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It's not politically correct enough.

@yassine_no Let me ask you what you think of this particular example: A 19-year-old guy from Bangladesh dreams of starting his own business. He doesn't have any marketable skills, but he knows how to use ChatGPT, so he sets up a gig, using GPT to write the description, bio, gig image, and FAQ for him. His English is pretty basic, but with GPT, he doesn't feel the need to improve it. After a couple of years, he's on the Fiverr forum, wondering why he isn't making any sales. ChatGPT suggested he sell Amazon product descriptions, just like the 90,000 other Bangladeshians do, so that's what he did. He's only got three reviews, no real success, speaks minimal English, and relies on GPT for everything. What’s the moral here? He didn’t learn. How did you learn? How did any of us? Not with GPT. We taught ourselves because we had to. Just like our grandparents knew how to use a washboard, we learned what we needed to because we had no choice. If you think you don't need to keep learning, you’ll not only stop growing—you'll end up like that 19-year-old, sitting around in two years, wondering why you're not successful yet. I really don’t think we’re helping the poor, weak, and underprivileged by giving them a crutch and telling them, "Here you go, use this, and you never have to think for yourself again." And I'm using Bangladesh purely as an example here, because I know several highly successful people from Bangladesh who did this the hard way and won. The GPT fakers club didn't.

And I'm sure we'll classify the stuff women use today as poison in another 31 years. It's less than 15 years since we banned asbestos in the EU, according to ChatGPT.

I'm sure Emma (that's your name, right?) can explain this better than I can, but here's my take on why I think you're wrong. When people who lack real skills pretend to have them, it's the blind leading the blind. You suggest we should be more understanding and gentle, but there used to be a general agreement not to let dishonesty, begging, and incompetence win. Many people here come from humble families – in fact, I know several of them who now own their own businesses without resorting to deception or relying on tools like GPT. Using AI asa crutch because you're talentless (I'm not saying you are) makes people lazy instead of encouraging them to think for themselves and carve out their own success. We're just playing a game of monkey see, monkey do.

Good lord. I'm too conservative for this conversation.

Yes, I'm familiar with pyroclastic flows, those are scary as hell. I remember when we had the eruption here. Given that I own a newspaper in the islands, we had to send people over there to report on what was going on. It was a much less explosive eruption than the one in Indonesia, but still impressive. ^ Ash covered large parts of the island. Our journalist, Ole Lie: Reporting on it, this was the only time I cried in 2021: Joselyn lost her unborn baby, then her house, and had to live in a container for 2 years while the local government dragged their feet. That was difficult to digest.

I'm sure you have your reasons, but for me, it was fear. I was worried about losing business. However, that didn’t happen when I doubled my rates the first time, or the second time. Consistency is great, but charging too little attracts people who think they can push you around. With AI, there’s even more reason to bump up your rates. The $10 price point is probably what customers who are also thinking about using AI for low-quality output are looking for, so you’re competing against AI, not professional writers. Give yourself some credit and raise those rates. I think you won't regret it. But that's just my experience. ^ this. Also: with 10 bucks a pop it's too easy to order. I can just place an order and leave you to it and all I'm risking is the price of a venti with a double pump of vanilla. I hardly ever have orders without the buyer contacting me first. It really helps.

Hilarious. 😅 The only topic I refuse to write about is makeup. I get so many requests for it, and while I'm sure I could pretend to understand why, but I won't.

I've seen GPT make mistakes worse than that. I'm not sure why people think these models can't make mistakes like that, but it happens.

I'm more worried about pyroclastic clouds if this keeps up. According to a geologist friend of mine, there have been some harmonic tremors after the initial eruption. That’s apparently bad news, but don’t ask me why because I have no idea. Apparently, lots of people are on the shore of the neighboring island taking pictures, and if a powerful pyroclastic flow comes along, they’ll be slammed with both a tsunami and burning ash. I'm only nerding this because we had an eruption on La Palma in 2021, and it was raining ash when my son was born.

Yeah, Totally agree. And I actually became a better writer when I did the same, because now I have more time to focus on each project.

I found it by filtering for most recent. But it doesn't show up with the default "Relevant" filter. So most buyers won't see it.

Sorry to hear that! That's why I only work with buyers who know exactly what they want and can clearly explain it before I make my offer. With your 18k five-star reviews, I wouldn't sweat it too much though. You'll bounce back. If I were you, I'd increase my rates tenfold though. That usually weeds out those buyers pretty fast. It's better to write one article for a good client and make $100 than to crank out ten articles for bad clients at the same rate.

Scary stuff going on in Indonesia now. Ruang just had an eruption a couple of hours ago. Indonesia issues tsunami alert as volcano erupts | Indonesia | The Guardian

But yes, it's actually not bad as a joke. I could easily use that for a sock website!

I just looked at the formatting. Bing likes to inject # for some reason.

That looks more like Bing.

What an eye-roller. A "writer" talking about how great it is to not write.

Why did you have to share it?! Now I have to watch it 🙃

I think your motives are admirable, but after spending years working with Fiverr trying to improve things, here we are. I've lost faith.

I won't say I know this for sure, but probably not. If it does, it's very delayed, because I had to extend a few orders last month and it didn't affect me. But it might later on.

Did they really allow that as a webinar? And yes, Yoav is great. And he's human. Not very common to see these days. But I get that staff has been told to fall in line. I don't blame any of them for trying to keep their jobs. But the irony is that they probably won't.

As the info box on the order page says, it will be automatically accepted if the buyer doesn't respond.

I want to give a shoutout to Yoav. I’ve collaborated with him on a few projects, and he genuinely seems to be one of the good ones who actually cares about freelancers. That’s probably why your post didn’t read like the usual Fiverr fluff. But since Fiverr is now telling its sellers to get in line, I'm sure they have done the same with their staff. I’m bracing myself for a "pep talk" of my own after my recent fireworks on Levi’s post. And honestly, I think the current output from Fiverr is all the explanation I need. Like I said before, "For a platform that's supposed to champion freelancers, you sure seem busy making them obsolete". I wonder if I'm "tech savvy" enough to join that webinar.... I do want to give Fiverr a proper opportunity to explain themselves. Perhaps if the title was changed to "We're sorry".

That's now how Fiverr staff talks. I see I have to go into corporate blabber mode 2000 again.... "Your opinion and that of sellers like you is of tremendous importance to us, and your insights play a crucial role in shaping the empowerment of our ongoing effort for transparency in our digital interactions. As you are undoubtedly aware, our forward-thinking artificial intelligence initiatives are strategically designed to enhance the capabilities of individuals previously underutilized within our ecosystem. This approach is not only innovative but also integral to our visionary projection of future industry standards. Your perspective, while appreciated, diverges from our established strategic trajectory."