Ownership Shake up ?

by DWolfe

Posted: 8 years ago 49 replies

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Just curious.... wonder if they had a change here. Just check View Profile: Alaister , he has not been here since Febuary, blantant spam today and no clean up? Lack of users lately, is the death nail about to be installed or a major shake up taking place? Or maybe stockholders and investors are not seeing the returns they wanted in this place? Not trying to start crap, sent him a e-mail to see if he even is here anymore.

PaulSch 8 years ago

Whoever is supposed to be moderating today must be asleep on the job.
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- DWolfe 8 years ago
  
  Guess it is time to log off today and wait till Monday when they report to work. Have a good weekend !
  
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ForumGuru Banned 8 years ago

Alaister is no longer listed on Freelancer's management page.

https://www.freelancer.com/about/management

On his Twitter feed he says this on his profile...

"Startup and Technology enthusiast. Founder and managing editor @theraregent"

https://twitter.com/alaisterlow

http://www.theraregent.com/

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ForumGuru Banned 8 years ago

Yeah, it looks Alaister Low is completely gone from Freelancer, or he has taken on a seriously reduced role. This is what the Freelancer management page showed late 2015 under Senior Management.

Alaister's profile was removed from the Freelancer management page in Feb. 2015. From what I can see, the Warrior Forum is not mentioned on the FL management page at this time.

The Freelancer site says Matt O'Kane is "responsible for formulating and executing the plans of the product and technical teams of Freelancer.com and its related websites"...he had the same role listed back when Alaister was there as well.

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David Beroff 8 years ago

Hrm. His LinkedIn page also shows an exit date of February.

But as for ownership, whois doesn't show any recent changes.
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- yukon Banned 8 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by David Beroff
  
  Hrm. His LinkedIn page also shows an exit date of February.
  
  How's that working out?
  
  I am an experienced digital marketing/growth manager...
  
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  David Beroff 8 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by yukon
  
  How's that working out?
  
  He never said what kind of experience it was.
  
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  Zodiax 8 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by yukon
  
  How's that working out?
  
  Want to work for freelancer?
  
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  yukon Banned 8 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Zodiax
  
  Want to work for freelancer?
  
  Sure, send over my employee name tag.
  
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  David Beroff 8 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by yukon
  
  Sure, send over my employee name tag.
  
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  David Beroff 8 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by yukon
  
  Is the middle one Swahili?
  
  My guess would be Arabic.
  
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DWolfe 8 years ago

Thanks for the replies, did not dig that deep. Just tired of looking at all the spam hitting this place and sent him an e-mail. Guess it does not matter anymore.
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Kay King 8 years ago

Don't know if you noticed - but Danieljb - an Admin who was very active - hasn't logged in since January. Some people may have come on board just for the initial transition. That would make sense.

Rather than dedicated mods we seem to have FL employees with other duties who check in here every now and then. My guess is most of those only look to see the "reported threads" as spam seems to remain UNTIL it's reported. Maybe employees "flag" threads and/or members and someone in charge stops in 1-2 times per day to make decisions...just a guess as that's what I would do.

I'm not complaining about it. Honestly, I thought WF would be a redirect by now so things have gone better than I expected.

FL has done a lot to maximize the ad revenue and expand profits of WF - not much more to do in that direction. A smart business person would then look at decreasing overhead by streamlining the process (the feed?) and reducing employee hours/overhead to keep profit moving in the right direction.
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- David Beroff 8 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Kay King
  
  FL has done a lot to maximize the ad revenue and expand profits of WF - not much more to do in that direction.
  
  Oh? I'm no expert, but I personally think they're squandering their long-tail potential. With 8 million posts, they could easily place a few third-party text ad spaces on every single page, and then let Google (or whoever) spider the entire site to determine the most relevant ad for each page. This would be absolutely trivial for them, and yet, with all of the "experts" that they kept bringing in for their Ask Me Anything's, this somehow never came up? They certainly have no problem in monkeying around with every other aspect of the site design.
  
