Freelance Signal

Freelance Signal Methodology

Evidence states

Officially announced means a dated first-party source states the policy. Effective means the stated effective date has arrived. Observed in production requires a receipt-backed route observation or verified case. Community reported can establish demand, recurrence or vocabulary, but cannot establish fees, policy, eligibility, deadlines or enforcement.

Unknown and unverified values

Unknown values remain null or explicitly unverified. They are never converted to zero. Reality Gap scores are not published without a versioned method, sample count, date range and sufficient reviewed evidence.

Article publication gate

Each new article must bind at least two distinct verified assets and claim-level source mappings. Legacy Evidence Passport markers are migrated as drafts and remain unpublished in v2 until this gate is satisfied.

Privacy

Case narratives and uploaded evidence are private by default. Public case summaries require moderation, active consent, redaction and explicit publication eligibility. Private evidence has no direct public URL.