Met a weird guy on here
There's a guy who messaged me on here and asked about where I live, my age and my relationship status.
He said he is lonely and he needed someone to talk to wipe off his sadness.
Therefore, he decided to go on italki and found my profile.
Apparently, he found a wrong place and wrong person to ask for attention.
I can't care less for others so I ignored him.
Hope he's not bothering anyone else for his own problem.
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It's very common here that certain people show up here on Italki too to find someone or more to spend their time with, as if they wanted to practise a language or raising other ruses. It's not worth even responding!
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Met a weird guy on here
There's a guy who messaged me on here and asked about where I live, my age and my relationship status.He said he is lonely and he needed someone to talk to wipe off his sadness.
Therefore, he decided to go on italki and found my profile.
Apparently, he found a the wrong place and the wrong person to ask for attention.
I can't couldn't care less for others, so I ignored him.
Hope he's not bothering anyone else with for his own problems.
I don't think it's necessary to be so harsh with him. If you don't want to give attention, then don't. No point in writing and pointing it out like that. If you can't care less about others, then the same will come back to you. Have a lovely day!
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Don't be upset about it, they can't do you any harm on here. Just don't give out your personal information and everything will be ok.
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Uhm, i really undertand your point Aredin but the way you wrote this note seems a little bit harsh for those reading it, but it might just be the context and how you wrote it.
In most cases if anyone bothers you, because their purpose is not the same as you have on this platform or website, it might be best to just ignore/block them at first, but if they continue, like, by creating more accounts, just to harass you, i would suggest you dont make a note about it, but instead you should contact the iTalki staff, and they will figure things out for you.
Also please be advised and do not disclose any important personal infos about yourself, be it as a normal member or as a teacher, like home adress, phone number, and remember you can always use an anonymous e-mail address or voip services, you can also create skype accounts for each and every single student if you dont feel comfortable using or sharing your own personal account.
Some things to keep in mind for the future, if you wanna conduct some kind of business, on any platform
1. state your exact purpose on your main profile (or have both, 1 personal and 1 as a teacher
example:
a) "I am here just for X reason( teacher, student )
b) "I do not offer chargebacks if you signed up for a lesson but you are looking for something else" ( Relationship, Flirting, Dating, etc)
c) "I will reject anyone that doesnt not comply to/with my methods of teaching or diverge from them to talk about personal stuff"
d) "Do not ask for personal stuff or media etcs like more photos or videos, unless i say so or agree with"
e) "Please act in a professional manner during my lessons"
stay safe!
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I agree with you Aredin; a lot of men seem to be on italki for the wrong reasons.
I also think people should be more considerate when sharing their comments. 男女不平等。
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