  Once they went for that lowest-hanging fruit, they could then spend a pinch of energy to determine the top 100 (or whatever) most popular inbound searches, and then customize the ads on those specific landing pages to suit. For example, I have no idea what leadimpact, fptraffic, or trafficvance are, but Alexa and Google say that WF is the #2 search engine result for each of them, and I'm sure that that traffic's valuable with just a bit of effort.
  
  But considering how much energy they put into driving people away from this site, I'm sure they have similar incompetence running the revenue side.
  
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Kay King 8 years ago

I think the point for them is there is a tipping point at which more ads - or different ads - don't contribute enough revenue to balance the loss of participation.

With the majority of new members coming from geographic areas where limitations on income, banking or paypal is a problem - I doubt if "ads" are as profitable here as they were in the past. It's rather clear if you look at the diminished number/variety of banner ads being placed now.

There are always ways to place more ads or move to a new type ad, etc - but the law of diminishing returns might apply here.
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Zodiax

8 years ago

I think I should start looking for a new business venture.

The more this forum declines - the more it feels like I have let myself be conned into the "internet dream".

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David Beroff

8 years ago

Originally Posted by Zodiax

I think I should start looking for a new business venture.

The more this forum declines - the more it feels like I have let myself be conned into the "internet dream".

Urm, what does this forum have to do with your business? If you want to start a business, either online or otherwise, it's completely up to you. Certainly there are cons going on here, and there's (very) occasional wisdom, but the "Internet Dream" itself is not necessarily a con. It's up to you to figure out a path, and then apply yourself to follow it. That responsibility is 100% yours, not this forum's or that of anyone who participates here.

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yukon Banned 8 years ago
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- Dan Riffle 8 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by yukon
  
  Yuke, you're going to wish you checked the link before spending the time making that pic.
  
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  yukon Banned 8 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Dan Riffle
  
  Yuke, you're going to wish you checked the link before spending the time making that pic.
  
  I clicked the link, do I get two more wishes?
  
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barbling 8 years ago

I agree regarding the long-tail keywords - there's plenty of ways to add adsense/ads to those who are not logged into the vBulletin forum.

Sad to hear about Alaister.

Wonder what the direction will be.....
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- David Beroff 8 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by barbling
  
  Wonder what the direction will be.....
  
  You're a smart person, Barb. Do you really have to wonder? You already know.
  
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  barbling 8 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by David Beroff
  
  You're a smart person, Barb. Do you really have to wonder? You already know.
  
  Hope springs eternal and all that jazz.
  
  The future is always in motion.
  
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Regional Warrior

8 years ago

I must say the AGM a couple of weeks ago was Interesting did speak to some of the important people who had no idea what was going on!

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David Beroff

8 years ago

Originally Posted by Regional Warrior

I must say the AGM a couple of weeks ago was Interesting did speak to some of the important people who had no idea what was going on!

Not sure what "AGM" means, but assuming that it's something like Freelancer's annual general meeting....

If top management is so clueless that they can't be bothered to know what's happening with a multi-million-dollar asset, they pretty much deserve to lose it. If they're "too big" to "deal" with that, then at least hire someone who's smart and passionate enough to take on personal "ownership" of the asset. It's not rocket science.

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whateverpedia 8 years ago

Originally Posted by David Beroff

Not sure what "AGM" means, but assuming that it's something like Freelancer's annual general meeting....

It is...........
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agc

8 years ago

Originally Posted by David Beroff

If top management is so clueless that they can't be bothered to know what's happening with a multi-million-dollar asset, they pretty much deserve to lose it. If they're "too big" to "deal" with that, then at least hire someone who's smart and passionate enough to take on personal "ownership" of the asset. It's not rocket science.

Not to worry, the multi million dollar asset is rapidly becoming a multi thousand dollar asset at which point they can simply put it from their mind.

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CaRTmAnBrAh 8 years ago

Seems to me that quite a few people in this thread can't handle change. Folk come and go. Shocker!
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- Regional Warrior 8 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by CaRTmAnBrAh
  
  Seems to me that quite a few people in this thread can't handle change. Folk come and go. Shocker!
  
  No the fact that he was the one steering the changes and was keep us all inform as apposed to ill informed (ahem cough cough) who dont care
  
  You should when you have the time look at the suggestion forum nothing is getting done hence Alistair leaving was such a shock.
  
