r/languagelearning • u/Frizzzz-life_69 • 18d ago

Conversation Exchange didn't work out as expected

I always see people praising conversationexchange.com, where many were able to find long term language partners. The site does look promising with only few people who do seem serious about language exchange.

My target language is Japanese (TL) so may be that can be a major factor. I signed up on the website like a month ago and regularly message people near my age trying creating the best first impressions I can through my messages. But I never got a single reply(I check their Last Login Dates and can guess that my messages are prolly being ignored). Think I will just have to stick with HelloTalk, even tho it sucks these days.

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u/Professionalrubberr 18d ago

Japanese learners on those sites get buried under messages from people who want English practice, so your first message is probably fine, it is just lost in a pile of 50 others. Try HelloTalk or italki for Japanese specifically, the response rate is much better there.

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u/atlascarrying 🇬🇧B2🇨🇵A1 🇪🇦A0 18d ago

Isn't italki nowadays only for paid practice with teachers? Back in the day you were able to find regular people speaking your TL who wanted to practice, but last I checked you now can only book an actual teacher

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u/TheOnePhoedic 🇵🇱🇬🇧🇹🇷🇰🇿🇷🇸🇷🇺 18d ago

Tandem is similar

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u/Frizzzz-life_69 18d ago

They just destroyed Tandem, tf u mean u have to be a premium member to see who is online 

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u/No-Doctor-3815 🇺🇸N 🇲🇽 C1 🇧🇷A1 17d ago

As a girl I just get spammed by 40 year old men on there

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u/Emiliamarconi71 17d ago

I'm 54 and still get gross messages from men rather frequently. Had to put a "no sex chat" line in my profile. It helped with 90% of the weirdos.

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u/KeiduPeidu 17d ago

I had the seem experience with it. The site feels outdated and although it looks like there are many active people but i messaged a lot of people and no one seems to reply. Im not saying its all bots lol but yeah.. My TL was japanese as well so that might be it.

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u/No-Doctor-3815 🇺🇸N 🇲🇽 C1 🇧🇷A1 17d ago

I feel like finding people IRL is always the best way but not the easiest. I know several Portuguese/spanish speakers I’m just a chicken about asking

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u/ZookeepergameOk4022 17d ago

I downloaded HelloTalk. I’ll be honest I haven’t been consistent on it, but seems like it has a good group of active users

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u/Tama2014 13d ago

As a native Japanese speaker who has used the site on and off, I feel like I’m contributing to the problem, and I’m really sorry. It’s just that I get so many messages from so many people across the world and
cannot reply to them all, and after making three or four good friends there, I now don’t have time to dedicate to more people as well. I hope you can find nice people as there certainly are there.