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adam

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See this thread
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=294947.0;topicseen

The TL;DR is there was an effort by a non-listener over the summer of 2013 to have episodes of LTB (at the time up to episode 50) transcribed, it started with a .10BTC bounty he offered, I kicked in an additional .05BTC each (although I dont think he ever let me pay him).  It was slow at first but then the price ran up and so over the last few months things went nuts, the project got really big and out of control because it was all organized in a giant forum thread by a volunteer paying out of pocket.    The project has now stopped.
I would really like to provide a platform for people to set up "jobs" such as "Transcribe episode 66 of LTB", they can contribute to the bounty in LTBCOIN or Bitcoin and then when somebody does the job the bounty is released to them.  People want to help all the time, and this type of platform will let people contribute time, money or work depending on their situation.
Thanks!

Posted on April 7, 2014 at 4:26 PM

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• Cryptonaut

  

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  I have thought of a similar idea as well. One thought, who decides that a job has been completed and releases the money? Just the site staff?

  Posted on April 9, 2014 at 2:18 AM
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• rotalumis

  

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  I've been wishing for a proper general Bitcoin job board, which anyone can post to and which LTB would also be able to use for its own jobs -- not sure if that's actually what Adam is proposing. 
  Right now, there are not many options to choose from. They range from the very basic http://www.reddit.com/r/Jobs4bitcoins to https://coinality.com/ that looks like a good start but really not quite there, to http://bittask.com/ that's plagued with earn-free-bitcoin spam.
  I think the LTB community would be a great platform for creating, jump-starting and promoting such a system. In the FIAT world, I used to use iFreelance when I was starting out, but they let the system degrade and, at least in the writing sphere, there aren't any quality jobs on there any more.
  Anyway, we can discuss the mechanics in more detail if there's interest, but here are some key points:
  Clients post jobs and state if they are offering a fixed bounty or want to receive price bids, plus some other options that will help filter the right jobs to the right people.Providers can post their profile, that includes their skills, description and portfolio of downloadable files/images.Jobs are classified into clear categories and eventually sub-categories.Providers can subscribe to get notifications for the categories that interest them.Providers send in their bids through the system.The Client establishes the length of the Bidding phase of the job posting, after which it goes into an Awarding phase, then "Working" and finally the job is marked as "Completed".Providers need to easily see if a job is still open for bids, or is in the Awarding phase, to avoid wasting time.When a job is completed, both parties leave a review and rate each other on a number of points. For example, Providers are rated on quality, value, punctuality and communication. Clients are rated on communication and speed of payment, and also have a tally of what percentage of their projects that attract bids are actually awarded (to discourage time-wasting). If a job is awarded to a Provider found by other means, it can be marked as such, but the Client's reputation is penalized for leaving open jobs that they are no longer interested in awarding. There also needs to be a mechanism to avoid spam and maintain a general quality of jobs (or at least move low-quality jobs to their own section). This could be a combination of paying to post a job and moderation. There's nothing worse than reading through a long and detailed job posting to find that the client is expecting a free article first to see "if we're a match".Thoughts?
  
  
  
  

  Posted on April 9, 2014 at 1:32 PM
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• William

  

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  Adam said: See this thread
  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=294947.0;topicseen
  
  The TL;DR is there was an effort by a non-listener over the summer of 2013 to have episodes of LTB (at the time up to episode 50) transcribed, it started with a .10BTC bounty he offered, I kicked in an additional .05BTC each (although I dont think he ever let me pay him).  It was slow at first but then the price ran up and so over the last few months things went nuts, the project got really big and out of control because it was all organized in a giant forum thread by a volunteer paying out of pocket.    The project has now stopped.
  I would really like to provide a platform for people to set up "jobs" such as "Transcribe episode 66 of LTB", they can contribute to the bounty in LTBCOIN or Bitcoin and then when somebody does the job the bounty is released to them.  People want to help all the time, and this type of platform will let people contribute time, money or work depending on their situation.
  Thanks!

  Re transcription: This is a great idea. I am an academic, and we love things that are written down because they are easier to analyze in some ways. Transcription takes, for me, about 2 hours for 1 hour of tape, depending on tape quality. So it's a lot of time, but I might be willing to transcribe episodes that I find interesting and especially valuable like the recent episode 104. 

  Posted on May 1, 2014 at 4:17 PM
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• karmatron

  

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  Hi Adam, I have a BPO. Approx how many shows would need to be transcribed to earn enough LTBC to put a spot into LTB advertising same BPO?

  Posted on July 11, 2014 at 1:12 PM
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• adam

  

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  @karmatron Hi Adam, I have a BPO. Approx how many shows would need to be transcribed to earn enough LTBC to put a spot into LTB advertising same BPO?

  BPO?

  Posted on July 11, 2014 at 1:14 PM
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• karmatron

  

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  a business process outsourcing company. lots of people with desks, PCs, and phones.

  btw, if any startup wants to outsource a techsupport rep or cust support agents, we accept btc. to advertise this more widely (on the ltb show) i wonder how much ltbcoin i need to amass, as measured in episode transcriptions for example, to get an ad out?

  Posted on July 11, 2014 at 1:25 PM
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• adam

  

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  @karmatron a business process outsourcing company. lots of people with desks, PCs, and phones.

  btw, if any startup wants to outsource a techsupport rep or cust support agents, we accept btc. to advertise this more widely (on the ltb show) i wonder how much ltbcoin i need to amass, as measured in episode transcriptions for example, to get an ad out?

  For transcriptions there has been an ongoing bounty paid by a user on the bitcointalk forums called QWK of .15btc,

  Right now I think thats more value than the value of a spot. Prices are auction based so everything is subject to change.

  Posted on July 11, 2014 at 3:19 PM
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