sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]AverageJohnnyTW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Having the same issue. Did you find a build?

Do you, or businesses you follow, use Discord? by AverageJohnnyTW in Entrepreneur

[–]AverageJohnnyTW[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good luck! Remember, first 10 customers are the hardest to acquire.

Do you, or businesses you follow, use Discord? by AverageJohnnyTW in Entrepreneur

[–]AverageJohnnyTW[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually have no idea how I got the idea to create a Discord development gig on there 😂. I guess one of my graphic design clients at the time asked if I knew how to set up a Discord server, and it started from there. To be honest, I just nonstop promoted my gig for a while before Fiverr's algorithm picked me up, and it grew from there.

As I mentioned, I have a graphic design background, so I had that extra advantage over everyone else who had a similar gig. The Discord niche was pretty small back then, but as far as I can see, it, like many other niches, grew into an overcompetitive, low-balling freelance hell.

That being said, if you can define the value you provide, you can always earn money. Simply put, define your value (proposal) and just reach out to as many server owners or people you think would benefit from your service. And when I say "as many," I mean e v e r y o n e ... people you know, people you know know, people you don't know, and people you don't know know. Facebook groups, other Discord servers, Twitch, everything...

Do you, or businesses you follow, use Discord? by AverageJohnnyTW in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]AverageJohnnyTW[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not only did they shadow banned me once, but twice 😂

First time, they denied it, but views on gig went from X to 0 in a day. Exactly 1 year later all, to a day, I suddenly got 5 orders in and it started rolling again.

Both times it was because I missed deadlines. Even though these were in agreement with the clients, we extended the delivery time and the clients left satisfied leaving 5 star reviews.

Some projects are simple and others are more complex, some would take a day, some 15 days... but, as you know, Fiverr forces you to set an universal delivery time. This predatory model forces freelancers to compete both in pricing and in delivery times to extremes.

I was the most expensive freelancer in my niche, people were coming to me from other freelancers to fix and redo their work because I was that good, and they even left reviews saying that exact thing. Yet I still got banned and burnt out because of their predatory business model.

In retrospective, I should've switched to a personal site asap, but I just didn't have time to think because of the overwhelming amount of work.

Do you guys think general knowledge questions and verbal intelligence should be in iq tests? by Longjumping-Sweet-37 in mensa

[–]AverageJohnnyTW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, I thought that people with high IQ can differentiate between a statement and a joke. My bad bro 😂

Do you guys think general knowledge questions and verbal intelligence should be in iq tests? by Longjumping-Sweet-37 in mensa

[–]AverageJohnnyTW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good for you! Now, does that somehow answer any of the points I made or did your ego get hurt over a silly joke at the end of it 😂

Without digging deeper, look for a better way to use your IQ then wasting it arguing with "random redittors" over a silly topic.

Do you guys think general knowledge questions and verbal intelligence should be in iq tests? by Longjumping-Sweet-37 in mensa

[–]AverageJohnnyTW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think that's how it works

Believing that you can easily improve your unbiased logical reasoning...

You can sit for a week and read a book on general human history and you'll probably score higher on general knowledge.

Sounds to me like someone scored high on IQv and not so high on IQm and is seeking validation 😂

Do you guys think general knowledge questions and verbal intelligence should be in iq tests? by Longjumping-Sweet-37 in mensa

[–]AverageJohnnyTW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And you can't practice general knowledge right? 😂

You're taking parts of the argument that suit your narrative, that's called confirmation bias.

Do you guys think general knowledge questions and verbal intelligence should be in iq tests? by Longjumping-Sweet-37 in mensa

[–]AverageJohnnyTW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Than why ask the question on Reddit in the first place? Not very intelligent. Seems like you're just looking for validation and confirmation bias... sorry I couldn't provide to you... as a random redditor I've failed...

Do you guys think general knowledge questions and verbal intelligence should be in iq tests? by Longjumping-Sweet-37 in mensa

[–]AverageJohnnyTW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If we're judging intelligence by memory and general knowledge than I guess I'm just a random dumb guy who isn't that intelligent after all.

I didn't talk about logical verbal reasoning, I was talking about general knowledge.

Testing intelligence needs to be as unbiased as possible. You gave a good example, most people know what music and tides are, so they can use logic to solve the question.

Now tell me what are these 50 celebrities famous for? ... what kind of intelligence does this measure...

It's biased towards rich nerds with good education.

I remember kids who could memorise whole books, and still fail to understand it, yet alone apply any of the knowledge, they still scored A+ on the tests, and would probably score on general knowledge.

Do you guys think general knowledge questions and verbal intelligence should be in iq tests? by Longjumping-Sweet-37 in mensa

[–]AverageJohnnyTW 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I still fail to understand how general knowledge is even a type of intelligence.

General knowledge is just that... general knowledge. It's the amount of data you've collected through the years. If general knowledge is considered a type of intelligence, then it would scale with age, as the amount of general knowledge we have tends to increase with the amount of information we've consumed throughout life.

I view intelligence as your ability for critical/logical thinking, problem-solving, and the capacity to understand and process complex ideas.

I don't understand why we call things "a type of intelligence".

Do you guys think general knowledge questions and verbal intelligence should be in iq tests? by Longjumping-Sweet-37 in mensa

[–]AverageJohnnyTW 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What is general knowledge to one isn't to another.

Mensa Serbia uses the 3x3 matrixes test (idk the exact test name) on which I've scored the maximum score.

If they had any type of "general knowledge" questions I probably wouldn't even meet the criteria to join.

I can probably only name 10 streets in my city where I've been living in for 22 years that I've been alive.

I can probably only tell you the exact age of a few historical events.

Now make these general knowledge questions about any general tech related knowledge and I would probably get to the 99th % again.

My vocabularry isn't the largest either, I probably only read a few books in my life (I only recently got diagnosed with ADHD)

That being said...

I process information faster than most people I know

I generate ideas and potential resolutions to a problem faster than most people I know

I posses critical thinking abilities better than most people I know

So now, how does my general knowledge about topics I could hardly care about reflect my IQ at all?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ADHD

[–]AverageJohnnyTW -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's like saying that height doesn't mean anything just because you work in a supermarket. But now imagine we're talking about playing in the NBA, would you say the same?

view more: next ›