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Comment by jFriedensreich | Hacker News Reader

can i just step in for a second and point out its 30 replies here and just a single seeking freelancer comment. I have never seen this on HN as far as i can remember. Its also the feeling i get from my usual freelancer newsletters and linkedin offers, i have rarely seen the market so empty, not even at the beginning of the coronavirus lockdowns.

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I rarely see seeking freelancer entries here to be fair so to me, especially this soon after it was created, this does not feel that rare?

As a freelancer who has had multiple contacts (and occasionally work) from HN monthly posts, I can say it is not that rare. The people looking for freelancers rarely post, they do apparently look over it to find people to contact, though.

Hm but you are saying the same as me, that "The people looking for freelancers rarely post". I never said they don't look at the freelancers who are looking, I haven't tried it myself so wouldn't know that. It's nice to know that happens though

And the single seeking freelancer is not exactly a job/project offer but rather a community to join, which is not a bad opportunity per se but probably not exactly what freelancers are looking for in this thread.

I thought the previous Freelancer threads had 1:10 or 1:20 ratios. It's not surprising to me, the freelancer market seems to be more network-oriented. Upwork etc being heavily skewed not in freelancers' favor.

Saw mixed feelings about upwork. There are ppl saying that is the place to be on freelancing, others (some "employers" complained about low qlty of work). I am going to make an account there soon(TM).

Are you using some sanitizer for these whoishiring threads? Or just read through / CTRL+F ?

Could be that many business/hiring folks are still on holiday. I don't blame them for not spending their holiday on HN :).

Not that rare, especially given the thread is still new.

edit: and it's january.

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