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richardsmith94
Community Member

I've got an idea

It's only just occurred to me, but perhaps Upwork should consider charging connects for posting in the Community discussion rooms?

 

Maybe not every post, if someone was to just ask a general question looking for help, that would cost nothing, but if they were to make a complaint, that would be automatically 2 connects and if they were to complain about connects, well, that obviously costs them 6 (maybe more?).

 

Again, if someone was to provide an answer to the question, they wouldn't be charged anything (actually, if their answer was accepted as a solution, they would be GIVEN credits). But if, for instance. they were to simply reply to inform the OP (and thereby anyone else that read the thread) that they (implied or otherwise) were very successful on Upwork and thereby being of no help at all to the OP, then that would also cost 6 connects.

 

I havn't thought this through completely yet, but there are many variations that could be applied here, length of post, subject matter etc that could improve the site's revenue stream.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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emonuzzamanmd
Community Member

After a long boring hour, your posts made me laugh Smiley Very Happy. Should they put connect system on my smile? Smiley Tongue

At one point, we imposed a 25 cent fine on anyone who commented how Elance was so much better.  Stopped the drivel (and I was able to go into semi-retirement)


Mary W wrote:

At one point, we imposed a 25 cent fine on anyone who commented how Elance was so much better.  Stopped the drivel (and I was able to go into semi-retirement)


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colettelewis
Community Member


Richard S wrote:

It's only just occurred to me, but perhaps Upwork should consider charging connects for posting in the Community discussion rooms?

 

Maybe not every post, if someone was to just ask a general question looking for help, that would cost nothing, but if they were to make a complaint, that would be automatically 2 connects and if they were to complain about connects, well, that obviously costs them 6 (maybe more?).

 

Again, if someone was to provide an answer to the question, they wouldn't be charged anything (actually, if their answer was accepted as a solution, they would be GIVEN credits). But if, for instance. they were to simply reply to inform the OP (and thereby anyone else that read the thread) that they (implied or otherwise) were very successful on Upwork and thereby being of no help at all to the OP, then that would also cost 6 connects.

 

I havn't thought this through completely yet, but there are many variations that could be applied here, length of post, subject matter etc that could improve the site's revenue stream.

 

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Excellent idea Richard,

 

I hope that Upwork will soon be billing you. Particularly when you complain about proofreaders who proofread in languages other than English. 

 

 

 

 

 


 

richardsmith94
Community Member

Oh and connects could also be charged to those who simply replied with a complaint to someone who posts a topic for discussion and especially for those with absolutely no sense of humour.

I love Richard's idea. Let's take it further. $500 charge to anyone posting in the Community looking for help with their brother's/sister's/spouse's/cousin's/co-worker's/neighbor's Upwork account.

Not possible, there will be freelancers pestering others through PM begging to be chosen as "solution" to get connects, and others helping their own friends by chosing them. What about those oddballs chosing themselves as "solution"? Smiley LOL


Sergio S wrote:

Not possible, there will be freelancers pestering others through PM begging to be chosen as "solution" to get connects, and others helping their own friends by chosing them. What about those oddballs chosing themselves as "solution"? Smiley LOL


We already see the occasional poster begging for kudos as if they were somehow beneficial.


Richard S wrote:
Oh and connects could also be charged to those who simply replied with a complaint to someone who posts a topic for discussion and especially for those with absolutely no sense of humour.

It's funny, sure, but I've seen joke suggestions posted here actually being implemented. So someone from Upwork takes these things seriously.

Isabelle,

While this did make me laugh, there is clearly a serious side to it and I think it is a better use of connects than what is going on in job applications.

tlsanders
Community Member

The only possible upside I can see to your plan is that you would undoubtedly be so far in the red in a day or two that these posts would stop.

tlbp
Community Member

Please charge 10 connects for any question about JSS. 

Please accept my non-comment as a solution! Oh...and please give me kudos!!! I'm broke...I need connects...Please gimme. I'm entitled! 

emonuzzamanmd
Community Member

Charges should be imposed on Kudos too. 

VladimirG
Community Manager
Community Manager

That's an interesting thought Richard. Would the Coffee Break forum be exempt or would you also charge for posting humorous comments? I can see the revenue potential there thanks to the wittiness of our frequent posters... 🙂

~ Vladimir
Upwork

And your comment, Vlad, gets resounding applause from the same ... judging by you kudos.  😉

I wonder what life as an Upwork mod would be like.  I imagine you all congregating for a coffee  break, rolling your eyes, and going "the children are at it again."

