> The site works if you block India especially for most things.
The site works if you don't try to get anything done by paying $5/hr to anyone. I have gotten jobs done by people from India, Serbia, and other places. I just chose sufficiently reputable freelancers and paid them what they are worth and it worked perfectly fine in all cases. There was no magical difference between freelancers from the US and freelancers from other countries in the same price ranges.
The site works if you don't try to get anything done by paying $5/hr to anyone. I have gotten jobs done by people from India, Serbia, and other places. I just chose sufficiently reputable freelancers and paid them what they are worth and it worked perfectly fine in all cases. There was no magical difference between freelancers from the US and freelancers from other countries in the same price ranges.