Is that title a Britney Spears pun?
Tell HN: Oops Upwork did it again
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#102Earlier quoted context omitted.
I tried to start one, with the concept being that it would be free and run by participants. It was almost completely ignored. I think people just didn't see many posts on it and decided it wasn't popular or something. I think part of the issue was just that the website didn't look cool enough. It looked fine to me but I think that people judge things in a very shallow way.
> people just didn't see many posts on it and decided it wasn't popular Were they wrong? If there were not many posts, it wasn't popular.
Implied by that was "and so everyone should ignore it until it becomes popular". If you can see the implication of that.
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#103Erm I have no idea either way, but posted by a new account and currently 20+ comments (big majority) all by totally new users too. Like, registered 3 days ago and a single post to their name. My naive bayesian classifier says: suspect. Further: many of the account names look like they are generated by the same process. Two words, camel-cased, plus a number. All the ones I randomly clicked are 3-4 days old and have a…
Huh, you right, that definitely looks like someone playing with ChatGPT.. question: why this one article? For testing, jokes, or because some error?
Re: Tell HN: Oops Upwork did it again
#104Earlier quoted context omitted.
In my case, 100% of approaches were scams. One was quite scary, as it was clear the person had … issues , and they kept trying to get me to meet them in secluded places, while refusing to tell me what it was they wanted from me. I have no idea what would have happened, if I had taken them up; maybe just a religious sermon, but I wasn’t taking any chances. Most of the other contacts, were offers for me to participate…
Am I experiencing deja vu or have I seen this posted elsewhere on HN!
I”ve mentioned it before.
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#105I had an uncomfortable experience with Upwork. I hired a freelancer to work on my project. I noticed some issues with honesty and ethics in his work and communication with me. I got a really bad feeling about him and we ended the contract. Then I did some research on him and it turns out he is a convicted felon for distributing child ____. His case was covered extensively in international news. I alerted Upwork to th…
I think that is way more horrific than my experience
Yep really disturbing...and true story unlike the various spam being posted in this thread.
Re: Tell HN: Oops Upwork did it again
#106If you’re frustrated with sites like Upwork that are not giving you the customer experience you are hoping for while charging you noticeable commission of the work you’re doing you should check out contra.com for building your independent / freelancer business. Contra does not charge a commission and there is an active Slack community for members to engage with each other and Contra staff.
Full disclosure, I am part of the software engineering team at Contra. I was an independent freelancer for years and was drawn to Contra’s mission of building a better platform for independents to thrive and be successful. Core to that mission is not charging a commission on someone’s hard work.
An interesting fact, nearly everyone in the company has been an independent freelancer. We design and build from a place of experience, understanding and empathy. We also recognize that the needs of independent freelancers evolves so we talk with independents and clients daily to make sure we’re sure continuing to build something they will love to use.
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