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These change requests are (mostly) from one particular perspective, so it ignores some other problems from the worker's perspective; namely, that the market hasn't quite settled on reasonable rates for work, and that a worker has insufficient protection from exploitive work providers. These are also serious problems that could hinder it as a platform.

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I think the relative supply and demand are going to determine prices here, just like any other market. A price floor could be imposed, but this would likely price some work out of the market or lead to other work-arounds as trading partners try to avoid constraints.

As far as protecting workers, in a survey I ran last year, there wasn't any evidence that workers on MTurk feel more exploited by their online bosses compared to their offline bosses:

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/24646/

Though obviously those that feel particularly mistreated could be selecting out of the market.

Take a look at this article: http://behind-the-enemy-lines.blogspot.com/2010/07/mechanica...

You will see that the low wages are a direct result of a lack of a good reputation system

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