 


Vladimir G wrote:

That's an interesting thought Richard. Would the Coffee Break forum be exempt or would you also charge for posting humorous comments? I can see the revenue potential there thanks to the wittiness of our frequent posters... 🙂


VLAD DADDY please tell Lena to post more dead plant pics. It's the only thing that'll get me through this week.

Lol I just threw one away the other day. I over watered a succulent 😞 

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Lena E wrote:

Lol I just threw one away the other day. I over watered a succulent 😞 


The secret to happy houseplants, much like the secret to being happy with the forums, is to ignore them.

 


Lena E wrote:

Lol I just threw one away the other day. I over watered a succulent 😞 


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I've just bought an aloe vera - and now I am anxious. 

 

(ETA: I'm looking for those "dead stick" posts! ;))


Lena E wrote:

Lol I just threw one away the other day. I over watered a succulent 😞 


Whenever I feel like giving up on my taking care of anything, I think of Lena's plant murder.


Jennifer M wrote:

Lena E wrote:

Lol I just threw one away the other day. I over watered a succulent 😞 


Whenever I feel like giving up on my taking care of anything, I think of Lena's plant murder.


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Oh, I think you are being a little harsh - more involuntary plantslaughter perhaps? There was no intention to murder the plant I am sure. 

 


Nichola L wrote:


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Oh, I think you are being a little harsh - more involuntary plantslaughter perhaps? There was no intention to murder the plant I am sure. 

 


She's a serial plant murderer though. No feelings of guilt after murdering the plants. I'm sure a good lawyer could get it knocked down to plantslaughter and community service. THE PLANTS DID NOTHING WRONG, LENA.

I belong to Houseplant Killers Anonymous....HKA....Hi, my name is Irene, and I am a houseplant killer. 

 

This is actually strange because I love gardening and my outside garden is filled with flowers during the summer. Houseplants...not so much.. 😞

 

Irene,

House plants are much more difficult than outdoor gardening. I have about 60 right now and catering to their personalities is a bit of trial and error. Some like drainage, some don't. Some like getting spritzed, some don't. Some like direct sun, etc... I learned a lot of things, like you can never put any plant out in a black pot on a Spanish balcony in the summer. I don't know if there is a name for that, but it is the opposite of root rot...Maybe root fry? The plants actually cook in the dirt. It doesn't help that the lady on the sixth floor has buggy plants and she sweeps the debris from her plants and birds into the wind where they collect on my balcony. 

Lena,

Repotting is often worth a try. Your soil is important. I keep a lot of succulents here in Spain and I've saved a few things that looked departed. 

When repotting, wash out the roots and trim the rot. Place in well-draining sandy potting mix and NOT rich soil. If the whole of the root system seems damned, just cut the whole thing off and try rooting! Depending on the plant, this will be done in different ways. Usually just jamming the stem into a pot of regular potting soil can work. If you do it in a clear pot you can see when it is rooted. When you have success, get it out of the rich soil wash off the roots again and get it in cactus mix. 

Did I win any credits?


Vladimir G wrote:

That's an interesting thought Richard. Would the Coffee Break forum be exempt or would you also charge for posting humorous comments? I can see the revenue potential there thanks to the wittiness of our frequent posters... 🙂

 

Noooo! Humorous comments are deinitely exempt Vladimir Smiley Happy


 


Richard S wrote:

Vladimir G wrote:

That's an interesting thought Richard. Would the Coffee Break forum be exempt or would you also charge for posting humorous comments? I can see the revenue potential there thanks to the wittiness of our frequent posters... 🙂

 

Noooo! Humorous comments are deinitely exempt Vladimir Smiley Happy


 


OK, I can accept the absence of a comma before the vocative, and of terminal punctuation, as perhaps a bit of self-deprecating humor. But even with two years of Latin, I'm missing the pun you may have been aiming at with "deinitely."


Douglas Michael M wrote:

Richard S wrote:

Vladimir G wrote:

That's an interesting thought Richard. Would the Coffee Break forum be exempt or would you also charge for posting humorous comments? I can see the revenue potential there thanks to the wittiness of our frequent posters... 🙂

 

Noooo! Humorous comments are deinitely exempt Vladimir Smiley Happy


 


OK, I can accept the absence of a comma before the vocative, and of terminal punctuation, as perhaps a bit of self-deprecating humor. But even with two years of Latin, I'm missing the pun you may have been aiming at with "deinitely."


