What do you think about Upwork's desire to remove reviews?

Question

Upwork

There was an announcement about another innovation that 5 star reviews will soon disappear from public view, and the strange Job Success will become the main guideline. What do you think?

Answer 1

Quite a reasonable move. Sometimes freelancers solicited for reviews, and clients blackmailed with bad grades. Now the main measure of a freelancer's success is the percentage of completed projects. It is necessary to select customers more carefully and check for adequacy.

Answer 2

You will have to work even better, it will become more difficult to manipulate the rating.

Answer 3

Collect statistics on yourself and your competitors and analyze whether such an update is a plus for you or a minus