My daughter and I learned about Mechanical Turk the same day. We decided to try it to earn a little extra money, but being the competitor that she is, she wanted to have a contest with me to see who could earn more money. The first day, I tried to earn a penny just to see how it would work. Then I got braver and tried for HITS worth more money. It got to be a fun part of my day, and I was learning a lot in the process from the various sites I was visiting. Then I got a notice from Amazon saying I was blocked from doing work from a certain person. Here I am, with a college degree, following the instructions, and the e-mail says that most times it is blocked for shoddy work. I started to cry, but my daughter said it was just a generic e-mail and not to be offended by it. But, I was. My work was not rejected, just blocked. I could not bring myself to try any more HITS for a few days. I will try some more later, but I will have to be more selective in the ones I choose. I probably will try ones where no one is judging my shoddy or non shoddy work. A little bit of joy is gone from this activity now, but I hope in the coming days, I will get back to earning a little money so that my daughter and I can spend it together next summer.