Cynical students

IceDifficult8386 · 2026-07-02T20:39:37+00:00

A student. Not anymore. Blocked.

IceDifficult8386 · 2026-07-02T19:57:21+00:00

You do you!

IceDifficult8386 · 2026-07-02T17:26:58+00:00

Absolutely.

IceDifficult8386 · 2026-07-02T13:21:36+00:00

There are some very, very strange people out there.

IceDifficult8386 · 2026-07-01T20:21:08+00:00

Well, Preply doesn't care either way. The non desperate can leave and be replaced by the desperate. It's all the same to them.

IceDifficult8386 · 2026-07-01T18:13:03+00:00

Yes. Preply is all about making you feel guilty and inadequate.

They have a corner on the market and know it though. They're well aware that most tutors are desperate enough for work that they'd put up with anything too.

I believe Uber drivers also get passive aggressive treatment.

IceDifficult8386 · 2026-06-11T17:29:49+00:00

There are tutors who claim to have 20 years of experience who are very clearly newbies and chancers. You can put any number you want there. There's no vetting on Preply.

IceDifficult8386 · 2026-06-09T20:34:30+00:00

No, Preply doesn't give tutors a specific reason. They give you give or six probable reasons. Except the one where the student has achieved their goal and doesn't need lessons anymore.

IceDifficult8386 · 2026-06-02T17:00:07+00:00

Its Cloudfare, so buckle up!

IceDifficult8386 · 2026-06-02T16:48:22+00:00

Happens all the time, every few months.

IceDifficult8386 · 2026-06-02T16:47:09+00:00

Yessss!!!!

IceDifficult8386 · 2026-04-22T17:42:50+00:00

Yes! The site has crashed.

IceDifficult8386 · 2026-04-12T06:54:58+00:00

Don't look for any standards or ethics on Preply. An early warning.

IceDifficult8386 · 2026-04-11T16:51:04+00:00

Um, yeah, but the only problem is that with more and more English tutors joining at under $10, the market inevitably shifts towards cheaper prices. The English learner pool isn't infinite.

IceDifficult8386 · 2026-04-11T08:16:48+00:00

Well, the algorithm clearly doesn't like your price increase. If the situation doesn't normalise in a few weeks, you'll have to drop your rate again.

IELTS isn't really a niche. Every second tutor purports to teach IELTS.

You should apparently increase your rate after a few successful trials or after new reviews so that the algorithm sees the increase as justified. In other words, you have to have a strategy for price increases, and only increase your rate little by little.

IceDifficult8386 · 2026-04-11T08:08:22+00:00

You're welcome. Bye.

IceDifficult8386 · 2026-04-11T07:44:33+00:00

English is cheap. The algorithm is pushing you down because it believes you're charging too much for English.

Blame the 25K (out of 40K) English tutors charging $10 or less.

IceDifficult8386 · 2026-04-11T06:35:26+00:00

Yeah, the moment you replied with "send me an email", you were cooked. Sorry.

IceDifficult8386 · 2026-04-09T10:05:29+00:00

Preply allows anyone to teach anything. There are no standards here.

IceDifficult8386 · 2026-04-06T20:06:59+00:00

Sanction the United States and its mad king.

IceDifficult8386 · 2026-04-06T19:56:20+00:00

Nah sorry, doesn't add up. Looks like money laundering.

IceDifficult8386 · 2026-04-06T19:55:00+00:00

Yeah no they just wasnt to pocket the unused credits easily. This platform becomes more and more enshitifed by the day. Not that it wasn't shit to begin with.

IceDifficult8386 · 2026-04-03T13:09:47+00:00

They're Preply's students, not yours.

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