How can I take back a “Thanks points”?
You can not take back a “Thanks points”.
How to share a new entry on Facebook
Thank you for always supporting us.
From now on, you can share a new Lang-8 entry on Facebook.
1) Edit your journal.
2) Click on the ‘+ Display option’.
3) Click on the box that says, ‘Post this entry to Facebook’.
4) Publish the journal.
5) You can choose to share your post with friends, friends of friends or make the post public.
（The first time you choose share an entry, you’ll be taken to Facebook automatically)
6) Your journal will be posted to your timeline on Facebook.
That’s it!
※There’s another way to change your Facebook settings.
Please select the drop-down navigation panel, accessible through the top navigation bar on ‘My page’.
Choose ‘Setting’→Click on ‘Other Setting’.
1) Choose ‘Setting’.
2) Click on ‘Other Setting’.
3) Click on the ‘connect’ button to bring you to Facebook.
You’ve finish!
※An additional note
You can disconnect from Facebook at any time, or choose whether or not you ‘post to Facebook by default’.
To do this, choose ‘Setting’→Click on ‘Other Setting’.
You are able to easily control your preferences this way.
I hope you will continue to use our service.
Thank you.
About Thanks Points
Thank you very much for using Lang-8.
On Lang-8, you can show your appreciation by giving Thanks Points to people who correct your posts.
You can give a Thanks Point by clicking the “Thanks” button next to the username of the person who corrected your entry.
This update changes the Thanks Points system.
After giving a Thanks Point.
Before the update:
You could give up to five Thanks Points for a single correction.
After the update:
You can only give one Thanks Points for a single correction.
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If you have received multiple Thanks Points (2 to 5) from one correction before the update, do not worry. One Thanks Point will be displayed next to the correction, but the actual amount received will be included in the total Thanks Point Count on your profile page.
Thank you very much,
The Lang-8 team
We’ve added rankings of L points.
You can check your ranking of L points at post page.
http://lang-8.com/journals/edit
The rankings depend on the L points you got over the past three days.
The higher your rank is, the higher your entries will be listed.
You can check your profile page and “write” page.
http://lang-8.com/journals/edit
We changed the L point system design.
Thank you very much for using Lang-8.
Today we changed the L point system design as follows.
[before the change]
- The L points were calculated from a user’s correction count, thanks points and native nods within the last couple of days.
[after the change]
- The L points are now calculated from a user’s total correction count, thanks points and native nods in whole period including before introduction the L point
- Not to reduce the L points with each passing day or user post
Thank you very much,
The Lang-8 team
About L points
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.
Do Premium Accounts really get more corrections?
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.
Please Help Us Improve The Lang-8 Website
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
Streamlined Journal Posting Process
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
The new ‘My Home’ layout is here!
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
