u/Wave_Wake_1993

Nowhere in the Mercor Terms of Work does it state that they are entitled to collect screenshots from your personal computer.
The way you work is precious data. Do not give it away for free.
The PMs who review the screenshots are not your friends. Find a way to block screenshots.
Proof: They disabled the option that would let you see your own collected screenshots. Why hide them? Too many, too invasive, too valuable. You will be shocked to learn that they collect multiple shots a few times a minute. They are essentially recording your screen. How do I know? I watch net traffic spikes when Workpuls runs.

Given how strong frontier models are, how much does an original prompt with a solution that stumps them cost?

I hope, but I don't really expect that it will ever be fixed. So many repeated problems have been reported for so long that you have to conclude that that's a design. They don't test the qualifications; they filter people with platform's bugs.

Mercor’s bot, Melvin, is now in Slack. It is trivial for the bot to match your writing style and identify you here. Be careful with what you post.