How should I respond to a prospective Upwork client who asks to take our communication and invoicing off the platform before a contract is started?
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
How should I respond to a prospective Upwork client who asks to take our communication and invoicing off the platform before a contract is started?
1 real search · 1 real-search pass
Upwork official policy communicate outside platform before contract starts payment off platform circumventionGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDConsequence
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (1)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 1 of 1 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT1 real searches · gpt-6
Upwork official policy communicate outside platform before contract starts payment off platform circumvention Google ↗
- Get to know each other before a contract – Upwork Customer Service & Support · support.upwork.com
- Circumvention, and why it's against the rules – Upwork Customer Service & Support · support.upwork.com
- Upwork Legal Center · upwork.com
- Why you shouldn’t get paid outside Upwork – Upwork Customer Service & Support · support.upwork.com