Unpaid freelancers site incurs righteous anger from entire world - Debut

Unpaid freelancers site incurs righteous anger from entire world - Debut Ohoho, this ones a doozy. So a new web community for freelancers called Freesist announced themselves to the world yersterday #freelancers Join the revolution. Join @freesist . Sign up to our pilot at https://t.co/drLV6rt376 â€" Freesist (@freesist) 4 December 2016 Revolution! Yeah! That all sounds fine and dandy. Until you see their selling point is, which is pretty much the polar opposite of revolution. Heres whats written in their Twitter bio: Freesist lets you find freelancers willing to work for free. Wait, what?! So essentially, this is a site for people to use to hire freelancers and not fairly compensate them for their hard work. Naturally, this struck a chord with a lot of people who have mortgages, bills, ethics, souls etc. and they werent happy. Here are just some of many valid concerns they had about this idea. We like this guy. Pay your writers, people! @freesist this abysmal idea will fail, and I wont rest until it does. Writers are already paid shit-all. Disgusting attempt. â€" Ian Morris (@IanMorris78) 5 December 2016 The cheekiest part is SOMEBODY ALREADY TRIED THIS ONCE. @NaomiGabPhoto @freelancerclub I remember this one, now defunct: https://t.co/VnxpizNWKS â€" Ian Morris (@IanMorris78) 5 December 2016 Shes right you know. @freesist Go f*ck yourself. There’s another word for what you’re doing. It’s called Slave Labour. â€" Emma Kennedy (@EmmaKennedy) 5 December 2016 Which makes this whole revolution thing an interesting choice of language @freesist this sounds like quite a shit revolution â€" helena horton (@horton_official) 5 December 2016 Not to mention it devalues everyones skills @freesist yeah, Ill just take these skills Ive built up over a decade, that pay my bills, and give away my time. â€" Glitcher (@G1itcher) 5 December 2016 Its a fair question @freesist Have supermarkets signed up to your fab idea? Cos if Im expected to #workforfree Im gonna need free food. #Freesist â€" Laura Marcus (@MissLauraMarcus) 5 December 2016 This is how Freesist tried to justify it We all want things for free! NO? why not sharing? give a free gig and receive another from others! @freesist â€" Freesist (@freesist) 4 December 2016 But that was soon shot down too @freesist how are you going to enforce this sharing? â€" Hannah Rutherford (@lomadia) 5 December 2016 This pretty much sums up the rest of the comments. @freesist Delete your account â€" Bjørn Thomassen (@bjornthomassen) 5 December 2016 Guys, guys, guys. Weve been over this. Never sell yourself short. Perks, incentives and skill swapping is one thing, but when it comes to keeping the lights on even just treating yourself for your hard work money, it seems, is everything. The way youre rewarding for all the learning and hard work youve done should be up to you. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY Download the Debut app and  get Talent-Spotted by amazing graduate employers! Connect with Debut on Facebook and Twitter