Is writing "Hire me to do this job" a right comment?

Question

Often I came across questions where I think the user is asking too much, either as humor or serious, can I say "Hire me to do this job".

Will it be acceptable for the community and with the moderators?

Answer 1

I don't consider fishing for clients like that as an acceptable answer or comment. As the question asker, that is extremely rude, tongue in cheek or not. You are basically coming off as condescending. If the question is too broad, flag it as such so it can be acted on, or leave a suggestion on focusing the question.

From a community perspective, we have striven to keep a lot of the third party stuff out of the site so it is purely SharePoint people, helping SharePoint users, with their SharePoint problems. Interjecting sales pitches could be considered advertising, and we've taken a hard line about deleting those posts and comments and squashing those user accounts.

If you are considering fishing for clients in that fashion, contact the stackoverflow folks for ad pricing information, or visit their advertising info page.

Answer 2

When you have 10k+ on this site, you are really stating that you can be hired to do any job related to SharePoint. Even if you don’t know the answer by heart, you have the proven knowledge that you can evaluate suggested solutions. You just have to make sure that you reference contact info on your profile page so that users can reach out to you. I use Twitter and Linked In, publicly visible.

But writing “Hire me to do the job” is a little “in your face”-comment, which should be avoided. Instead flag the question as too broad which says exactly what we mean. If it is a serious question, the user will edit, if not – the user will abandon the question. You can also comment by asking the user to narrow the scope of the question, if you feel it’s worth the time.