Policy notice: no private solicitations for work, paid or free

[RGJ (Richard - Communiteq)]

I think there needs to be some more guidance here, or at least: @riking and I are reading this differently.

In [PAID] Plugin developer (long term, pay: $$$$) Riking says:

@riking

Please be advised that this is against policy now - interested parties should reply in the topic and take it to email, not private messages on the forum.

But I’m not sure about this, this topic seems to say this is ok:

@codinghorror

Basically any structured work commitment, whether you get paid or not, needs to start in public topics.

and

@codinghorror

I would say some initial contact is OK here

Can someone with authority please clarify?