[OTHER] Fiverr Lowered My Gig Rating After a 5-Star Review - This Platform Is a Joke
I genuinely didn’t think Fiverr could sink any lower, but somehow they always manage to prove me wrong. Every shady, dishonest decision made by these sneaky developers and moron executives gets announced like it’s some amazing new improvement: “look how much the platform is evolving,” “great things are coming,” nonstop corporate happiness propaganda while the site gets objectively worse year after year.
I honestly think Fiverr is the only platform where getting a positive review can somehow LOWER your overall rating instead of raising it. Like seriously, how has consumer protection not gone after them already with multi-million dollar fines? Or just shut this circus down entirely?
After completely destroying the business I spent YEARS building, they still act like the problem is on my end. Back then I was making around $800-$3000/month consistently, which was perfect for where I live. Now for the past year it’s been hovering between $0-$300. And no, it’s not “AI,” it’s not some magical “market shift” either, that’s just the support team’s favorite copy-paste excuse, usually followed by the classic corporate NPC responses like “be better,” “improve your gigs,” “watch your analytics,” as if I haven’t already done that for years. 😃
So back to the original problem: I have a gig that performed really well for 2-3 years straight. It targets a very specific niche, and that niche genuinely loved and probably still would love my service if Fiverr hadn’t basically shadowbanned me overall. I barely even have real competition for this gig.
And the funniest part? Here are the actual ratings:
1 star = 1 review
3.7 star = 3 reviews
4 star = 1 review
4.7star = 2 reviews
5 star = 32 reviews
That single 1-star review happened over a year ago because I ran into one of those absolute nightmare customers who pulls the classic “if I personally don’t like something = it must be AI-generated” argument without a single rational thought involved. Didn’t use the free revision I offered, didn’t ask questions, didn’t communicate anything properly just instantly dropped a 1-star like a complete idiot.
So after seeing those stats, I contacted support and asked them how the hell this gig was sitting at a 4.4 overall rating in the first place. Of course, I got a useless AI-generated support reply that completely misunderstood the actual question. I didn’t even bother continuing the conversation because it was obviously pointless.
But here’s the best part.
After MONTHS of almost no activity, the gig finally got a new order. I completed it properly, the buyer was happy, and I got a fresh 5-star review. So naturally I thought: “Alright, maybe this finally pushes the gig back up to 4.5 or 4.6.”
At this point I genuinely have no clue how these hypocritical animals calculate gig ratings anymore because there’s absolutely ZERO transparency in their system.
So I checked the updated rating.
New rating: 4.3
Yes.
A NEW 5-STAR REVIEW LOWERED THE GIG RATING.
You literally cannot make this shit up.
F/CK FIVERR.