5 reviews for Skill share are not recommended
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Washington
1 review
1 helpful vote

Being a teacher at skillshare is being in the kindergarten again with bullies with reading issues
February 27, 2021

First there is no teacher account so you have to be a student too being a teacher even when you dont want to be. Then I had to delete my account in 2 months after i payed the whole year. Here I just copy my termination email and you will understand why:
Hi,
I have been teaching on skillshare only for 2 months but my classes have already been removed 4 times. I am a good watercolorist and although I just started making videos 2 months ago, all my classes are loved and I only have good reviews. Students are very happy with my classes.
Despite all this, I feel that I constantly have to fight your moderator team who behave exactly as a bunch of bullies in the kindergarten with text understanding problems.
Here are the issues in detail:
First strike: although the moderator did not say what the problem was, I figured that I got it because I numbered the videos.
According to your guide:
"Remove numbers and symbols (e.g., "Video #1").
Skillshare automatically numbers class lessons, so there's no need to add numbers to your titles."
I told the moderator and I am saying now, numbering the videos is not the same as cutting a 30 minutes painting video 3 parts because of video size limits and calling `painting the cat - part 1 ` is not numbering a video, since all the other parts had real titles, e.g. intro etc. These numbers were only introduced so that students would know it will be a long painting. Not to mention that skillshare is full of videos of the same kind of numbering (see attached), and I also published similarly numbered classes previously. Anyway, I got a strike, BUT IT WAS NOT RIGHT.
Next issue, your guideline is this: "Teachers may upload a maximum of 1 class per week."
This sentence means once a week any time. Like having sex once a week does not mean it is always on the same day. Anyway, I was punished by removing my class again when my next video was added earlier than a whole week has passed, BUT AGAIN IT WAS NOT RIGHT. Anyway, I followed the suggestion of the moderator and ever since I always published my classes on Friday.
Then after I published a class yesterday it was removed again. Explanation: because I published more than once a week. THIS IS NOT TRUE UNLESS YOU EXPECT TEACHERS TO PUBLISH IN EXACTLY THE SAME MINUTE ON FRIDAY AS LAST WEEK. Anyway I wrote an email and phoned skillshare, after which my class went back, but today a new email states that I changed the title of a previous class this week, which is why they removed my new class again. I might have changed a typo or a word (I don't remember, but definitely not the title) so I got punished? Do I have to leave the error uncorrected? AND MY CLASS WAS REMOVED AGAIN, AND FOR THE 4TH TIME IN 2 MONTHS IT WAS NOT RIGHT AGAIN.

IT WAS YOUR LAST STRIKE Skillshare!

I am not sure if I met a particularly malignus moderators or this is Skillshare issue, but I am terminating my account.
Please pay my pending teacher fees and I would like to get a refund for the rest of the year from my yearly fee, since I think I was wrongly punished by your moderators all 4 times, since I have never violated your guidelines (as I listed above).

I assumed skillshare's aim is to keep and help good teachers but obviously I was wrong.

Date of experience: February 27, 2021
Hong Kong
2 reviews
3 helpful votes

SkillShare is really a TRASH!
December 10, 2019

Hey guys,

Wow I totally agree with all of you, and the same comments can be easily found from other forums; SkillShare is really a TRASH!

I'VE NEVER MET SUCH A COMPANY / PLATFORM LIKE IT!

AS A STUDENT:
Honestly speaking, I've never met such a poor management company like this!

I've never subscribed any of its membership, and I'm so glad I've never done this at all, after hearing your story!

AS A TEACHER:
Just like the editor said, everyone can be a teacher! No any verification at all, such as identity, qualifications, experience... NOTHING AT ALL!

The DAILY OPERATIONS and QUALITY CONTROL are EXTREMELY POOR, or you may say NO MANAGEMENT AT ALL!

This TRASH company does nothing, but raise its money from investors continuously, and now it has 26 investors! I really don't understand why people put money to such a TRASH company!?

(MY NIGHTMARE)
I have different professional qualifications and I made a COURSE of IT. I chose SkillShare as ONE of my selling channels, as I heard this name from someone. As my course is very long, I split it into SIX CLASSES, and its requirement is I can only upload ONE class per week.

You may simply and easily upload something to the platform like YouTube, but I really feel YOUTUBE may be much better than it!

(CASE 1)
When I uploaded my FIRST class, NO ANY prior review and comment; nothing happened.

After publishing my SECOND class, it's SUDDENLY CLOSED, WITHOUT ANY PRIOR NOTICE, COMMUNICATION OR DISCUSSION, NOTHING AT ALL! When I found it on the platform, there's nothing, but only ONE "?" mark telling you to contact this trash company, to reopen the class!

