In several discussions it has been mentioned that italki's feedback culture was very positive (for some: too positive).

Now I saw many profiles where there was a lot of positive feedback, and among those many people did not just say that the lesson and the teacher were "great", but also that they would "certainly" come back and book more lessons. Which they did not do. You just have to look at the date, and when after two months this lesson is still the only lesson of this student with this teacher... then there was no follow-up.

I am curious to know why. What do you think? Why should people write this if they didn't mean it in the first place? Or, if they meant it, what could have changed their mind so fundamentally only a short time later?

[Edited for typos.]

Many teachers offer both types of classes, and they often distinguish between these two offers.

I am both a teacher and a student, but here I write from the student's perspective.

I am a self-taught learner with a lot of experience. So I mostly take Informal Tutoring. Then I don't expect (and also think that I don't have the right to expect) any particular guidance or graded and regular class like lessons. In this case, for me, the teacher is a helpful source of information, and basically I want to speak and try out what I learnt so far, getting permanent correction from an educated native speaker.

However, when starting a new language from scratch, I need some guidance and thus take Professional Lessons. And I understand that this is much more work for the teacher, that it takes more time and energy, and also requires a stronger educational background. So, I know and accept that this should cost me more.

Some students seem to just book whatever is cheaper (usually Informal Tutoring), because they might think that they eventually will be getting the same teacher and could have the full same service, just for less...

What do you think about it? And where do you draw the line between these two types of lesson, as a student? Do you make the distinction at all?

[This discussion is labeled "English" because there is no "general" category]

Welche Dinge in einem Vorstellungsvideo bringen euch dazu, direkt wegzuklicken bzw. das Angebot anderweitig abzuhaken?

Ich beispielsweise fühle mich durch Hintergrundgeräusche so gestört und durch bewusst unterlegte Hintergrundmusik dermaßen belästigt, dass ich einfach wegklicke...

[ Bitte, die Diskussion geht nicht darum, ob es gut oder schlecht ist, wegzuklicken, sondern darum, welche Dinge bei euch solche Impulse auslösen können. Dies könnte vielleicht manchen Personen hilfreiche Anregungen geben, wie sie ihr Profil attraktiver gestalten könnten. ]