I look through literal hundreds of gigs and have lists full of every one I have so they're sorted into 'Avoid' or what category I can use them for/if good and pricey etc. I hire here mostly artists, VA's, animation, story writers etc as I do small game design mostly and various other stuff on side. I've been scammed on here before and I still feel bad and guilty for not giving 5 stars to one of the first sellers because I didn't realize the system affected them that much. Some people I don't bother negotiating price with because it looks good to me already. Some already lower their prices from the gigs. Anyone new who doesn't know these things isn't going to know custom offers and just think gigs are fixed price and won't generally be happy about it.
I don't get how the hell it's fair on you guys if someone didn't get to haggle a price, or just puts they don't think the $5 quality work they asked for, was worth 5 stars. Why does it even affect a bloody review? The only use it literally has is to bully a seller and let them know you weren't happy with the price for whatever reason, despite you were the one who agreed to it, the one who negotiated for it as the buyer etc.
How the hell does this help me as a legit buyer seeing the stars down, but not even knowing wtf for if it's not even listed in the end review either? If it does and is part of the 'quality of delivery' then it's just misleading.
You can tell this whole review change, that affects multiple peoples livelihoods, was never planned properly. Just some cosmetic thing that someone thought looks snazzy and modern. And unfortunately it doesn't look like any feedback will actually be taken seriously or change anything. I even get the share private feedback notifications still and they're annoying as shit already. I keep thinking one of the freelancers are contacting me.