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I'm not sure if you are responding to both ideas or only the job
posting one. What if we had a "sliding scale" for job postings?<br>
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Dan<br>
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<div>On May 29, 2007, at 1:47 PM, Dan Robinson wrote:</div>
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thought I would point out (sorry if someone has already done this) that
Craigslist obtains income entirely from a single source. They charge
people to place "Help Wanted" ads on their site. That's it. It's like
$25 per post. They bring in a lot of cash. So for proposals I would
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- You look at a similar model of asking people to pay for certain kinds
of access to the community, and<br>
- That a "tip jar" with recommended "tips" for different things should
be added to the site asap.</span></blockquote>
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<div>While not categorically against this idea, I'd like to point out
that of primary interest here is that whatever is done ends up helping
the community dynamic, and the community thrives on participation.
Placing monetized barriers to entry for things like Drupal development
work could result in some negative impact on the greater Drupal effort.
We want people to participate, find help, provide help, collaborate on
things as easily as possible, and placing a toll on any of that
behavior will diminish that behavior, and then only the larger,
well-funded organizations would be able to post RFPs or job listings,
for example, while the low-budget endeavors could be left having to
cope in the free-listings ghetto. That would be a shame.</div>
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<div>BTW, for accurate data points: Craig's list is free to post jobs
for most all metro regions, with few exceptions. Posting a job in NY
costs $25, in SF Bay area costs $75, per category listed. It's not a
ton of money, but for the person with a $1000 budget looking to hire
help, that barrier to posting could drive her elsewhere, away from the
Drupal expertise to be found on x.d.o.</div>
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<div>Laura</div>
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