What if we only allowed job postings from people looking for work, that should make things a bit quieter no?
— Ivan On 08/10/2012, at 3:55 PM, Keith Pitt <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't like bitching about stuff, so I'm not going to. > > Can we not just not allow job posts for this group? I'm not sure how helpful > they are. They are just spam for me. There are plenty of good sites job > postings if people are looking. > > -- > Keith Pitt > Sent with Sparrow > > On Monday, 8 October 2012 at 3:50 PM, Julio Cesar Ody wrote: > >> On topic being the one-off actually technical question we get once >> every month or so? >> >> Every now and then, a thread bitching about job posts comes up, and it >> just pushes people a bit closer to unsubscribing. It doesn't prevent >> anything from happening (as it should be clear by now). It just adds >> to the annoyance, often being worse than the posts that are the topic >> of the complaint. >> >> Newsflash: sometimes, people who don't know about the guidelines will >> post. Wanna fix the problem? Become a moderator. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Daniel Draper <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Can I suggest that people use Codehire.com for this kind of thing? Its >>> exactly this sort of problem that we set out to solve. Right now its free to >>> list and we'll be giving coders the ability to subscribe to jobs of interest >>> very soon. It will keep Rails Oceania (and other boards for that matter) a >>> bit more on topic! >>> >>> (Disclaimer: Yes, Codehire is my site :)) >>> >>> On 8 October 2012 13:30, Michael Pearson <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Would you like to earn $80 for one hour of your time and are in the Sydney >>>> CBD? >>>> >>>> Talk to me, and I'll refer you to somebody. You'll have to pretend to be >>>> me and give me $150, but I'll give you $80, honest. >>>> >>>> .. >>>> >>>> Ok. >>>> >>>> There's been quite a few questionable job postings lately. By >>>> "questionable" I mean "copy/paste the standard Looking for a Ninja/Great >>>> Dynamic Company seek.com.au template". Recruiters I've never seen on the >>>> list before. It's getting kind of spammy. >>>> >>>> This isn't helping, but I can't actually find out who moderates this list >>>> through the Google Groups interface, so we all get to argue about it here. >>>> >>>> I like using RORO as a discussion forum AND as a recruitment/job pool. >>>> It's not going to have value as either if this "free classifieds" stuff >>>> keeps up. >>>> >>>> The $150 / Sydney thing is a nice example. Is it $150 or $120? I dunno, >>>> hit send, don't talk to your client. >>>> >>>> I've got a suggestion: if you've never posted on the list before, and your >>>> first posting is a job ad, you've gotta come to a meetup first. Otherwise, >>>> there's not much that's difference between whatever you're about to post >>>> and >>>> what can be found on seek.com.au. >>>> >>>> I would rather a low traffic list than one I have to filter out. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Michael Pearson >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Daniel Draper >>> CEO (Code Executive Officer), >>> Codefire >>> >>> www.codefire.com >>> >>> Mobile: +61 403 089 661 >>> Aus: +61 8 7127 6740 >>> US: +1 (408) 217-1859 >>> >>> AppLaunch | Rescue Ops | Integrate >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
