Lang-8
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Lang-8.com was a language exchange social networking website geared towards language learners. The website was run by Lang-8 Inc., which was based in Tokyo, Japan. As of 2017, there were over 750,000 registered users spanning more than 190 countries and 90 languages. Since its closure on February 29, 2024, users have been redirected to their other service, HiNative.
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- Official website
- lang-8.com
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- Alexa rank
- 19794
- inception
- 2006-08-00
- social media followers
- 9558
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Lang-8.com was a language exchange social networking website geared towards language learners. The website was run by Lang-8 Inc., which was based in Tokyo, Japan. As of 2017, there were over 750,000 registered users spanning more than 190 countries and 90 languages. Since its closure on February 29, 2024, users have been redirected to their other service, HiNative.
==History== Yangyang Xi, born in China and raised in Japan, conceived of Lang-8.com when he was 23 years old. At that time, he was a student at Kyoto University studying abroad in Shanghai, China. There, he kept a journal with his Chinese friends. Yangyang was studying Chinese and wrote entries in Chinese for his friends to correct. In return, his friends wrote entries in Yangyang's primary language (Japanese) for him to correct. This would be the catalyst for Lang-8.