Quickthoughts is currently having an issue resulting in the ban of many users. They likely pushed a bad update resulting in their detection software falsely flagging people. If you haven't been banned yet, just take a break from it for a while so they can get things sorted out. If you were banned, you're not alone. If you want to share your experience, comment on one of the posts that are already made. Support is going to be flooded with emails, and you aren't going to get any useful information right now anyways. Try messaging them later on. This type of thing happens from time to time with sites. Just wait it out.
I also like Mechanical Turking but it requires you to enter your social security number because it is taxable income. You literally earn cash that you deposit into your account. I have been doing it for a year and it is completely safe and backed by amazon. Visit the Mturk subreddit and be sure to read all about it before you fire it up. The most important advice you will find there is to use Turkopticon which has reviews about posters there. It will help you avoid the surveys that don't pay that well. Keep in mind that there are other tasks that you can do like transcription and such so it is best to use the word "survey" if you want to stick to surveys.

I am quite fond of SwagBucks Referal Link / Non-Referral Link. It has the option to earn about $1.00 a day just running aps on your phone. Plus there are tons of surveys constantly being posted as well as shopping bonuses and even videos to watch to earn. The SBS subreddit even has an amazing guide to get you started. The payout is in gift cards and there are plenty of surveys. You can even earn SwagBucks by using coupons. They have a lot of options.
Swagbucks is legit, but they are sort of a middle man for market research companies - they aren't a research company themselves, rather they sell access to their panel (users) to other research companies as-needed. That's why if you use SwagBucks and take surveys you'll see different types of surveys (in terms of page design and layout) and notice that you're being redirected all over the place before you start taking the survey. This is becoming more common though. (And on a side note, because they're a middle man, they're taking a cut of the rewards - whereas you're maybe making 48 points (cents) taking a survey, people from other panels might be making 75 cents on that very same survey, or something like that.) Other sites that are legit, in no particular order -


Could you please explain this so my tech stupid self can understand? I click on one engagemetv thru swagbucks and its running so when i click on another the other stops running. You said use alt tab but this jus flashes on my screen fast an thats it. Could you u please go step by step like you are talking to a ding bat so i can get it. I will love you forever if you do

The idea for Silofi.com came to me while trying to find a place to store my things. The only options available were storage units miles away from my house. I thought that it would be great if I could find a place to store my things in my neighborhood. I quickly went to work to try and solve this problem. I developed a peer to peer market place that allows people to rent out their extra space for storage.  
