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by poisonta 1215 days ago
Anybody willing to start an Upwork alternative?
1 comments
ilaksh 1215 days ago
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.

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selcuka 1215 days ago
> 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.

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ilaksh 1215 days ago
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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