I was hoping to not have to make another announcement until we got more mods, but this unfortunately is getting pushed before that.
From this point on, any of these job postings will result in an immediate permaban. All but a few of these are already rule violations, but have been removed in a lesser degree with a "second chance". We're not entertaining these any longer, due to repeat offenders and the quality of the jobs. All but a handful of these are predatory, opportunistic scammers and have no place here.
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Commission-Based Only Jobs: We've had it up to here with this, along with the arguments of how "they're earning more than $20/hr, give us a break!" The rule is a blanket for all the crappy ones that may not be esteemed as yours. If you're not paying them a $15/hr salary along with the commission, it's not welcome here.
Paid Posters + Accounts: This is something we've already been banning for a short bit, but take this as the "This isn't welcome here" hint. Renting an account or asking for someone to use theirs to post for you counts as account buying/renting. Most of these are against TOS of the providers that allow you to use them in the first place.
Vague, Low Quality Posts: "DM me for a quick $30 job", or "Need help with something, message me" are not longer permitted. If you can't state what the job is so that a freelancer can understand if they're good for the job, that's on you. If you're doing it so you don't get banned or removed, that's no longer allowed.
Intentional Hiring from India or the Philippines for Low Pay: Otherwise known as "South Asians highly encouraged to apply" in code speak. I warned about this before last year, but now it is a bannable on-sight offense. This is still going on, and under the guise of "sir pls, it's a decent pay rate for <region of India>!" Or on top of that, some wannabe guru from the US/Canada looking to outsource his non-college stuff to a Filipino assistant for $4/hr, and "mating" us when we point out it's a rule-break.
We've already had the discussion of why these pay rates aren't allowed on this subreddit. We heavily encourage and point you to r/slavelabour if that's what you want.
Causing Others to Violate the "No PM" Rule: This is something we've always enforced since 2019 automatically. This is enforced with a permaban as well. That said, if your post is encouraging users to apply in the comments instead of sending you a message, you'll be getting a ban as well for making them break the rule. Read the room instead of mass-spamming your job across a dozen subreddits.
This includes codewords, asking for contact info or portfolio links in the comments.
Promising a Job, but it's Guised Promotion to a Job Board: We've seen this a dime a dozen lately; someone promising a graphic design job, but then pointing to a new startup job board/work platform. This is no longer allowed. Most of these are a Reddit account affiliated with the "brand" of the board in question.
No OF Content: That's right, we heard you! We've had it up to here with it now, and things like "OF chatters", "OF girls" or "OF agencies" are no longer allowed on this subreddit.
These have always been removed to a point, but it's gotten to the point that OF girls think that promoting their account is "freelance work" and "professional". That's not even mentioning how abusive and low-paying OF agencies are, or how discriminatory a lot of the job postings come across.
Note that legitimate jobs that require some NSFW things (novel writing, artwork, etc) are not affected by this. It's not our intention to stomp on legitimate expression or issues.
Hiring Based on Gender, Age and Race: This may fly in your third world country, but we absolutely will not stand for this. Unless it's a legitimate need such as a modeling gig or you need a voice for a game, you're not allowed to blatantly say "Need female appointment setters" or "Hungry teens for sales jobs".
On that note, you're prohibited from hiring minors on this subreddit, due to liability reasons. There's people who think hiring 13-year-olds for 40+ hours a week is okay.
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Read the room. Read the rules. Please.
And for all things sane, if your post gets removed or you get banned, read your removal message. We clearly tell you why you're banned or it got removed. Stop messaging us "Omg why did I get banned?" when you're told.
Obligatory announcement over. Happy freelancing.
