Lang-8 Blog

The User menu & Settings will show up when you hover the mouse cursor over your user name at the top-right corner of a page.

1. Messages

Use this to access your private inbox, from which you can send and receive messages from other members.

2. My Friends

This will display a list of your friends.

In [ My Friends Settings ], you can write testimonials about other users, and remove people from your friends list.

• How does the friends list work? 

3. My Journal 

This displays a list of your posted entries and drafts.

You can edit the contents or delete them via the [Edit] button.

• How to write a journal
• How to edit a submitted journal entry
• How to delete a submitted journal entry

4. My Notebook

This displays corrections stored in your “Notebook”.

• What’s my Notebook ?

5. My Groups

This displays the list of groups that you’ve joined.

• How to join a group

6. Footprints

Shows who has visited your profile.

7. Favorites

This displays your list of favorite users.

8. Premium

This is the link to Lang-8 Premium Settings (Requires Lang-8 Premium)

9. Edit Profile

Use this to edit your profile, avatar, language of study and so on.

10. Settings

This is the link to Settings on Lang-8.

• How to change your password
• How to change your registered e-mail address

11. Logout

Log-out of your Lang-8 account

Contents:

1. Lang-Match

Lang-Match is a service aimed at aiding you to quickly find other users to enjoy learning languages with.

The more search parameters you fill, the more accurate the search will be. Give it a try!

2. Groups: 

Groups allow people from all over the world with similar hobbies, interests or languages to communicate. Try joining a few, or even starting your own!

3. Rankings :

Here you can see which members have been working hard on their language skills. Can you get to number 1?

1. Home :

No matter where you are on the site, you can always quickly get back to your homepage. 

2. Write :

Allows you to write a new journal entry.

-> How do I write a journal entry?

3. Correct :

This will show a list of journals written in your native language that are awaiting your corrections. There’s always interesting new material being posted!

4. Popular :

You can see the list of the latest “Popular” entries and corrections.

-> What is popular entries ?

-> What is popular corrections ?

5. Help :

This link will take you to the Lang-8 Help pages. If you’re stuck, try here first.

Much like other social networks, on Lang-8 you can add users to your friends list. Once you add a user to your “My Friends” list, your friend’s latest journals will show up on your Lang-8 home page. In addition, your latest journals will also be listed on your friend’s Lang-8 home page.

This makes your journals more likely to be corrected by your friends, and of course, you can find your friend’s latest journal entries more easily and correct them.

Note: You do not have to correct your friend’s entries. How much time you spend correcting journals is totally up to you. 

You can remove friends whenever you want via [My Friends Settings].

In “My Friends Settings”, if you want to remove someone from your friend list, just click on [Remove from My Friends].

-> How to send a friend-link request

1. Click on “Edit Profile” using the drop-down menu on the right hand side of the navigation bar.

2. Fill in the blanks, and click on “Preview” 

3. After confirming the content, click on “Submit” to complete.

Each menu option has it’s own privacy settings. You can choose to share information with everyone on the internet, Lang-8 users only, your friends only, or you can keep it private.

Public information can be searched by other users looking for language partners. The more information you have available, the more likely you are to be discovered by others!

If you receive spam messages or comments, please let us know via the “Report Spam” link.

( If you are unable to use the “Report Spam” link, mail us at support@lang-8.com with the spammer’s ID number )

**If you receive spam messages on Lang-8, please don’t click on any links included in the messages, and please don’t reply to them by e-mail directly.

Upon receiving a Spam Report from a user, we will check the spammer’s account and delete it if we find that the user violates the Terms of Service. 

Case 1. Spam Message

In the bottom right corner of a message is the ”Report Spam” link.

Click on “Report Spam” and report it to us.

Case 2: Spam Journal

Place the cursor over the right-bottom corner of the journal, just under the Evernote ‘capturer’ link, to display the “Report Spam” link.

Click on “Report Spam” to report it to us.

Case 3: Spam Comment

Place the cursor over the spam comment, and then “Report Spam” link will appear above the message to the right and side.

Click on “Report Spam” to report it to us.

If you are unsure if a message is spam or not, please report it. Together we can make Lang-8 a better place!

When you write a journal, you have the option to also write it in your own native language. Doing so will allow correctors to see what you were trying to express, and can also help them with their own study.

For details, please refer to “Write in your native language” reference.

If your Paypal payment for your premium account fails, first log onto Paypal Website and check the following details.

1. Your registered credit card number and account number information

2. The expiration date of your registered credit card

The Paypal payment will fail if either of these are incorrect, so please make sure they are accurate.

For details, refer to the following link.　

How to check payment status (Paypal Website)

Why did the withdrawal to my bank account fail? (Paypal Website)

To change the display language of the website, choose your language from the pull-down list found at the bottom right of the site. This will change the menu options where available. Menus not yet available in your language will be displayed in English.

1. Access the settings menu from the top-right navigation menu.

2. Select the [Nortifications Settings] tab.
　　http://lang-8.com/config

You can select when to receive email notifications from Lang-8. If you do not wish to receive any emails, select No for every option. 

3. Click on “Save”.

Thank you very much for using Lang-8.

The price for lang-8 premium accounts will change on July 1st 2012 (Japanese team) due to the appreciation of the Yen.

Note: Lang-8 will remain a free service, and you will be able to continue using the website without paying. These changes only effect our premium services.

If you already have a premium account, the price will remain the same for as long as you maintain the account.

If you upgrade to a premium account before July 1st, 2012, you will be able to take advantage of the lower price.

The price is only changing for payments made through Paypal. The price will remain unchanged for payments made by credit card and Yahoo! Wallet (available in Japan).

Payment with Paypal

$5 per month 

$45 per year

Payment with Paypal

$7 per month

$63 per year

Lang-8 premium

http://lang-8.com/premium/intro

Thank you very much for your understanding

Lang-8 team