By Andrew Georgy
As people tend to move away from in-person clubs due to (sometimes) unrealistic commitments, online substitutes have emerged to replace the needed learning experiences and connections. Skool, an educational website released in 2019, is a living example of the switch to online communities and the vivid experiences users participate in.
Cons
One of the main limitations of Skool is its money-centered communities. If you want to join certain projects, you’ll often have to pay a membership or recurring subscription fee (which ranges from monthly to annually). These prices don’t come cheap either; higher-end communities range from $79 to $219 per month, while some annual memberships cost over $1000.
In fact, the owners of Skool hold the “Skool games”, which is a paid membership to grow your community on Skool. Even if you don’t have problems financially spending these amounts, you might have trouble choosing the right community and not just any cash-grab offered through the recommended page.
Additionally, although they have become an integral part of our social media, bots can sometimes flood this page, whether it’s drop shippers or random accounts asking you about personal information bots are a risk when using the website. While it depends on your personal tolerance, these automated figures might become annoying if you interact or block every single one.
Pros
Although there are pricey communities, there are also some fantastic options on the website; it’s all about spending time looking through the missions and previewing the courses of each one. Moreover, the whole purpose of Skool is to link like-minded people, which means you are put into a full class of people trying to achieve the same goal as you are. From multiple interactions on the website, people feel that it’s generally a very positive atmosphere in any community since the moderators and admins are welcoming and the other members are just as novices as you.
Furthermore, it’s extremely simplified to create your own community. All you have to do is create courses related to your community, get a few friends to join, and the community will automatically grow as more people join based on mentions. You can monetize or leave your community to be free for entry if you are looking for extra income opportunities.
The videos and courses themselves are of excellent quality; you can speed videos up exactly to your speed and leave comments for other members to interact with. There are also usually weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly meetings so you can directly interact with the community’s creators to obtain personalized feedback with ease.
Conclusion
Skool’s versatility and adaptability to students’ needs can be a great way to interact with people from all over the world while also growing your own skills and habits or improving your daily lifestyle. There are tens of thousands of communities with millions of members for you to join, and the options are endless on how you want to become involved, whether it’s becoming a normal member, moderator or even administrator to help other people flourish with you.
