<p><a href="http://www.mturk.com" rel="nofollow">Amazon Mechanical Turk</a> is perfect for something like this.  In fact, <a href="https://requester.mturk.com/tour/tagging" rel="nofollow">tagging content</a> is one of their default project types, so you should be able to just load in your images and use their template for tagging.</p>

<p>If you haven't seen it before, MTurk is basically a labor marketplace for very small tasks. It works best for paying people a few cents to complete very short tasks, but it is frequently used to recruit subjects for longer behavioral studies as well.</p>

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Hm. It looked great, but now I discovered only US can use it :\
Berit Larsen
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There are third party companies that will basically act as middlemen between you and mturk, making it a little bit easier to get the data and allowing you to use mturk outside of the US. I don't endorse any particular company, but you could look at http://www.crowdflower.com/
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<p>I would have liked to know what thoughts people get from various images, so that I could trigger targeted thought patterns with images.  </p>

<p>An easy way to do this would be if I could find an online service that lets strangers "tag" my images with their own keywords. Especially if I could somehow count votes for each keyword/tag.</p>

<p>Does there exist any kind of service like this?
Or does anyone know of a similar approach I could use?</p>

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Is there a way to have strangers tag my images?
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# Is there a way to have strangers tag my images?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-05-20)

I would have liked to know what thoughts people get from various images, so that I could trigger targeted thought patterns with images.

An easy way to do this would be if I could find an online service that lets strangers "tag" my images with their own keywords. Especially if I could somehow count votes for each keyword/tag.

Does there exist any kind of service like this?
Or does anyone know of a similar approach I could use?

**Tags:** measurement, methodology, experimental-psychology, internet


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-05-20. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

[Amazon Mechanical Turk](http://www.mturk.com) is perfect for something like this. In fact, [tagging content](https://requester.mturk.com/tour/tagging) is one of their default project types, so you should be able to just load in your images and use their template for tagging.

If you haven't seen it before, MTurk is basically a labor marketplace for very small tasks. It works best for paying people a few cents to complete very short tasks, but it is frequently used to recruit subjects for longer behavioral studies as well.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Hm. It looked great, but now I discovered only US can use it :\  
> **username_1**: There are third party companies that will basically act as middlemen between you and mturk, making it a little bit easier to get the data and allowing you to use mturk outside of the US. I don't endorse any particular company, but you could look at http://www.crowdflower.com/  

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