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straycat | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 It’s not always obvious what a sensible bounty ought to be. Would be nice to have some sort of price discovery system. You define the goal, offer to pay X, and ppl can counter saying they’ll do it for Y. Or maybe people can just chime in saying “a fair price for this job would be such and such” even without necessarily offering to take the job themselves.
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node | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Agreed. It’s not easy. I would ask a dev: how many hours does it take to do xyz. And how much would you charge
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corndalorian | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 💯 that would be awesome. I don’t blame people for wanting to save money, and I don’t blame anyone for wanting to make money. Sometimes the disparity is just comical 😂 Sometimes it comes down to communication too. Like, if someone doesn’t have an adequate budget then they should just say so, and then people considering it at least understand what they’re walking into.