[mkyc]

Why waste 20 minutes of a professional developer's time, multiplied by the average number of reviewers, with a bonus for bad advice due to inexperience?

You know those clients who think programming is easy? Writing and reviewing copy is hard. So is pretending that you're an unbiased fresh-minded user, in a group of novice reviewers.

https://www.mturk.com/

1) Tell me what you think the site is for. 2) Is this site attractive? 3) Try to perform task X, cancel before it asks for credit card info, and tell me what the most annoying thing was. 4) etc.

Send them several sites to review, including yours and your competitors'. Save $200 or heaps of everyone's time. Or pay a professional.

[nonrecursive]

Personally, I would not find it a waste to spend 20 minutes reading and providing feedback. I think it would hone my own writing abilities. Also, I wouldn't mind if I got bad advice. Live and learn.

I picture this as a good way to a) get feedback, b) improve your writing skills, and c) connect with other developers. Mechanical turk can provide a, might help with b, but in no way can provide c.

That said, it's definitely a good choice if you just want feedback on your copy. An even better choice is a/b testing.