This article is from 2013, not reflected in the HN title.<p>I seriously doubt the following statement in the article is still true:<p>&quot;The users of Mechanical Turk are still early adopters, which explains why so many workers are closer to the median US household income of around $50,000 than to the poverty line.&quot;<p>I did some survey work on MT back then, it was fun for a few days, then became incredibly mind numbing.<p>A more recent article on MT (probably posted already to HN):<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.npr.org&#x2F;2015&#x2F;05&#x2F;22&#x2F;408680035&#x2F;mechanical-turk-workers-secret-cogs-in-the-internet-marketplace" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.npr.org&#x2F;2015&#x2F;05&#x2F;22&#x2F;408680035&#x2F;mechanical-turk-work...</a>