Thank you very much for using Lang-8.
Lang-8 is a language exchange web service, so it is very important that users not only enjoy receiving help from native speakers, but also correct other user’s entries in return.
Currently, only 69.5% of entries get corrections.
So we decided to change the system so that the more you correct the more corrections you receive.
If you correct many entries and get L points, your entry will be shown at a higher line on the “Correct” page.
In particular, you can got L points when you correcting other’s entries, receive thanks points, or get native nods.
Your L points will decrease when you post a new entry or as time goes on.
We hope this new system will help you, as well as increase thecorrections on your entries.
*This change applies only to “Correct” page, but not “My Home”.
Premium users’ entries are still shown higher on My Home’s column as it was before.
You can confirm your L points on the “Write” page or your profile page.
Thank you very much,
Lang-8 Team.
Let’s take a look at some Lang-8 correction statistics.
First, let’s take a look at the correction ratio (the percentage of articles which have received one or more corrections) across all languages.
All Entries: 69.5%
All Premium Account Entries: 91.3%
Next let’s take a look at the correction ratio for entries written in English, which has the most entries of any language.
All English Entries: 52.4%
All Premium Account English Entries: 88%
So we can see that an entry written in English by a premium user is 33% more likely to be corrected than one written by a normal user. In other words, 1.7 times more likely.
Of course, our aim is to create a network where both premium and non-premium users receive corrections 100% of the time.
Our aim with these statistics was not to try and force you to sign up for a Lang-8 premium account!
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……… Although… of course… we would be super happy if you were to sign up for a Premium account!
After all, premium users are helping to fund the development of Lang-8 into a fully developed language network.
There’s a whole bunch of advantages to a premium account other than just a higher correction chance.
Interested in a premium account? Click here for more info
*Lang-8 provides a platform for native users to correct your journal 24 hours a day from anywhere in the world.
*Statistics based on numbers pulled from the system on March 6th 2013.
*Correction ratios for all users included premium users in the statistics.
Over the last few weeks, we’ve been working hard to fix any incorrect or confusing messages or text on the Lang-8 website.
Our goal is to make Lang-8 as easy to use as possible for new members.
If you have a few minutes, please browse around on the site, ideally in your native language, and let us know if any of the messages or information displayed are incorrect.
To change the language of the website, please use the language selector at the bottom of the page.
If you find something, please let us know using one of the following methods:
1. Send an email, with the link and incorrect message, to support@lang-8.com
2. Leave a comment, with the link and incorrect message, at the Lang-8 Official Facebook Page.
3. Tweet the link and incorrect message, using the hashtag #lang8
Any and all help is very much appreciated!
Thank you for your ongoing support,
The Lang-8 Team
Thank you very much for using Lang-8!
We have removed the ‘title’ box from the journal posting page.
Instead the first line of the journal will be used as the title instead.
Hopefully this will make posting new journal entries quicker and easier.
Thank you very much,
The Lang-8 team
Thank you very much for using Lang-8!
Today we are happy to announce the launch of our brand new, sleek and exciting ‘My Home’ page, available right now!
Before we were using a 3-column display, but we felt the amount of information displayed was overwhelming, so we’ve streamlined the page down to 2-columns.
The navigation links that were previously on the left hand side of ‘My Home’ are gone. To move around the site, please use the drop-down navigation panel accessible through the top navigation bar.
For more information, check the following blog entries.
I want to change or not display the number of entries displayed on my page.
Thank you very much,
The Lang-8 team
We are happy to announce you can now log in to Lang-8 using your Facebook or Twitter profile. If you already have an account, follow these steps to connect your account to your service of choice:
1) Login to Lang-8 with your existing account.
Note: If you attempt to link your accounts without logging in, a new Lang-8 account will be generated instead.
2) Select “Settings” from the menu, then select the “Other Setting” tab.
3) Put either your Facebook or Twitter account in the blanks and click “Connect”.
Then you’re done! Twitter users can have new posts automatically posted, with Facebook support coming in the near future.
There’s nothing worse than something urgent coming up when you’re half way through correcting someone’s journal.
Fortunately, the new Lang-8 correction manager solves this problem!
1) When you’re done correcting a sentence, click on the ‘Preview’ button.
2) Choose to leave this page.
You can click the ‘leave’ button, when you see the question ” Are you sure you want to leave this page? Some correction boxes are opened.”
3) By doing this, you save your comments as a draft. If you come back later, you’ll be presented with this message;
Select ‘Continue’ and your previous corrections will appear. If you select ‘No’ to start again.
Occasionally, changing your browser’s zoom can cause the Lang-8 menu to display incorrectly. To fix this, please set the zoom option on your browser to 100%
[ Broken Layout ]
[ Correct Layout ]
Select your browser from the list below for instructions on changing zoom level;
If you’d prefer to use short-cut keys, you can use the following.
Have you ever heard of the social translation website Conyac?
You can request translations, or earn money by being a translator. Registration is free.
As most of the translations are only around 400 characters long, you don’t need to dedicate hours to working. You can simply translate material whenever it suits you.
Lang-8 is starting a campaign with Conyac today!
You can win $10 if you sign up as a translator from the following link.
https://conyac.cc/lang8?by=10747
We have replaced our letter-based correction tools ( [BOLD], [CROSS OUT] ) with simpler icons.
Explanations of each correction tool are as follows:
“Bold” makes the selected text bold.
“Cross out” crosses out the selected text with a horizontal line.
“Red” highlights the selected text in red.
“Blue” highlights the selected text in blue.
“Gray” highlights the selected text in gray.
“Unformat”：removes all the changes you’ve made.