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There were a few parts here that I had trouble getting my head around. 1) The author doesn't actually have an Upwork account at all, right? I can see why Upwor

by larrik 10y ago

There were a few parts here that I had trouble getting my head around. 1) The author doesn't actually have an Upwork account at all, right? I can see why Upwork would be slow in talking to her in that case, since she's not even a customer/user and is "attacking" a customer/user. EDIT: I meant that it wasn't clear to me whether she was a user or not for most of the article. For some reason I went in assuming she was. 2) She never tries to reach out to the insane guy directly? She just goes straight to Upwork? EDIT: clearly, this is not unreasonable, although talking to the nutcase may potentially have been faster. 3) Her plan was to sit quietly and hope Upwork made the problem go away for her? EDIT: apparently she made "a ruckus on Twitter" which I did read and then forgot about. That said, this sounds pretty awful and hard to defend against. EDIT: apparently this came off as being more against the author than I intended.

drakenot 10y ago
For #2, I would absolutely first contact Upwork. This person in question has already shown that they are willing to steal someone's identity. This isn't some small misunderstanding that can easily be solved by contacting a reasonable person and sorting it out.
lifeglug 10y ago
1) When it's one of their users who is allegedly scamming someone, surely it's in their interests if only to save face, regardless of the injured party being a member or not. 2) Why wouldn't she try to approach the cause of the situation rather than the clearly unstable symptom? The guy is very clearly unhinged and is throwing around threats left and right, it doesn't seem wise to poke that hornet's nest. 3) Her plan was to take steps to make sure the situation got cleared up without escalating the situation and in a way where she's cooporating with Upwork. Not sure why you're so ready to jump on her back over what seem to be quite reasonable actions against a very unreasonable attacker.
tunicwriter 10y ago
#1 - The author was being impersonated by a freelancer on Upwork, and no, didn't haven't an account herself. She wasn't attacking a customer/user, she was being attacked by one. #2 - You probably said it best yourself: "reach out to the insane guy directly" ... I can't comment on whether she did or not, but it's usually best to not interact with people who are threatening you. #3 - I'd say it was anything but quiet. She raised the issue on social media and with Upwork, which were her immediate means of remediation.
coverband 10y ago
Agreed. Although "stolen identity" is in the title, the author totally fails to explain the situation and just starts listing the attacks against her. It took me a while to figure out that she did not have an Upwork account. And I'm still not 100% sure if that's the correct interpretation, whether she was attacked by someone that impersonated her, or an Upwork customer that was really scammed by the impersonator.

by larrik 10y ago

drakenot 10y ago

For #2, I would absolutely first contact Upwork. This person in question has already shown that they are willing to steal someone's identity. This isn't some small misunderstanding that can easily be solved by contacting a reasonable person and sorting it out.

lifeglug 10y ago

1) When it's one of their users who is allegedly scamming someone, surely it's in their interests if only to save face, regardless of the injured party being a member or not. 2) Why wouldn't she try to approach the cause of the situation rather than the clearly unstable symptom? The guy is very clearly unhinged and is throwing around threats left and right, it doesn't seem wise to poke that hornet's nest. 3) Her plan was to take steps to make sure the situation got cleared up without escalating the situation and in a way where she's cooporating with Upwork. Not sure why you're so ready to jump on her back over what seem to be quite reasonable actions against a very unreasonable attacker.

tunicwriter 10y ago

#1 - The author was being impersonated by a freelancer on Upwork, and no, didn't haven't an account herself. She wasn't attacking a customer/user, she was being attacked by one. #2 - You probably said it best yourself: "reach out to the insane guy directly" ... I can't comment on whether she did or not, but it's usually best to not interact with people who are threatening you. #3 - I'd say it was anything but quiet. She raised the issue on social media and with Upwork, which were her immediate means of remediation.

coverband 10y ago

Agreed. Although "stolen identity" is in the title, the author totally fails to explain the situation and just starts listing the attacks against her. It took me a while to figure out that she did not have an Upwork account. And I'm still not 100% sure if that's the correct interpretation, whether she was attacked by someone that impersonated her, or an Upwork customer that was really scammed by the impersonator.