A job board is only as good as how current it actually is. If old, dead listings just sit there forever, you end up unlocking something that looks active but has been abandoned for weeks. Jobiteer closes job posts on its own once they're genuinely inactive, instead of leaving that judgment call to you.
Two different clocks for two different situations
A job that never gets a hire automatically closes after 30 days. A job where someone was hired but the work still hasn't been marked finished closes after 60 days. Those are two different situations, so they get two different timeframes instead of one blanket rule that doesn't really fit either case.
Homeowners get nudged before a job closes
Before a job actually closes, the homeowner gets a reminder. That gives the job a real chance to get filled or finished instead of just quietly expiring with nobody aware it was about to happen.
Real closure, not a cosmetic label
This wasn't always how it worked. An earlier version of the system just slapped a "stale" label on old jobs while technically leaving them open. Now expiration is a real change in status, the job actually closes, it's not just marked differently while still sitting there.
What this means for you
Every job you see on the board has a real, current chance of still being open. You're not spending time reaching out on something that's effectively already dead, and you're not unlocking a credit on a job that was abandoned weeks ago but never formally closed.
The bigger picture
Keeping the board accurate isn't just about looking clean. It directly affects whether the time and credits you spend are going toward something that's actually still live, which is the whole point of browsing in the first place.