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Lang-8.com is a language exchange social networking website geared towards language learners. The website is run by Lang-8 Inc., which is based in Tokyo, ... Lang-8.com FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Lang-8.comTypeofsiteSocialNetworkingWebsiteAvailable inJapanese,English,Mandarin,Taiwanese,Korean,Spanish,Cantonese,Russian,German,French,Portuguese,Italian,Tagalog,Indonesian,Arabic,Dutch,Swedish,Vietnamese,Thai,Finnish,Polish,Norwegian,Turkish,MalayOwnerLang-8Inc.URLwww.lang-8.comCommercialYesRegistrationRequiredLaunchedAugust2006Current statusactiveforexistingmembers,newregistrationsaresuspended. Lang-8.comisalanguageexchangesocialnetworkingwebsitegearedtowardslanguagelearners.ThewebsiteisrunbyLang-8Inc.,whichisbasedinTokyo,Japan.Currently,[when?]thereareover750,000registeredusersspanningmorethan190countriesand90languages. Contents 1History 2Features 2.1Featurescommontoallaccounts 2.2Premiumaccountfeatures 3Community 4Awards 5References History[edit] YangyangXi,borninChinaandraisedinJapan,conceivedofLang-8.comwhenhewas23yearsold.Atthattime,hewasastudentatKyotoUniversitystudyingabroadinShanghai,China.There,hekeptajournalwithhisChinesefriends.YangyangwasstudyingChineseandwroteentriesinChineseforhisfriendstocorrect.Inreturn,hisfriendswroteentriesinYangyang'sprimarylanguage(Japanese)forhimtocorrect.ThiswouldbethecatalystforLang-8. InAugust2006,YangyangandclassmateKazukiMatsumotocreatedLang-8.comasaresearchproject.TheprogramwaslimitedtothestudentsofKyotoUniversity.BetweenAprilandAugust2007thewebsitewasrestructuredandonJune29,2007YangYangXiestablishedtheLang-8Inc.company. In2009,YangyangandKazukihadafallingoutandKazukileftthecompany.YangyangiscurrentlytheCEOofthecompany.[1] In2016,Lang-8raised200millionYen.[2] SinceFebruary2017,nonewuserregistrationshavebeenallowed.[3]Theysaytheyoriginallyplannedtoliftthesuspensionafter6months.InMarch2018theyfinallyextendedthesuspensionwithoutaspecificenddate.Accordingtotheirblogpost,thissuspensionisduetothefactthattheyareasmallcompanysotheydonothavetheresourcestodealwithspammersandbotsthathavebeenabusingtheplatform,andtoworkontheLang-8appanditssisterserviceHiNativesimultaneously.[4] Features[edit] Featurescommontoallaccounts[edit] Usersareabletopostinthelanguage(s)theyarelearningandthatpostwillappeartonativespeakersofthatlanguageforcorrection.Usersarelimitedtotwolearninglanguages. Userscanalsocorrectpostswrittenintheirnativelanguage.Thecorrectionfeatureincludesthingssuchascolorcoding,bold,andstrikethrough. Premiumaccountfeatures[edit] Entriespostedbypremiumaccountmembersaregivenprioritydisplaywhichincreasesthelikelihoodofreceivingacorrection. Otherpremiumaccountfeaturesincludetheabilitytoaddimagestoentries,downloadPDFversionsofentries/corrections,addanunlimitednumberoflearninglanguages,hideadvertisements,performpersonaljournalsearches,customizethebackgroundwithimages,andmakesuggestionstoimprovecorrectionentry. Community[edit] AsofDecember2013,thewebsitehasover750,000registeredmembersandcontinuestoexperiencesolidgrowth.However,usershavebeenunabletoregisterandareredirectedtotheirotherservice,HiNative,whichhadabout240,000usersbytheendofSeptember2016,[5]sinceMarch2017. Theuserbaseismadeupofpeoplefromover190countries,speakingaround90differentlanguages.TheprimaryuserbaseisJapanese,withapproximately30%ofusersoriginatingfromJapan.[6] Awards[edit] In2009,Lang-8.comreceivedtheWish2009ITMediaAwardwithnotablerecognitionformarketability.TheWish2009isaneventthatshowcasesinnovativestartupwebservices.[7] References[edit] ^Hirano,Takeshi(7February2013)."Lang-8:Thelanguagelearningstartupthat'splayingthelonggame". ^"語学学習Q&Aアプリ「HiNative」運営が2億円の資金調達、2017年末の250万ユーザー獲得を目指す|BRIDGE（ブリッジ）テクノロジー＆スタートアップ情報".4October2016. ^Lang-820.März,facebook.com ^"Regardingthesuspensionofnewsign-upsonLang-8".Lang-8Blog.Retrieved2018-08-15. ^"語学学習サービス「HiNative」のLang-8が2億円調達——開発・マーケを強化し17年末250万ユーザーを目指す". ^Hirano,Takeshi(10January2013)."50万ユーザーを抱えるある学生起業家の苦悩と挑戦"(inJapanese). ^"Archivedcopy".Archivedfromtheoriginalon2009-07-17.Retrieved2014-02-08.CS1maint:archivedcopyastitle(link)(Japanese) Officialhelpsectionoflang-8.com ThesecretlanguageofonlinestudybyHarveyBeasley–Jselectmagazinevol36.No3[failedverification] Lang-8putsnetworkingontoalinguisticlevelByKendallManlove AreviewonTechCrunchbySerkanTotoonMay23,2009 Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lang-8.com&oldid=1049896536" Categories:MultilingualwebsitesSocialnetworkinglanguage-learningwebsitesJapaneseeducationalwebsitesLanguageexchangeprogramsHiddencategories:CS1Japanese-languagesources(ja)CS1maint:archivedcopyastitleAllarticleswithvagueorambiguoustimeVagueorambiguoustimefromApril2017AllarticleswithfailedverificationArticleswithfailedverificationfromDecember2017 Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk Variants expanded collapsed Views ReadEditViewhistory More expanded collapsed Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages 한국어ItalianoLatina日本語Polski中文 Editlinks