I've sent several emails and waited for more than ONE WEEK, but NO REPLY AT ALL! Finally got the reply, but simply said, as a "MISTAKE", its STAFF CLOSED my class, and now it's RE-PUBLISHED; NO ANY APOLOGY!

WOW, SO HORRIBLE! ANY ITS STAFF CAN SIMPLY AND EASILY CLOSE YOUR CLASS! IT'S REALLY A JOKE!

(CASE 2)
After uploading my FORTH class, the NIGHTMARE came again!

In this case, just like previous one, my class's CLOSED WITHOUT ANY PRIOR NOTICE, COMMUNICATION OR DISCUSSION. Afterwards, I got an email notice from its staff Semir L (his title is called community moderator), and his reasons to CLOSE my class is my class WITHOUT introduction, learning purpose,.

WOW, IT'S REALLY A JOKE! This is the 4th CLASS of my WHOLE COURSE. I published it in the SAME WAY like all previous ones. Why this one is with problem and need to be closed, but others are OK!?

I'M SO ANGRY, FRUSTRATED AND DISAPPOINTED FOR THE FAULTS FROM SUCH STAFF AND TRASH COMPANY!

I've sent different complaint emails to "help", "teach", NO ANY RESPONSE FOR MORE THAN ONE WEEK.

Afterwards, I sent emails to "press", and finally some stupid guys came out, and said some nonsense!

Of course, I cristicised all things about this TRASH company. A guy called Matt Condon came out and said: (a) REMOVE me from its platform (b) simply IGNORE my emails.

WOW, GOD DAMN! HOW'S THIS TRASH COMPANY WORKING!? IT'S TOTALLY UNBELIEVABLE!

Checking the info from web, its CEO and founder called Matt Cooper. I complained this case to him, but NOTHING done by him, and my account, for both STUDENT and TEACHER, was CLOSED FINALLY!

In fact, I've published my classes for around TWO MONTHS, but only had a VERY POOR PREMIUM WATCH MINUTES, and NO ANY MONEY PAID FROM THIS TRASH COMPANY! IT'S NEVER SHOWN ME HOW TO REGISTER MY PAYMENT METHOD AND INFO!

AT THIS MOMENT, THIS TRASH COMPANY HAS NOT YET PAID THE MONEY, AFTER CLOSING MY ACCOUNT FOR BOTH TEACHER AND STUDENT!

MY FINAL COMMENTS:

PLEASE CIRCULATE THIS POST TO THE WHOLE WORLD, AND TELL ALL PEOPLE STOP GOING TO SKILLSHARE (TRASH COMPANY) ANYMORE, NO MATTER AS A TEACHER OR STUDENT!

CURRENTLY, IT'S PROMOTING ITS PLATFORM, AND YOU CAN GET SOME MONEY ($10) BY REFERRING (SELLING) TO EACH YOUR FRIENDS TO IT!

INVESTORS OF SKILLSHARE, IF YOU SEE THIS POST, YOU SHOULD THINK WETHER TO KEEP PUTTING MONEY IN SUCH A TRASH COMPANY ANYMORE!?

Date of experience: December 10, 2019
Brazil
2 reviews
5 helpful votes

$#*!ty courses
April 19, 2019

Really, just shallow courses. Stay away of this crappy site. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Date of experience: April 19, 2019
California
1 review
0 helpful votes

Best in self-education for computer pros
April 10, 2019

SkillShare has a number of courses on new and emerging computer technologies
For everyone's taste - be it AngularJS, Big Data or Machine Learning.

Date of experience: April 10, 2019
Netherlands
1 review
17 helpful votes

Skillshare is fake and traps their teachers
September 9, 2016

These Skillshare people are f**king a**holes. They trapped me badly. I signed up to their teacher challenge after paying for their premium membership and after putting lot of efforts, i published my two classes and suddenly i got a mail from them that my account is suspended and all the payments belonged to me is withheld. They are not replying to my emails at all. Just see the chat:---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Great Products <*******@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Sep 9,2016 at 11:36 PM
Subject: Fwd: Important Message from Skillshare
To: Skillshare <*******@skillshare.com>, Skillshare Company <*******@skillshare.com>

You guys don't even have courtesy to reply to someone who is requesting you badly. Its not expected from Skillshare.
Left all hopes now. If you dont want to restore my accounts and payments, yo do it, but atleast reply to my queries.

