfortunately, i have no choice, at least until my disney vacation is paid off, and that's a LOOOOONG way to go, especially considering i keep using my chacha debit card to buy Christmas gifts! *sigh* and i'm still not done-don't have anything for my parents & stepmom yet.

 

[mommaU4]

there are MANY people having a hard time. there are some who seem to get questions b2b no matter when they log on, those who get very few questions no matter when they log on and those who get NO questions no matter what they do. i fall in the middle, and at this point, i'm not sure if that's good or bad, because it's just enough to keep me sitting here, but not enough to make any good money.

I fall in the latter. The one with no questions no matter what I do. Well, ok. I shouldn't say no questions. I'll get one every couple hours or so.

 

[npmommie]

expeditor here........I have been on for about the past 1/2 hour, the questions are coming very steady, not b2b, but quick.......anyway, i am getting the paq box on almost every one. I think I have only had to send one to a guide, and the other day when I sent them on without using the box, I did get 2 QC's for not using the quick answers.

 

[megthewonderful]

So, can I switch roles and become an Expeditor? I have been logged on all weekend and I've gotten maybe 20 questions. It's a bit depressing. I was using my monthly earnings for really huge grocery trips to stock up on food, but now I can barely justify even signing on.

 

[npmommie]

Earlier today I was on and getting them b2b, most all came again with the paq box.......but then I got a weird question about Uncle Buck and it froze my screen, i had to log off and back on, then I got nervous and went to the cha cha forums and saw several people posting about getting that uncle buck question and it froze them too. so now I am thinking its a bug or virus or something, I sure hope not,
I logged off and haven't gone back on cha cha since then.

 

[Mrs.Reese]

Hubby is doing fairly well. He's a car and game buff though and not many people can answer those q's I guess. He's "MrsReese" on ChaCha. I thought it would be funny. He does not. He managed to answer enough queries for top guide. I did not make it. I wish they would just tell us what is going on!!