I think Richard has started taking a "When in Rome..." view.

Quote: OK, I can accept the absence of a comma before the vocative, and of terminal punctuation, as perhaps a bit of self-deprecating humor. But even with two years of Latin, I'm missing the pun you may have been aiming at with "deinitely."

 

Michael is an internet demi-god, simply for correctly identifying a vocative. Promoted to internet full-god status on the basis of his knowledge of how to correctly punctuate same. (et tu, Brute?)


Douglas Michael M wrote:

Richard S wrote:

Vladimir G wrote:

That's an interesting thought Richard. Would the Coffee Break forum be exempt or would you also charge for posting humorous comments? I can see the revenue potential there thanks to the wittiness of our frequent posters... 🙂

 

Noooo! Humorous comments are deinitely exempt Vladimir Smiley Happy


 


OK, I can accept the absence of a comma before the vocative, and of terminal punctuation, as perhaps a bit of self-deprecating humor. But even with two years of Latin, I'm missing the pun you may have been aiming at with "deinitely."

 

Goodness Douglas, everyone told me that making fun of another FL was against Community Guidelines and replies here were just 'professional banter', where the standard of writing one would use in their professional work do not apply and yet...this is apparently ok with you and your fellow 'Gurus'? 

 

Congrats on letting your compadres know how clever you are (or think you are, so maybe this is an ego thing?). In reality, you have done nothing more than post a similar reply to the one I posted (which I regretted, adding later that I would never leave a similar comment in the forum again) and was berated for. Clearly that was not sufficient for you. Upwork rightly deleted my post, but no action has been taken on this occasion? No doubt you have an answer as to why that would be.

 

I have some comfort in the fact that my comment was made, ignorant of the Community Guidelines (my fault) and in a moment of annoyance. Your reply is a considered, deliberate, measured and intentional response to try and belittle someone. You have actually taken the time out of your day specifically to do this. Which is worse?

 

At best it seems mean, at worst it feels like bullying. Still, I hope writing it gave you some sort of (odd) satisfaction, along with the subsequent (and predictable) 'high fiving' you have received from some of the other 'Community Gurus'. Their giving it 'kudos' implies that they think this behaviour is to be applauded in some way and I'm sure you will appreciate the irony.

 

I created this thread to try and make some people smile. I am glad my aim appears to have been achieved, even if not for the reasons I had originally intended.


 


Richard S wrote:

Douglas Michael M wrote:

Richard S wrote:

Vladimir G wrote:

That's an interesting thought Richard. Would the Coffee Break forum be exempt or would you also charge for posting humorous comments? I can see the revenue potential there thanks to the wittiness of our frequent posters... 🙂

 

Noooo! Humorous comments are deinitely exempt Vladimir Smiley Happy


 


OK, I can accept the absence of a comma before the vocative, and of terminal punctuation, as perhaps a bit of self-deprecating humor. But even with two years of Latin, I'm missing the pun you may have been aiming at with "deinitely."

 

Goodness Douglas, everyone told me that making fun of another FL was against Community Guidelines and replies here were just 'professional banter', where the standard of writing one would use in their professional work do not apply and yet...this is apparently ok with you and your fellow 'Gurus'? 

 

You have done nothing more than post a similar reply to the one I posted (which I regretted, adding later that I would never leave a similar comment in the forum again) and was berated for. Clearly that was not sufficient for you. Upwork rightly deleted my post, but no action has been taken on this occasion? No doubt you have an answer as to why that would be.

 

I have some comfort in the fact that my comment was made, ignorant of the Community Guidelines (my fault) and in a moment of annoyance. Your reply however is a considered, deliberate, measured and intentional response to try and belittle someone. Which is worse?

 

At best it seems mean, at worst it feels like bullying. Still, I hope writing it gave you some sort of (odd) satisfaction, along with the subsequent 'high fiving' you have received from some of the other 'Community Gurus'. Their giving it 'kudos' implies that they think this behaviour is to be applauded in some way and I'm sure you will appreciate the irony.

 

I created this thread to try and make some people smile. I am glad my aim appears to have been achieved, even if not for the reasons I had originally intended.


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Get over it.  You have a nice dog so start again. 


 

I'm sorry to derail this thread, I'm not a native speaker of English and I just stumbled upon a word that I don't understand: lolcow.