Regards
Vinesh

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Great Products <*******@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Sep 9,2016 at 2:26 PM
Subject: Fwd: Important Message from Skillshare
To: Skillshare <*******@skillshare.com>, Skillshare Company <*******@skillshare.com>

I am filing a compliants with necessary authorities. Will share with you the details shortly.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Great Products <*******@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Sep 9,2016 at 10:55 AM
Subject: Fwd: Important Message from Skillshare
To: Skillshare <*******@skillshare.com>, Skillshare Company <*******@skillshare.com>

Kindly let me know what did i do wrong?

Regards
Vinesh
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Great Products <*******@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Sep 9,2016 at 8:53 AM
Subject: Fwd: Important Message from Skillshare
To: Skillshare <*******@skillshare.com>, Skillshare Company <*******@skillshare.com>

Plz revert to my concerns just for one time. Its been terrible nightmare experience for me so far with Skillshare. I have to let this to know to all my referrals also so that they should not suffer this fate in future because of my efforts to get them enrolled on SS premium membership. If i wont get response, i will make it public also all the mails that are going ananswered. Will spreas all this wherever possible social media or any public forums, Might be that will change a decision of few from joining SS (if not many) and will continue to do that forever so as to have long repurcassions.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Great Products <*******@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 8,2016 at 11:11 PM
Subject: Fwd: Important Message from Skillshare
To: Skillshare <*******@skillshare.com>, Skillshare Company <*******@skillshare.com>

I am really feeling ashamed now that i was being a part of SS. Really a bad decision. Not only mine but whom i referred to. I never this will be the end. Utter disappointed. God is watching this.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Great Products <*******@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 8,2016 at 8:51 PM
Subject: Fwd: Important Message from Skillshare
To: Skillshare <*******@skillshare.com>, Skillshare Company <*******@skillshare.com>

I beg you to please reply and clarify my questions.

Regards
Vinesh

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Great Products <*******@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 8,2016 at 7:50 PM
Subject: Fwd: Important Message from Skillshare
To: Skillshare <*******@skillshare.com>

Plz reply.

Desperately waiting.

Regards
Vinesh
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Great Products <*******@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 8,2016 at 2:17 PM
Subject: Fwd: Important Message from Skillshare
To: Skillshare <*******@skillshare.com>

If you think i goofed up in this month as your first mail said that there is suspicious activity in this month, then why are not considering my hard efforts of previous month. I just published a second class in this month just two days back. Just let me know what went wrong in this class that make you think its not correct.

Regards
Vinesh
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Great Products <*******@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 8,2016 at 1:03 PM
Subject: Fwd: Important Message from Skillshare
To: Skillshare <*******@skillshare.com>

Dear Sir/Madam

I am still awaiting for reply.

Regards
Vinesh
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Great Products <*******@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 8,2016 at 2:56 AM
Subject: Fwd: Important Message from Skillshare
To: Skillshare <*******@skillshare.com>

I left my job when i got to know about Skillshare and referred many of my friends, relatives and students to skillshare and they even enrolled in the premium membership. I am a good teacher and wants to be associated with Skillshare for long term by producing consistently good quality lectures. I may have committed a mistake unintentionally. But you cannot treat me like this.

Just let me know what wrong i did? And i promise you i will never ever violate any terms and conditions as laid out by you in http://skl.sh/2b6P4yd article in future. I never came across this article before as this was not informed or marketed anywhere neither in August Skillshare Teach challenge or Class marketing Forum. I just came to know about this article in your mail that you sent yesterday.

I wont get my job but atleast. And dnt have any other earning income sources. Kindly reactivate my account and my payments. I commit you my fair contribution forever henceforth.

Regards
Vinesh

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Great Products <*******@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 8,2016 at 2:12 AM
Subject: Re: Important Message from Skillshare
To: Skillshare <*******@skillshare.com>

Hey May I Know for what reason this has happended?

I have put lot of efforts in publishing two classes and you cannot simply turn it into waste?

If there is something i did incorrect, give me a chance to improve as i may not be aware of few of the guidelines or conditions?

Plz dont let my harwork go into vein.

Regards
Vinesh

On Wed, Sep 7,2016 at 3:35 AM, Megan Burt (Skillshare) <*******@skillshare.com> wrote:____________________
Hello,

It's come to our attention that there's been suspicious activity in your account this month. We have a zero tolerance policy for the behavior listed in this article http://skl.sh/2b6P4yd. We will be hiding your class content and profile on Skillshare, and you will not be allowed to publish any further content. In addition, we will be suspending your referral payment and as well any royalty payments you would have received within the coming month.

Best,
Skillshare

I finally cancelled my membership and thinking to lodge a police compliant against them.

Date of experience: September 9, 2016
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5 reviews for Skill share are not recommended