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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."

Ah yes, the male performance ones. I've had my fair share of those viagra scripts. I was the go-to voice for a major clinic that did ED treatment in Norway. A few years back, they replaced me with AI (Norwegian TTS voices sounds like a llama being strangled) but they quickly realized their mistake and asked me to come back. By then, I had doubled my rates, and they were stuck with amateurs or TTS. 🙃 I'm also the voice for SoRoTo in Norway, so I know my buckets, cement mixers, and heavy-duty conveyor belts. That's just pure evil. I like it. I'm a bit of a film nerd myself. I know my way around a projector room in a pinch.

Someone sent me this: "The overuse of the term and it being thrown around so casually, is a symptom of something called AI-washing. It's when companies create a fake buzz and mislead investors by providing manipulative information about the capabilities, limitations or risks of their AI products". – Coldfusion TV/Youtube

You can read more about your success score, how it works and how to improve it here: Success score – Fiverr Help Center

Yes, I know, but I felt particularly kind that evening.

Ah. We have to think differently here on Fiverr. It's a... unique average. 🙂

Yeah, they work for me but nothing's perfect. I try to keep elements within an invisible border so they show up on all devices, but you never know when Fiverr might change the aspect ratio in one place but not in others. No, you won’t “lose points” with the algorithm for editing your gig. If the edit improves your gig, you might even gain some points. Changing images/videos might take your gig out of rotation for a bit (minutes to hours at worst in my experience) but I’ve never had that happen to me, and I edit my gigs often. Most of those myths—like always stay online, don’t edit your gig, delete the gig and start over—come from people who haven’t had much success on Fiverr because they underperform, so they make up excuses and reasons why their terrible gigs, offering the same thing as 40,000 other sellers, aren’t at the top of page one. The keys to success on Fiverr, in my experience after a decade on the platform, many of those years as a Fiverr Pro and Top Rated seller, are: Be skilled at what you do Don’t claim to be skilled at something you’re not Remember that you're acting as both support and a pro for hire Always deliver on time Under-promise and over-deliver Make sure you know and understand what the buyer needs before beginning the work. Ask questions. Be detailed and specific in your gig description, FAQs and custom offers, so the buyers know what they're getting. Avoid negative surprises when you can Make the process simple for your buyers Keep buyers informed about progress and respond quickly to any concerns or questions Deliver top-quality work Under-promise and over-deliver Gradually increase your rates as you rise the ranks (but never start at the bottom, so don't charge 5 bucks) Don't offer unlimited revisions. Read and understand the terms and community guidelines before you do anything. Re-read them often. That’s really the core of it in my experience. There's more to it than that, of course, like having something to offer that people actually wanna buy, but if you follow that list you should be on the right path.

I have to disagree, because it’s the average Joes (and by average, I mean Fiverr-average, not world-average.) who are just skilled enough to copy and paste something that resembles a professional introduction (at first glance), bragging about their expert skills. What happens when people buy from them and end up with junk? They become one of the 200,000 customers who've already ditched Fiverr. You cracked it.

You can practically taste the empowerment.

No, I can't, but it does say to contact support of you have issues, so that's what you should do. 🙂