[The content of this post might change in the future as we figure things out and find better ways to do different things. Make sure to read it once in a while to be notified of any such changes. Thank you for your participation! ;)]
Hello and welcome!
You can let other people in this community know about your epic skills, or that you need someone to take care of a job for you, given that you follow the below rules... ;)
Rules:
- NO SCAM ALLOWED!
- NO ILLEGAL WORK/SERVICE ALLOWED
- Be respectful towards the other members of the community
- One post per 24h allowed
- Full time jobs can be posted too
- Your title should contain [Hiring] or [For Hire] at it's start (depending on whether you're hiring or looking for jobs).
Example:
[Hiring] Linux System Administrator
- Other posts should have an [OTHER] or [DISCUSSION] tag at the start of their titles
- For better marketing in the community, please mention other details in the title or body of your post (eg. Whether you're looking to hire somebody (or be hired) full-time or not, how much you want to pay or be paid, etc.)
Escrow services:
Be sure to use an escrow service to make sure that you don't get scammed. Many such services are available (Such as the FairTrade website on the TOR Network which I had experience with).
FairTrade on the TOR network (You need Tor browser or a similar application to access it): FairTrade
Similar services exist on the clear-net (FairDesk comes up with a quick search), but I didn't have any experience with them myself.
I am willing to provide my own escrow services to users if they are willing to trust me with their money.
Needless to say, a level of trust in the person or organization that provides the escrow service is required. Make sure to only use third party services that you trust.
Why...?
The most important reason is that many of the common services used to find jobs or skills are centralized, with many many limiting rules surrounding them. I personally know of a few artists that got their accounts banned by Fiverr and UpWork, because they took art commissions depicting heavier/darker themes (suicide, self-harm, gore [such as war scenes], drug use, severe depression, etc.). They not only got banned, but they couldn't access the funds that were already in their account, and they had no luck getting through those websites' customer service... I think this is very scary, and beyond unacceptable. They were robbed of their well earned money over TOS, by multimillion dollar companies. This shouldn't happen. Users who provide value and service should be in control, not them.
So, the first reason would be:
1- Because you want to have the freedom to look for an skill or a job, without having to be scared of the availability of the services that you use for your specific use case. TLDR: You want to be in control!
The second reason is that, many of the services used in this scenario, such as PayPal, UpWork, or Fiverr, flat out refuse to give service to some countries and people, and you will risk getting your account banned and your credits seized if you somehow manage to use their services by using the available workarounds if you're one of those people or live in one of those countries.
LinkedIn for example, has stopped letting Iranians sign-up for new accounts. For all we know, available Iranian accounts might be suspended as time goes on. Iranians are not the only people affected either, not at all.
PayPal immediately bans users who provide identification from countries that are sanctioned by the US.
Services like UpWork and Fiverr depend on PayPal for receiving payment, and on LinkedIn when it comes to user advertisement.
All of this in turn, limits the services that they can offer for many, many people around the world. I know of many creative, motivated, smart, and hard working people who live somewhere that these services refuse to provide support for, and who can't provide their services to the world, because of the limitations that these centralized services impose...
These people would be forced to work under conditions that stifles their creativity, working jobs that don't make use of any of their skills. I believe The world would be a better place if we could use the skills of people without discrimination about who possesses those skills or where they are from.
So the second reason would be:
2- You want to reach a wider audience of people, from anywhere around the world, who can do the job for you, or who can employ you so that you can put your skills to work!
Other reasons might be there for anyone else too, such as for example, the privacy and freedom that crypto-currencies provide. These two are however, the reasons behind why I decided to have this community! :)
If you have any other questions, feel free to leave it under this post.