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When I look at those freelancing sites, the descriptions of what potential clients want are so short and vague, I don't understand how the freelancers who immed
by jpindar 5y ago
When I look at those freelancing sites, the descriptions of what potential clients want are so short and vague, I don't understand how the freelancers who immediately give specific (and often very low) quotes can do so.
- ilaksh 5y agoExactly. Most people just spam them with some completely arbitrary low-ball bid. If someone was actually checking the project descriptions and bids to make sure they had some minimal amount of quality, it would work a lot better. Or at least filter out people who were unwilling or unable to put in a minimum effort at the beginning. That's one reason why I think my idea might have a chance. If anyone ever actually uses the site. But on freelancing sites, there are actionable descriptions (a little bit like specs) on a few of them. You just have to go through a lot to find those.
- jpindar 5y agoI've occasionally seen a job which had something like "please include the word banana in your bid so I know you at least read my description". And sure enough, some of the bids don't include the word banana.