Satirical/Crude descriptions in gigs

[see_envy]

First time user here. I posted my first gig 2 days ago and included various tasteless and thoughtless “Jokes” to entice and entertain potential buyers. I looked for some sort of guideline on NSFW use of words and couldn’t find one so I said ****** and posted the gig.

It was approved and so far I haven’t seen any warnings so I am under the impression that censorship is minimal as far as word usage is concerned.

Can a more experienced Fiverr Fellow or Female give their take on this subject?

Mod Note: Inappropriate language removed!

[catwriter]

It’s best to keep it PG 13, because the users are supposed to be 13 or older.

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[fonthaunt]

My suggestion would be to send your gig link to Customer Support and ask them for a specific OK. I’ve seen tame gigs with a racy photo get denied after a few sales, and I’ve seen NSFW gigs keep on flying. When you wing it with the automated approval (which seems to be kind of like those 1 in 5 random car searches on a highway) you are definitely taking a risk.

I know of several sellers who have had specific gigs approved with what I would consider 17+ language, but they got an OK by Customer Support and kept a screenshot, so even though an editor could later disagree, its better than nothing. The approach you used certainly didn’t work for you on the forum since I see another moderator has already intervened.

[see_envy]

My suggestion would be to send your gig link to Customer Support and ask them for a specific OK. I’ve seen tame gigs with a racy photo get denied after a few sales, and I’ve seen NSFW gigs keep on flying. When you wing it with the automated approval (which seems to be kind of like those 1 in 5 random car searches on a highway) you are definitely taking a risk.

I know of several sellers who have had specific gigs approved with what I would consider 17+ language, but they got an OK by Customer Support and kept a screenshot, so even though an editor could later disagree, its better than nothing. The approach you used certainly didn’t work for you on the forum since I see another moderator has already intervened.

Thanks for the suggestion friendo. Inappropriate/Obscene is pretty subjective, but I like the PG-13 analogy. Though PG-13 these days can include instances of the verbal use of “FK" and "ST”.