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Not directly related but shit like this really scares me away from these sites and make me lose some faith in humanity (look at the client's history): https://w

• corin_ 13y ago
  Surely that guy isn't selling ratings, as he's the client so he's the guy paying the low fees - presumably to get work (just cheap work), otherwise why would he spend $829 just to give contractors ratings. (Unless there's more going on than meets the eye, for example behind the scenes he's selling the chance to get a positive rating for more than he pays on the site.)
  • loceng 13y ago
    Or the company via a different means is paying this "person" more money than he is spending, to make it look legitimate -- the only loss then is the fee (%) that Elance / oDesk takes, which further incentivizes Elance / oDesk to allow this behaviour, though that is minor in comparison to having a lot of "high quality" / highly rated contractors on their platform.
• loceng 13y ago
  Yeah. Elance / oDesk aren't incentivized to prevent this behaviour. They want a site that looks busy, and full of "high-quality" / highly rated contractors. They could easily allow for filters to weed, though instead they allow for details to be hidden.
  • carlosrt 13y ago
    Having the ability to see everybody that scored in the top 5% for [specific skill] would be nice. Maybe an email to garyeswart@odesk.com is in order.
    • aptwebapps 13y ago
      You can see the top 10% if you're logged in.