The Mechanical Turk alternative with ID-verified workers
Mechanical Turk shut down on September 30, 2026. TaskMaster is a microtask marketplace where every worker verifies their identity with an ID and a selfie. Post online or in-store tasks, get photos and answers as evidence, and pay only for the work you approve. The budget is reserved up front.
Pace needs two or more snapshots. This launch has 1, so velocity and momentum read as unmeasured rather than zero.
A source that found nothing is a measurement. A source that has not run is a gap. Neither means the launch lacks the thing.