Hy Being an old RAC then vWorker freelancer, I totally share weland's view. Lately, I restarted on freelancer.com, and the amount of WTF moments that I faced

Hy Being an old RAC then vWorker freelancer, I totally share weland's view. Lately, I restarted on freelancer.com, and the amount of WTF moments that I faced are quite substantial. Let me give you a summary (and why I decided to move to elance): -- The worker being constantly extorted in every corner of the site: -Pay $5 in order to take a test. -Pay more $ to get your bid in the first row/highlighted -Pay some $ to unlock more BidsPerMonth and Skills -Pay upfront 10% of every job you are awarded, even if the employer is determined to scam you and never pay -What about a constant Ad to remind you that you can always choose to pay more. ... -- Milestone payment is not defaulted, if the employer didnt made a milestone payment, we couldn't care less, we wont give you back the initial 10% fee (even if both agree to cancel), and you'll have a permanent "Work in Progress" job in your profile (until you decide to constantly harass the support team and wait few weeks) --The website is a hassle: - Everything is dynamically processed, slow loading, excessively simplified, and most pages cant be bookmarked - Forced facebook-like communication!! seriously!! - Using game mechanism to motivate workers is interesting(levels, badges, XP points ...), but most of it is actually useless/funny (Exp: 78000 credit point to have a 20min call with the CEO)