Elance LOOK OUT!
Filed under: affiliate marketing, article writing, Diet, kimkins, video, voice over
I just had a terrible nightmare while drinking my morning coffee. I began to think again about Yust Yucky’s confession of an article writer, and Mariasol’s post this morning with the Getafreelancer ad.
Yucky’s man was hired to write about something he had no idea of what he was writing about. His gift of the pen was used for evil. He was just writing. Could he possibly kill someone?
The chicken lady also hired out a software designer. Could he have unknowingly put together a forum that could cause it’s users harm? Is MCD’s forum a house of horrors? I’m not putting down MCD here, but using it as an example of what could happen.
Elance is a service that brings writers and other media makers together with prospective buyers. The buyers are looking for a task to get done, and the Elance freelancers are hired out. Are there assassins at Elance?
Many of the writers on Elance are just regular people looking to support themselves. Most of them don’t even get paid much to write an article. There are also video makers, voice over artists, and software designers.
Oh, the horror! If someone hired me from these services and lets say my work was used to harm people. This just becomes another layer of how a scam spreads and affects so many people.
I think the Elance freelancers need to be careful about the jobs they take. It’s all to easy to get pulled in for a small amount of money.
It’s like the last Spiderman movie, with that black stuff that kept going everywhere. I wish I could just play the church bells and make it all go away.
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3 Comments on Elance LOOK OUT!
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wackytobeme on
Wed, 26th Dec 2007 4:59 am
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morleyl on
Wed, 26th Dec 2007 2:44 pm
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Kristi P Carter on
Tue, 23rd Feb 2010 11:33 pm
You just so rawk!! We just watched Spiderman3 tonight I can so relate
I think scams online go deeper than this. It all depends on how you look at scamming. To me a scam is anything that fails to deliver on whats promise but miss leading the buyer to think they are getting something that was not delivered. A lot of times it does not seem obvious upfront, but as soon as you get the package you will learn the truth. In that case many of the big names would be guilt.
I truly agree that Elance providers need to be selective on the projects and buyer they work on and so do buyers. I have been a provider for over 10 years and 5 years as a buyer and I can honestly say that Elance works, if you work it! As a provider I have completed over 800+ projects and find that Elance is my favorite way to market myself online. As a buyer, I have worked with tons of qualified professionals and enjoy leveraging the talents of others which benefits us both. I recommend Elance highly!
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