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  CaRTmAnBrAh 8 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Regional Warrior
  
  look at the suggestion forum nothing is getting done hence Alistair leaving was such a shock.
  
  I've got a suggestion. Stop worrying about what other people are doing and focus on what you're supposed to be doing. Change happens, adapt! That is the way of a true warrior. Thanks for you cooperation.
  
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agc 8 years ago

jeebus who left the gate to hell open?
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- CaRTmAnBrAh 8 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by agc
  
  jeebus who left the gate to hell open?
  
  a bit harsh there agc but fine.
  
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David Beroff 8 years ago

I just saw that Alaister's LinkedIn and Twitter profiles now state that he's a Senior Product Marketing Manager for Domain.com.au since February.
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Kay King 8 years ago

You are just back from being banned, right? Going to start where you left off?
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- CaRTmAnBrAh 8 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Kay King
  
  You are just back from being banned, right? Going to start where you left off?
  
  What's upset you THIS time Kay? Always looking to be offended about SOMETHING! Lighten up a little, it's only the internet.
  
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Jill Carpenter 8 years ago

Originally Posted by CaRTmAnBrAh

Seems to me that quite a few people in this thread can't handle change. Folk come and go. Shocker!

Welcome back!

lol
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- CaRTmAnBrAh 8 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Jill Carpenter
  
  Welcome back!
  
  lol
  
  Hello Jilly, I trust all is well.
  
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Kay King

8 years ago

Not upset at all - welcome back. Only surprised to see so many returning this month after being banned some time ago. That means more shakeup of ownership, I guess. Fine with me.

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CaRTmAnBrAh 8 years ago

Originally Posted by Kay King

Not upset at all

Lovely stuff. You know what they say, a change is as good as a rest.
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lgibbon

Banned 8 years ago

Originally Posted by Kay King

Not upset at all - welcome back. Only surprised to see so many returning this month after being banned some time ago. That means more shakeup of ownership, I guess. Fine with me.

I think they need another shake up Kay,
and ban everyone with no name and a silly avatar.

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CaRTmAnBrAh 8 years ago

Originally Posted by lgibbon

I think they need another shake up Kay,
and ban everyone with no name and a silly avatar.

Look gibbon, you're attitude is part of the problem. All these cries to ban people for this that and the other helps no one. We should all be moving forward together, warriors in unison. All for one and one for all, that should be our device because a house divided against itself cannot stand. By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed. Even the weak become strong when they are united, for the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack. I hope you will all heed my sage words of wisdom, because if not, I fear the worst fellow warriors.
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hardraysnight 8 years ago

Originally Posted by lgibbon

I think they need another shake up Kay,
and ban everyone with no name and a silly avatar.

define sily avatar

am i looking at one now
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Kay King 8 years ago

If they did that - who would be left by the end of summer?
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agc 8 years ago

^ If your prior body of work indicated any interest in the greater good on your part, then perhaps you might could be taken seriously this time.

Sadly, it doesn't, and you can't be.
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- CaRTmAnBrAh 8 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by agc
  
  Sadly, it doesn't, and you can't be.
  
  It's fun to have an opinion isn't it agc. I'm sorry you don't rate my "prior body of work", that's very disappointing to hear.
  
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Kay King

8 years ago

Last night I heard something(s) howling ...must have been a WF wolf...and here I thought it was the usual coyotes...who knew?

The 2015 Freelance annual report is worth checking out. The business is doing well and let's get real - the WF is only a small part of it. They do a good job in the report of presenting the WF positives....

In 2015 Warrior Forum passed through one million users, and has had an overhaul on its user interface. In 2015 Warrior Forum sent some of the most successful daily deal emails to date, breaking the previous records and demonstrating depth of engagement with its user base.

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agc 8 years ago

So the big accomplishment for the WF for last year was.......

spam.

smdh.
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agc 8 years ago

indeed it is.
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yukon Banned 8 years ago

Damn, one post on the SEO forum in the last 5 hours besides my rant about the link spammer thread.

Good grief, anyone home?

Don't fret, India will be here in about 3 hours with a fresh load of crappy backlinks.

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