 

What does it mean?

 

English is so hard.

 

 

 

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Rene K wrote:

I'm sorry to derail this thread, I'm not a native speaker of English and I just stumbled upon a word that I don't understand: lolcow.

 

What does it mean?

 

English is so hard.

 

Rene, from what I can make out (fingers very much crossed that you will let me know if I'm wrong, which would be great (even though you 'don't' know what it means)), is an indivual's expressed views or opinions being confirmed as correct, by subsequent responses to them/it by others. Apparently, it's used almost exclusively in relation to social messaging platforms. Amazing what you can learn in here! 🙂

 

 


 


Nichola L wrote:

Richard S wrote:

Douglas Michael M wrote:

Richard S wrote:

Vladimir G wrote:

That's an interesting thought Richard. Would the Coffee Break forum be exempt or would you also charge for posting humorous comments? I can see the revenue potential there thanks to the wittiness of our frequent posters... 🙂

 

Noooo! Humorous comments are deinitely exempt Vladimir Smiley Happy


 


OK, I can accept the absence of a comma before the vocative, and of terminal punctuation, as perhaps a bit of self-deprecating humor. But even with two years of Latin, I'm missing the pun you may have been aiming at with "deinitely."

 

Goodness Douglas, everyone told me that making fun of another FL was against Community Guidelines and replies here were just 'professional banter', where the standard of writing one would use in their professional work do not apply and yet...this is apparently ok with you and your fellow 'Gurus'? 

 

You have done nothing more than post a similar reply to the one I posted (which I regretted, adding later that I would never leave a similar comment in the forum again) and was berated for. Clearly that was not sufficient for you. Upwork rightly deleted my post, but no action has been taken on this occasion? No doubt you have an answer as to why that would be.

 

I have some comfort in the fact that my comment was made, ignorant of the Community Guidelines (my fault) and in a moment of annoyance. Your reply however is a considered, deliberate, measured and intentional response to try and belittle someone. Which is worse?

 

At best it seems mean, at worst it feels like bullying. Still, I hope writing it gave you some sort of (odd) satisfaction, along with the subsequent 'high fiving' you have received from some of the other 'Community Gurus'. Their giving it 'kudos' implies that they think this behaviour is to be applauded in some way and I'm sure you will appreciate the irony.

 

I created this thread to try and make some people smile. I am glad my aim appears to have been achieved, even if not for the reasons I had originally intended.


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Get over it.  You have a nice dog so start again. 

 

I have no idea what this even means and rather unhelpfully addresses none of the points raised in my post, which was entirely expected from you (btw there's an unecessary spacing between 'it' and 'You').


 


 

Richard,

I'm laughing for all the right reasons. I always love when people point out typos as if it is a gotcha in casual discussion. It is just a ridiculous way for people to come back when they "ain't got nothin'." I bet these same people stop you in conversation to clarify meaning by having you spell out words. For example, say you are a typo specialist and a bartender. While you are tending bar a client says "I'll have a beer [two/to/too]". As the bartender typo specialist you say "Can you spell out [two/to/too], because you either mean you want two beers as an afterthought to having one ("a beer. [no] Two!"), that you have yet to complete the sentence (i.e., "to ... [do something]?"), or that you are having a beer along with that shot you ordered."

Meanwhile, the church bells start ringing across the street. Ding-dong, Ding-dong. Dong-dong-ding-dong [etc. in Westminster style].

I wanted to say Winchester to suggest the wild west and add an error to let those who are interested in that sort of thing draw more blood and please themselves. I'm generally accommodating. Everyone should have the opportunity to feel special.

 

 


Richard S wrote:

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I have no idea what this even means and rather unhelpfully addresses none of the points raised in my post, which was entirely expected from you (btw there's an unecessary spacing between 'it' and 'You').


 


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I had no intention of addressing the absurd points you raised in that post. And if you didn't understand what I wrote, then that is just too bad. As to the spacing (or any other errors) - well - pots and kettles...


 


Nichola L wrote:

 

 


Richard S wrote:

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I have no idea what this even means and rather unhelpfully addresses none of the points raised in my post, which was entirely expected from you (btw there's an unecessary spacing between 'it' and 'You').


 


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I had no intention of addressing the absurd points you raised in that post. And if you didn't understand what I wrote, then that is just too bad. As to the spacing (or any other errors) - well - pots and kettles...


Smiley LOL


 

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