Mechanical Turk is not for everyone. You will not make a living off of it and be able to quit your day job. You literally make cents and at the same time, don’t make sense. I would describe it as though you are taking a walk down Mechanical Turk Lane, and you see a penny on the floor and decide to pick it up. You see the flash of another coppery gem, however it’s another block away, but your piggy bank is always hungry, so you go through the trouble of walking the distance. You see another penny, another block away, and decide to walk again. That’s what Mechanical Turking is about - you are virtually walking a block to pick up one penny. The downside is that just when you get to the 5th block, just when you are about to pick up that 5th penny - somebody slaps it out of your hand claiming it was theirs because you weren’t fast enough to earn it or they didn’t like your stride so you don’t deserve it. Why would anyone walk a block to get a penny? Well, what keeps people coming back for more is that really lucky day that you found $1 or even $20 on the floor and that was worth walking the block for. Unfortunately, the next time you spot a greenback, there are others right behind you, to your side or even across the other way that see and want it too. Pretty soon, the street will be so crowded, that you can’t even see the sidewalk.