Just today I saw I am a premium member of italki now? Well thats great, but I would like to know if it is permanent or just for few days?
I just took a look, what kind of benefits this premium membership brings. For example highlighted questions and notebook entries of premium users. Whats that gonna mean? Does it mean that questions, notebook entries and discussions of premium members are always shown, while the ones of the "normal" users sink like the Titanic and will not be seen? I don't want this at all. I fear that no one ever will see my activities then (I will never join a premium membership no matter if Italki or somewhere else). I also fear, that this will just split the Italki community into two parts and I do not think that this is good for the community at all.
What privileges does italki premium membership give us?
@Chinafan, do not panic, I think it's just to prevent spammers getting a free account and doing too many posts and follower request. If you do that, mostly you are just trying to get attention, instead of learning a language.! If I do two good notebook entries, and two questions a day, I have enough material to study. I do not get attention from girls, and I cannot bother them, but that is just the intention. Maybe we also get rid off a lot of 'spam notebook entries' too. Those not even wanting corrections, but only abusing notebook as it where their 'personal facebook page' or something. Not even wanting a correction.
Hi Guys,
As matt posted, that link should give you more information about premium membership. There is also an explanation posted in the support section which can be found at http://support.italki.com/entries/22117870-What-is-Premium-Membership-
Premium membership is a way to cultivate a higher quality community, and is a product repsonse to concerns of community security. Many of our female members have been complaining about being harassed. This is a way to vet users and have a higher bar to entry for people who are going to send more than 2 follower requests to potential language partners per day.
We hope that you understand. If you have any questions or comments please direct them directly to [email protected] :)
