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Good article. Task Rabbit v1 was great, I have no idea what these people were thinking by changing their formula. From a hirer perspective the new version sucks
by rajacombinator 12y ago
Good article. Task Rabbit v1 was great, I have no idea what these people were thinking by changing their formula. From a hirer perspective the new version sucks.
Well, actually I do have an idea what they were thinking. Some VC or MBA probably convinced them to move to this system to create a bigger barrier to entry and increase the proprietary-ness of their product. "Just a market" is not nearly as sexy sounding as "machine learning black magic matching algorithms."
- prawn 12y agoI imagine they wanted people to be able to get quotes really quickly rather than wait on a bidding process. And work with fewer, dedicated taskers than a myriad that included no-hopers. IIRC, Flight Fox changed tack in a similar way, going from their original scheme of people bidding to ending up a lot more like a regular travel agent but where you pay up front to even work with them.