Ruska

A situation being better than it used to be is a poor argument against making further progress.

Hopefully, one day I will be the crotchety old man complaining about how the new kids never had to worry about IE8 issues.

>People don't want to buy a bunch of small stuff a la carte. They just don't.

Are you familiar with In App Purchases? The fact that so many apps are moving towards being free with paid content after purchase/install kind of goes against your statement. If anything, it would support the argument that people are willing to use a system like this if it is usable and trustworthy.

When learning a new language it is often difficult to master the little details. Swap out 'has' with 'have', 'its' with 'their', 'other' with 'others' and it changes to:

"All the services have their advantages and disadvantages over others"

Each of these differences may appear significant to a native speaker, but the basic meaning of each word is almost the same.

I'm a huge fan of WebFaction

Exactly. I censor myself all the time in any online setting that isn't anonymous. I'll have my contribution to the conversation typed out, edited, and then I think on whether someone somewhere could possible take it the wrong way, or if it could come back to bite me. It's usually not worth posting (to me) if it's a controversial topic - there's very little to be gained, but a lot to lose.

Allowed:

>Listings that offer physical items, downloadable items, or services (such as home improvement services)

The winner gets the source code (downloadable) and one week of consulting (service)

Also, don't underestimate the value of making sure a client is happy. My first client required little more than setting up a WordPress theme and doing some design tweaks. I bent over backwards for them, and now about half of my clients are referrals from that first client.

I'm not saying that you should do everything for everyone, because some people will be unreasonable; when you're first starting out it's probably in your best interest to be a little more flexible.

Could you elaborate on the differences between the two, and why you decided to write off all of Elance after one bad experience?

>almost no chance of working in the real world

Why do you think this? The company that I work for uses remarketing, and it actually works really well. I don't know the details behind it, but I know that it's a good source of leads (at least for my company).

Keep in mind that it might not work very well with you, but HN readers don't exactly represent the majority of web users.