Tandem - Language Exchange
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Tandem is actually good but not flawless
After a week on Tandem I found many people that helped me to learn the language I'm interested in and many real people contacted me to help them to get better in my native language. I have never encountered any scammers but there're plenty of weird people. As Tandem seems to be a useful tool I bought a subscription. I don't think it helps much but this was my way to say thank you to the creators. As for weird people: 1. People without any intention to talk at all. They just say hi, how are you, etc. Without introducing themselves, without any further intent to discuss something 2. People who just want to talk. They choose 5+ languages they are "learning" just to find more people 3. People who are bored and randomly got an idea to learn a language X and dowloaded the app. They will drop conversation in 15 minutes when due to their short attention span they switch to something else. Tandem should only allow to find people in language X after an exam (questions from first 2 units of duolingo would be enough). And allow pro subscribers to hide themselves from bored unmotivated lazy people. These people are cancer in the community.