Independent devs are quietly following the community without getting too involved in discussions, as it always ends in an argument with leechers or core team.

@IH LOLZ ROFLetc ;-P

Well let's hope that when we will eventually start to post paid open positions in Gmesh they will start to answer

As far as I can see two have already answered :)

@ihayredinov - Can you show me some of these arguments? As far as I know none of the core team has been involved with arguments with the freelance developers. In fact, some of the best developer groups like Keetup, Condiminds, and Coldtrick work fairly closely with us to help refine releases and fix bugs.

I'm available for hire sometimes, depending on how busy I am with current projects.

I would but unfortunately I can't. I am currently involved in developing a social network powered by Elgg.

@Brett, sorry mate, no offense was intended here. Personally, I've decided to limit my participation in community discussions - the subject of how Elgg Foundation can/willing to support freelance devs, and what should/shouldn't be allowed in the community ended a painful and time-consuming discussion circa 2 months ago.

@ihayredinov - The decision to disallow advertising was made to prevent the community site from being off-putting for the majority of visitors who are interested in a FOSS social networking solution and not marketing for commercial plugins. As we've said, we do have plans to make active plugin dev's lives easier, but we don't have enough resources to implement them immediately. If you have more questions about our advertising policies I'll be happy to answer them in another thread or privately.

@Brett, no worries. I understand your policy, and we've been through this. I am just giving one of the explanations why interested parties can't seem to find freelance developers here.