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I am wondering if there's nobody here because it's the weekend, or if it's more of a tactical retreat. Or maybe.... (the train is Fiverr)

I've cracked the value for money problem, I think... This is a buyer that I could have done a consultation with, but didn't (because of the way Fiverr handles consultations). This is a buyer I could already be working for, writing her stuff. But I'm not, because I'm still vetting them. This is a buyer I may still choose not to work with, because, well, I need to be careful. Look carefully, Fiverr. Do you see how I've already given this buyer advice that will deliver ROI far in excess of what I would ever write? Do you see how they're already chomping at the bit to work with me, eager to see what I can write that will wow her (I'm not getting the vibes right now - in fact, I'm getting high expectations, which is bad per the new system's way of dealing with expectations. But I've dealt with value for money. And I may never see a penny for all that value I provide, because I am nervous to take an order from a new buyer. My health is poor these days, Fiverr. I can only afford to have my nerves shredded by new clients every once in a while. Nobody wins here. Nobody. But you know, whatever, I'll still get the good karma of sharing my knowledge for free. Remember Fiverr, what comes around, goes around... Read those words, Fiverr, and ponder this. Why am I not chomping at the bit to get this a done deal? Because of you, Fiverr. You are destroying your own platform.

Also quite tasty in a stew, if a little bony.

I mean, there are a lot of cruddy sellers on here. The entire reason this catastrophic new system is here is to stamp them out. Success Managers have privately told sellers as much. Call a spade a spade.

All encouraged to join and make money by gurus who I can only imagine make more money from other people's delusions than Fiverr... If Fiverr wants to keep them so much, it should just break off the marketplace and split it in two: Classic Fiverr Pro Fiverr. This will probably also make it easier to create better review systems. But then again, there's probably terror about PR issues over who ends up in the classic corner...

I also have the first 200 people SP program discount! I sometimes wonder how long that will last before it is swiped away to pinch at those (relative) pennies....

Not if you monetize them!

I think UW's mediation system could work here with some tweaks. It's not for everyone, but it would monetize disputes, which isn't a bad thing for Fiverr. Besides, who will really believe them when they talk about the sanctity of feedback after this whole launch....

If you think about it, Fiverr sellers are the guard, because we've all taken an arrow to the knee from Fiverr. But then who was phone?

Fiverr:

It's true, I'd take on a lot more work if I felt it was safer. As it is, I currently have to go through a practical FBI profiling process just to make sure someone is "safe" enough to work with. It's ludicrous, because Fiverr's own policies and processes are putting huge barriers between sellers and buyers who could make a good fit (and consequentially, everyone would make money - buyer from ROI, seller from earnings, and Fiverr from commissions). But instead, due to the way that Fiverr has hyperfocused its focus on automation and AI systems to regulate a vast marketplace the cheap way rather than focus on the buyers and sellers who are abusing the platform, it chooses to treat everyone per the behavior of the lowest common denominator. That makes everyone poorer and creates a completely unnecessary atmosphere or fear, paranoia, and distrust. How can they not see this? How can they say they are listening if they can't hear the almost universal level of outrage about this dreadful update? How can they just stand in the shadows, silent and watching? Here is a nice picture of the Roman Emperor Nero fiddling as Rome burns. No particular reason. I just like the picture.

Levi's post is GOD TIER.

<steps on soapbox> Another fine quote from the Fiverr CEO, although I think the interesting part is the first part: "In the United States, freelancers constitute approximately 50% of the labor market, rendering the distinction between them and full-time employees meaningless" OH REALLY YOU WOULD SAY THAT WOULDN'T YOU What is not meaningless, and what Fiverr directly profits from is that freelanccers do not have the same rights as employed workers and are treated as contractors. And you can see very clearly from how Fiverr is updating the platform that it expects its freelancers to behave as employees. As Fiverr employees failed to address my question along this line last time I asked, is Kaufman aware of the increasing laws and regulations that surround the gig economy due to the abuses of gig economy platforms taking advantage of the lack of regulation? I know he is, investors know he is, staff know he is, everyone knows - because it is written into their investors documents that this is a literal threat to their business model. And then he comes up with navel-gazing guffalocks like this. Those rights which employees won against the fat cat factory owners and greedy businesses over the 19th and 20th century, gone in what the WEF called the FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION and the NEW NORMAL of the GREAT RESET which is liable to be nothing more than a corrupt corporate technocracy. Yes I know that last paragraph is a bit tinfoil hat, but hey, it's all in the WEF booklets and stuff. Go figure. I like how Micha completely skips the 2 industrial revolutions in between steam power and here. I also like it where he says: "Even with tools like ChatGPT, which can produce confident-sounding but completely fabricated statements, supervision remains essential" I will say no more on that point except again: the company is riddled with internal issues and the blame for this lies at the top with management. But it will not be management who suffers. The CEO didn't even bother to launch his own product. It's right there in the January 2024 Product Launch video. How out of touch is this man with the community of sellers that have made him the rich and famous CEO that he is today? Why does he not come to talk to his community and ask them questions? But you know, anyone here can ask @levinewman about his experience meeting the CEO. It's just a complete disgrace. Nobody is answering questions. Everything is being palmed off to support staff who don't have answers and are getting the full brunt of seller anger, and the management stays silent. But maybe that's better, if this is what they think of us. I'd say Fiverr has lost the plot, but they're just acting like every other big tech company out there. Soulless profit machines that thrive off the misery, energy, fear, and anger of the people whose souls they suck into their endlessly repulsive greed. <steps off soapbox> Perhaps I should have gone into politics. I've always felt I would make a good thunderer. As it is, it felt like I probably wouldn't have been very successful at it. So instead I shall thunder impotently on this platform.

This actually rewards internet arguments, since in those, everyone wants to have the last word. This metric was designed for buyer-seller fights over orders!

Correct. Fiverr is making meksels of serious sellers as it attempts to target meksels. And to that, I can only say BRAVO to the geniuses behind this bold product release.

Because Fiverr is trying to get rid of bad sellers with a system that punishes everyone. It's very transparent, even if they can't transparently admit it themselves 🙂

That's what I've been doing for a while. Worked for me, I've got a 10 and all the nice things.

btw u forgot to blur out the seller's name totally, it's in her "buyers keep coming back!" blurb.

I reckon the cat is a really unsubtle reference to something that all men desire. Except those who prefer to play with the home team.

Face looks a bit photoshopped. And what's going on with his fingers? They're brown. That is not a good color for fingers on a white person.

Sure, why not, if they all work I won't have to. I'm British, everyone! I have an amazing passport. It was better a few years ago, but it's still quite good. Unfortunately, the British government is very old-fashioned and won't approve of me marrying 40 gentlemen 😞

Sorry buster, your 7 figure income means squat to Fiverr.

Well, this does also give credence to the fact Fiverr wants to make things harder for bad sellers - it's those sellers who think offering 10+ revisions is great customer service when it's obvious to most people that 10x revisions is going to be a waste of time in most verticals (and non-abusive buyers) But has Fiverr not considered that all it has done here is to push everyone - not just bad sellers - into thinking of new strategies to avoid the new penalties? And that in a few months or years, Fiverr will inevitably need to create a new and punishing update for everyone to combat a problem that they didn't fix properly the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh (etc) time around? Fiverr: get a team of humans and go through everyone in the catalog manually. Tighten up your approval processes more. There is no replacement for human judgement, no matter what you and your AI-crazed advisors might think.