Community Manager
Hi everyone,
As many have already pointed out, some of you may have noticed an option to boost proposals by spending additional Connects. This is an anticipated test we plan on releasing soon; however, the curtain was pulled back a little too soon! The features mentioned here will be halted until further notice when this test is ready to roll out. We're working on this new feature and will share all the details when they are finalized prior to launch in September.
Phyllis G wrote:
Viacheslav K wrote:
Maria T wrote:What I am asking is that they put forward the "idea".
What it is, how it is supposed to work, how it affects freelancers and clients, what expense would it entail, how it will appear on the client side, how it will affect NOT using it, etc ...
They already have this documentation, there is a video (which I couldn't see) and there will be a "read more ..." already created.
I don't think that to know "if it will work" you need to launch it first.These kinds of things are what the new vice president should pay attention to.
I just never saw a big company ask their userbase before implementing a new feature or change. They mostly put it out there and look at stats. People rarely like change. I'm not that thrilled about this change either. Most people didn't like the creation of JSS, 2-6 connects per job or the removal of the free connects per month. But I do see these things improved the platform in the long run.
I'm not sure which big companies you are familiar with. I've worked with many, across many different industries, and I've never, ever seen a company test a new idea in live production where it could directly affect revenue and customer relationships. Yet, UW does that with us all the time -- tests new features and functions in OUR live production streams and sometimes disrupts our businesses.
Objections to this practice have nothing to do with generalized resistance to change. The JSS was already established when I joined the platform but many of us actually welcomed the elimination of monthly free connects. And the tiered pricing scheme (2-6 connects per job) makes some sense in theory, it just was horribly implemented. No, the problem is that they are constantly tinkering with the guts of the system -- the mechanisms that enable clients and FLs to find each other and set up contracts -- in ways that are more often disruptive than constructive. They look at their metrics dashboards and say, Let's try this and see what happens. And they try it out on OUR live production line -- which makes no sense because it's also their live production line. UW operates at such a scale that they can justify any lost opportunities that occur as the cost of improvement. But for individual FLs and clients, the losses can be real.
Maria is simply asking to be informed about this next "improvement" before we are ambushed by it. IMO it's a perfectly reasonable -- if utterly futile -- request.
+ 1000
And thanks for the hopes 
Valeria K wrote:Hi All,
Thank you for the discussion!
We will be sharing more information about this test when we officially launch later this year. We will make sure to get the questions brought up on this thread answered then.
We will continue to gather feedback from multiple channels, including the Community here, and test results to determine the next steps with such features.
Suggestion:
Don't put the boosted bids at the top, let the bid order stay as it is, just highlight them and have a badge that says something like "Sponsored/Boosted Bid".
Perhaps the more connect used to boost the bid, the brighter the highlight color 
