Speaky - Language Exchange
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Good idea, poor execution
Poorly executed, so virtually no info or content you could rely on. Minimalist by design, but as a result of poor execution it takes enormous amount of time to just find someone useful (I think they hide the info on all languages that a person wants to learn to maximize the number of clicks... sad). No bio/resume, no language credentials are verified and there is no peer rating system (this is so much inferior to paid language tutoring sites, like e.g. Preply), so it is a random choice website. And they fight you when you try to fix the anonymity problem, by imposing a 300-character limit in profile descriptions is just like on Twitter, so even if you wan to give more info on yourself, you can't, forcing your conversation partners to operate on zero data i.e. blind (I appreciate it doesn't take long to start - but please don't force that very opinionated limit on people who can/like to write). Judging from the female descriptions, many male users seem to use it for other purposes, such as "6ting", dating or scams. Females otoh promote their Instagram, or are to test the waters, since they are too young to register on proper (sugar) dating sites. Yes, you guessed it, better sites are available ( see some reviews online ).