They reference the "freelance economy". It seems like Upwork basically _is_ the freelance economy to me. And right now I am suddenly having trouble closing deal

They reference the "freelance economy". It seems like Upwork basically _is_ the freelance economy to me. And right now I am suddenly having trouble closing deals to get contracts on Upwork. I have never had so many interviews on there before without closing one. It seems like a lot of people are not serious at all about their projects, at least as having more than $300 to spend, and the ones that are have a dozen qualified candidates. Maybe my problem is just picking a desirable area (generative AI) and not having a big company in my background. I am almost considering actually applying to one of these "AI girlfriend" projects or maybe even a blockchain project if it comes to that. Anyway, is there really a viable alternative to Upwork? I assume the response here will just be that I am just supposed to message my best bud who works at Facebook or something.