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Why Telegram? You're instantly limiting your audience to those who use it, or who have the desire/energy/inclination to install it. Why not post this information somewhere where it's actually accessible?

And are you affiliated to these jobs in any way? Do you have a commercial interest in them?

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I appreciate OP posting these jobs, but when I tried to install the Telegram app, it wants access to manage my phone app to verify my number. No thanks.

Ah, I'm sorry. You can also receive the same jobs via email creating an alert at https://findmegigs.com/?remote=true (it shares the backend with the Telegram channels)

The findmegigs site is even more hostile than the original in terms of not being able to see jobs.

These sites may work for you, but I am annoyed I wasted my time even clicking the links.

No instant value means you'll miss a large segment of users.

Thanks for your feedback, I agree with you in that if you're not on Telegram it's hard to know what to expect. I'll try to improve that in the future.

You can safely deny this and other permissions. It behaves nicely.

And no, I'm not affiliated with any of the jobs. I find them on Twitter and then parse the original URLs to get more info about each one

BTW, if you're not on Telegram you can also receive the same jobs via email creating an alert at https://findmegigs.com/?remote=true (it shares the backend with the Telegram channels)

You're right. This is just an MVP tho, I'll probably create email newsletters for the people that don't use Telegram soon.

so you're dead-set on extracting "something" of value from me before offering any compelling reason tor me to do so? Seems limiting...

Why would you say so? Joining the Telegram channels is free, and creating an email alert at https://findmegigs.com/?remote=true#basic-plan is free as well

If you're in financial trouble somehow or can't afford the paid plan on FindMeGigs that sends you all the jobs, DM on Twitter (https://twitter.com/xoelipedes) and I'll give you a free unlimited account for free.

I hate to pile on, but you're putting up a lot of barriers that are going to discourage casual viewers. I don't want to sign up for some app I won't use for anything else. I don't want to give out my email. I definitely don't want to pay for anything. Maybe I'm not your target market, but this is going to be a hard pass for many people.

I know people here like to hate Telegram but it is extremely common in certain areas and groups.

Why not WhatsApp or Signal then?

None of them has a working public API as far as I know.

The WhatsApp API is not as open as Telegram's, you have to apply and pay and so on AFAIK. IDK about signal but feels even more nichey than Telegram. I want to focus on doing one channel well than then expand to others

I think we agree and my wording was a but clumsy. Sorry for that.

why are you so dead set on thinking having to sign up for a platform is something that people will do specifically for your service?

Is there a reason that HTML doesn't work for a job board?

It does, but it's hard to differentiate yourself making yet-another-remote-jobs-job-board, especially if you're not on distribution already (like I wasn't). I think Telegram is an interesting distribution channel that let me connect directly with people (instead them having to come to a site)

I'll make open newsletters in the future as well, for the people that are not on Telegram. Thanks for your comment! :D

An RSS feed would be cool.

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