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tl;dr: sort it out, Fiverr. This is unacceptable. 

I often have to go to hospital on account of my chronic illness, which I unfortunately acquired as a result of stress from working on a major international freelance platform who shall not be named, but sounds a bit like "Find 'er!" 

Anyway, this can be for simple appointments, where doctors put their fingers and other devices into places I'd really rather they not, sometimes in front of an audience of people with clipboards who make strange noises. Occasionally, I am exposed and enjoy the feeling of cold, medical eyes staring at my body like the clinical case study prize it is. We shall not talk about the feeling of the cold medical devices. It's all very refreshing stuff. Being the mentally-resilient individual I am, I just roll my eyes and get on with it so I can go home and relax, ideally with a tub of ice cream, since my health would not thank me if I opted for the memory-bleaching vodka. How tiresome it all is! 

But that's not really the important thing here. The important thing is 

not getting flagged by the system for location inconsistencies.

 Because I sometimes have to go the night before, or stay the night after, or even stay for a few weeks if enough test and generally not fun medical stuff all clusters up into one sprawled out episode of visits. 

So, how do I not get into trouble for this and maintain a SS10 etc? My strategy is simple: 

a) Answer my "hi" messages and make sure that spammers who want me to visit their faux-Fiverr website get a friendly greeting. Yes, even if I'm waiting for an appointment and have other thinsg on my mind, I'm quick to respond to everything with a rictus smile of support on my face. Danger, danger: I may be using the hospital wifi or my mobile data. Oh no! 

b) Sometimes do work in a location that is not my own: i.e. I'm working in a city that is an hour's drive away and not using my regular internet connection. Sometimes, I do work (not in the hospital, obviously) in that location. I use my mobile data, I might use a cafe's WiFi, or I might use an appartment's data. Sadly, the appt that I usually stay in has broken internet due to a merger that nobody wanted breaking all the WiFi boxes. I've got to go and fix that soon, but it'll just add to the frisson of danger when I use this brand-new mobile box. 

c) Send a little message to Fiverr to make sure they know that I'm 100% legit. I don't send a doctor's note, but I can get one if needed. Would that help? 

But will I eventually be flagged for being "location inconsistent"? Should I even dare to use Fiverr when I am doing medically-necessary stuff? It's important to mention that mentally, I am in fine fettle. Maybe a touch of unavoidable brain fog from the autoimmunity, but otherwise, I'm good to go. But I can see how this might impact someone who isn't blessed with the same mental fortitude as I am. 

I've already mentioned this to CS, so at least they're aware of it - that I will be doing the Fiverr displeasing act of not remaining in one place at all times like a good little 

 freelancer should. I also told them exactly how long I would be away, what type of IPs I might use, and the exact reason I was going. It was so fun. I've never been employed, but I imagine this is exactly what it's like to make a request to go on a vacation without getting into trouble. Isn't that fun, everyone? Isn't that fun? 

Why did I wake up today and go through all of this? Oh, well, I only found out that a VOA, whose name I'm not sure I'm allowed to share here, has been flagged by the system. This VOA has made over $600,000 and has a 5-star feedback with a 10 Success Score. He lost his Success Manager when he was flagged, so now he is asking his mentorees to help him. That's right, he also trains VOAs to be successful on Fiverr. He's not the type of guy that I would expect to be flagged. 

But here we are. So, as someone who is very, very sick and who would like to be able to make a sliver of income in between hospital appointments so that they might be able to buy things like food and drink, may I please know if I can go about my life without having to fear the great location inconsistencies ax of Fiverr falling on my neck? Because my neck is one of the few parts of my body that isn't actively trying to hurt me at the moment, I'd quite like it if it stayed that way. 

The mental health webinar won't help me very much, but fixing this along with many other issues on the platform might help a lot of people's mental health. Just a thought. 

Someone who doesn't understand why Fiverr be like it do sometimes 

The "Location Inconsistencies" Thing - How to Prevent It?

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