Online Visibility

[Setu M]

Was this a part of the maintenance?

[John K]

Darn, I don't have these online/invisible buttons 

[Setu M]

I'm in a favourable timezone or perhaps a guinea pig.

[Aleksandra K]

I don’t have this option but

I have it too!!! When I was chatting to a client yesterday, I have noticed that the circle around his name in the chat box was green, and all my other ("offline") clients were colored black.

I am not quite sure how I would feel if the messaging system turns into real chat where clients can see if I am online at the moment, as sometimes I don’t feel like answering to questions immediately. This is not Facebook yet every day it feels as it is going in that direction!  

[Paul M]

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@Aleksandra K wrote:

This is not Facebook yet every day it feels as it is going in that direction!  

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 Indeed it does.

Enter sending a message instead of moving to a new line, the private feedback system effectively being a "Like/Dislike" button, and now an online status indicator.

It looks like Upwork have hired 25 devs and they're all desperate to justify their salary.

[Valeria K]

Hi Paul,

You can switch off the option to send a message by hitting Enter here. And you can switch the online visibility off here.

I hope this information helps.

[Paul M]

Hi Valeria

I do understand enter-to-send can be disabled, I was just illustrating the point that Upwork is becoming more like FB every day.

[Robert James R]

I have it too. Nice catch Setu!

[Setu M]

There are pros and cons to it. I guess as long as you play with the toggle, things should be ok and perhaps advantageous for us at times.

[Julie T]

Well, it looks like the powers that be have combined my account with one of my clients. Oh, my password was changed too. Wonder if Upwork could add a "confidence in this platform" metric to their algorithm.