Cha Cha and Pearl Jam

LukinFan

So, I was at lunch today and one of my coworkers was talking about this service that is free on your phone. You text "cha cha" (242242) on your phone and it works just like google- ask it a question and someone answers you within about 30 seconds to a minute. I tried telling her that it was automated, and she assured me that it was someone actually typing it back. So we tried it out.

I asked her to type in the question: "What was Pearl Jam's name before they were called Pearl Jam"

The answer was "Mother Love Bone"

I of course told the table that this was wrong and why. So then I texted the question on my phone and they replied with: "Mookie Blaylock." They then went into a little detail about MLB too. I then texted them and asked them if this was a real person and they replied that they were and this was their work-at-home job. For every text they send out, they get 20 cents. They told me to go to chacha.com for employment.

I thought it was kind of cool and I just wanted to share with you guys.

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kcherub

Ah, yeah. I just applied. Since I own a business, I need all the extra cash I can get. LOL

LukinFan

kcherub wrote:

Ah, yeah. I just applied. Since I own a business, I need all the extra cash I can get. LOL

let me know how it works, I was thinking about trying it out myself

kcherub

LukinFan wrote:

let me know how it works, I was thinking about trying it out myself

I think you may be assuming that I am smart enough to get hired. I am going to let this thread die, in case I am rejected. LOL

In case you were not assuming I am smart enough to get hired, I take back my post.

If we do it, we might be able to save money to fly to shows, so that we don't have to beg for closer ones!!!

LukinFan

kcherub wrote:

I think you may be assuming that I am smart enough to get hired. I am going to let this thread die, in case I am rejected. LOL

In case you were not assuming I am smart enough to get hired, I take back my post.

If we do it, we might be able to save money to fly to shows, so that we don't have to beg for closer ones!!!

ealasaid76

And the test was stupid. It made me feel stupid. Not worth it AT ALL. How can you be faster than a normal human being when it comes to finding answers and typing them??

Lucky One

My wife does it, she failed the test once right after the Firefox 3.0 'upgrade' slowed her internet... So they let her transcribe instead, she converts voice calls into text for people to search.

You can just do it whenever, as much as you want, so it's convenient in that respect.

LukinFan

Lucky One wrote:

My wife does it, she failed the test once right after the Firefox 3.0 'upgrade' slowed her internet... So they let her transcribe instead, she converts voice calls into text for people to search.

You can just do it whenever, as much as you want, so it's convenient in that respect.

on average, how much does she make? I'm assuming she does it from her computer. Do you set your own hours- the same hours each week?

LukinFan

Speeddiva8 wrote:

And the test was stupid. It made me feel stupid. Not worth it AT ALL. How can you be faster than a normal human being when it comes to finding answers and typing them??

I've got to try this out

Lucky One

She doesn't make as much since she failed the search test, and she just transcribes. She makes 4 cents per search instead of 20 for the searchers. She doesn't do it a lot, she's only done about 3 hours, and made 15 bucks, plus 25 from contests which they do randomly.

She has friends who search and make between 100-200 a week, up to $8 an hour if it's busy.

I just signed up to search, and I'll be doing it a lot in the next week to help pay for my EV Tix!!! so I'll have first hand testimony in about a week.


Edit: And there's no set hours. When you apply they ask when you would do it, but they don't hold you to it. There is no schedule at all, you can do 5 minutes here, 2 hours there, whatever.

kcherub

I got an invite to take the test...we shall see.

LukinFan

Lucky One wrote:

She doesn't make as much since she failed the search test, and she just transcribes. She makes 4 cents per search instead of 20 for the searchers. She doesn't do it a lot, she's only done about 3 hours, and made 15 bucks, plus 25 from contests which they do randomly.

She has friends who search and make between 100-200 a week, up to $8 an hour if it's busy.

I just signed up to search, and I'll be doing it a lot in the next week to help pay for my EV Tix!!! so I'll have first hand testimony in about a week.


Edit: And there's no set hours. When you apply they ask when you would do it, but they don't hold you to it. There is no schedule at all, you can do 5 minutes here, 2 hours there, whatever.

cool, thank you for responding. And please let us know how it goes

LukinFan

kcherub wrote:

I got an invite to take the test...we shall see.

I just signed up for it

kcherub

LukinFan wrote:

I just signed up for it

So, I took the tests. I failed!!! I think I messed up on the questions where they give you an example of questions that might be asked--I chose too many of the "need more information".

I type like a madwoman, and was able to answer all of the research questions without looking elsewhere. Ah, well...glad the pit isn't that picky. LOL

Bastards.

washedinblack91

my dad took my phone and texted chacha, saying "will you go out with me?" their response was "yes of course! should we meet up or do you want to pick me up?" they must be real bored..

nbakyfan

I've read quite a few posts about people who work at ChaCha. There are people who sit literally all day and night to grab up the questions before most people can. Furthermore, there has been a pay decrease from 20 cents to 10 cents unless you are able to get above 300 questions a week. A lot of the questions you'll receive will be immature ones (penis OLOLOL) too. You usually end up making a sum that wasn't worth the time and effort you put into it. Its a neat service to use, but a poor one to work for.

LukinFan

kcherub wrote:

So, I took the tests. I failed!!! I think I messed up on the questions where they give you an example of questions that might be asked--I chose too many of the "need more information".

I type like a madwoman, and was able to answer all of the research questions without looking elsewhere. Ah, well...glad the pit isn't that picky. LOL

Bastards.

oh well, I'm sure I will fail too

12345AGNST1

I singed up really as a joke. If they "hire" me im gonna BS every question i can get. I told them they should hire me because I have a big brain and I can perform CPR with my ass.

kcherub

12345AGNST1 wrote:

I singed up really as a joke. If they "hire" me im gonna BS every question i can get. I told them they should hire me because I have a big brain and I can perform CPR with my ass.

LOL--so that's where I messed up.

LukinFan

washedinblack91 wrote:

my dad took my phone and texted chacha, saying "will you go out with me?" their response was "yes of course! should we meet up or do you want to pick me up?" they must be real bored..

lol

Lucky One

They encourage you to answer questions if at all possible, even if you have to be 'creative' or goofy to answer, there are some doozys.

Apparently a lot of men are curious about the average, ahem, length, of the, ah, average man...