Too many people request such ridiculous amounts of work for such a pitiful pay. I have seen assignments that require a lot of research, a certain format, a minimum of several hundred words or more, but only want to pay you five dollars for your efforts. How about no. Not to mention, there is also a lot of snarky instructions on some of these assignments. "Don't waste my time!" "I will not accept your basic work." Urgh. I think they supposed "skill set" needs to be revamped and the payments need to actually match the writer's skills. I'm not trying to toot my own horn, but I've been published in the New York Times. I know my writing is good. I'm worth more than four dollars for two thousand words.
It's no wonder a lot of the people on here complain about the writers not being so great. Maybe they just want to be paid a decent wage for their work. If you pay somebody minimum wages, you should expect minimum results. I'm not going to break my back for four dollars and I don't expect anybody else to either.