If you want to learn what a market for lemons looks like (the hard way)... join freelancer.com
Nearly every project is spam. For example, a typical project might be a college student requesting you do their semester thesis in the next 4 hours for $12USD.
Or... you'll be the last in a long chain of fools who is trying to do the work which a failing company decided to out-source in order to magically avoid paying the legitimate cost of simply doing a good job from the outset.
It's amazing how low a race to the bottom can go!
(P.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Market_for_Lemons)
Hi, Lara here from Freelancer.com. I regret to learn that you feel that way towards the site. If there is anything that we can help you with, feel free to send an email at larao@freelancer.com so me and my team can check. Thank you.