re: #22 freetoken

Yeah, no kidding…

Next example, this from the Meg Whitman story posted in the spin-offs:

[Link: www.latimes.com…]

Only 5 comments so far, and currently on the top of the stack is a cut and paste from that horrid DailyMail article (which was posted here at LGF too.)

It’s like someone (at the DailyMail? In Murdoch’s office?) is hired to go around and cut and paste the same verbage on every singe news story having to do with AGW.

Some here might not know about MechT and other like services so I’m going to link the wiki.
en.wikipedia.org

The bottom line is that MT has strayed far from original mission and can be used as cheap insta spam:

Other common HIT types ask Turkers to write or rewrite sentences, paragraphs, or whole articles. These have rewards ranging from one cent to about $10. HITs which reward people for linking to or commenting on a blog, or friending a person on Facebook are also often encountered, as are surveys.