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go on a dating site where the majority of users speak the language you want to learn. use google translate to get by and you'll slowly get better at reading and
by cultofmetatron 4y ago
go on a dating site where the majority of users speak the language you want to learn. use google translate to get by and you'll slowly get better at reading and writing spanish in conversation. I unintentionally learned spanish this way.
- Aachen 4y agoIf you get matches that reply more than once, or a reasonable rate of matches at all
- cultofmetatron 4y agothe dating market is drastically different depending on the country. In general, I get way more interest in Europe, asia or latin america. In latin america, I'd get a respsonse 3 out of 5 tries with 2 out of 5 ending up in an actual date. by comparison, my hit rate was more like 1 in 100 when I'm in america. tldr: the dating market in america is trash.
- silverpepsi 4y agoNot sure if Chad agrees
- Aachen 4y agoI'm not in America
- smcin 4y agoOk, but Example: on a dating app, change your zipcode to Manhattan from any other
- smcin 4y agoOk, but your response rate will also contain some people motivated by the passport, visa or standard-of-living discrepancy. It's not trivial to weed those out, unless you put something like a canary in your profile ("Message me with your favorite color"). There will also be scammers, fakes, catfish, pig-butchering/cryptobunnies, AI fakes. Example: on a dating app, change your zipcode to Manhattan from any other US location, and you'll get tend to get flooded with matches from eastern Europe and central Asia [if you turn off the distance/country filter]. You can A/B test how much zipcode affects your response, it can be huge.
- cultofmetatron 4y agoIt can be difficult to weed out scammers for sure. Just don't send money and see who sticks around. theres still a reasonable signal to noise ratio. Meet in person and see if you vibe in person. Same rules wether you're talking to someone in your own country ir another. That said, if you're just talking for language learning, none of these things matter. langauge pracice is language practice.
- smcin 4y agoYou had said "the dating market" so I was talking about dating apps. Language-learning apps don't broadcast your zipcode or filter suggested friends by zipcode or distance.