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What motivate you to help people in Lang-8?

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Dec 30th 2011 23:28
I recently started joining in Lang-8 because I could get nothing meaningful from communication service such as facebook or twitter. I have been looking forward to more practical online system or service. I hope Lang-8 will satisfy my starving desire for self-realization.
Rangel
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Dec 31st 2011 01:12
  • What motivate you to help people in Lang-8?

  • What motivates you to help people on Lang-8?

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  • I recently started joining in Lang-8 because I could get nothing meaningful from communication service such as facebook or twitter.

  • I recently joined Lang-8 because I could get nothing meaningful from communication services such as facebook or twitter. // or since 'joined' could in general mean that you've started to work for the company it might be better to say "registered on lang-8" instead

 
  • I have been looking forward to more practical online system or service.

  • I have been looking forward to a more practical online system or service.

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  • I hope Lang-8 will satisfy my starving desire for self-realization.

  • I hope Lang-8 will satisfy my burning desire for self-realization. // "burning desire" is rather idiomatic, so I think it's slightly better

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Dec 31st 2011 01:25 Yocchan
Thank you for your comments.
詠美
Thank you for your correction!
Jan 21st 2012 04:38
  • I recently started joining in Lang-8 because I could get nothing meaningful from communication service such as facebook or twitter.

  • I recently joined Lang-8 because I couldn't get anything meaningful out of other communication services like Facebook or Twitter. (I think 'joined' is fine here.)

 
You pose an interesting question - what motivates you to help people on Lang-8? I think for me, if they write an interesting journal entry, I'm likely to help them correct it because I'm interested in it. Even if they're my 'friend', if they write boring posts, it's really hard to care about correcting them.

How about you?

I'm sorry I can't read your other entries, but I don't speak any Spanish beyond 'Adios' and 'Cansada' and stuff like that. ;)
Jan 21st 2012 13:42 Yocchan
Thank you for your correcting my entry. It is fun for me to learn Spanish because my skill is still entry level. When I practice writing Spanish, I recall the old good days when I was learning English in junior high as well. In those days, everything looked new, exciting and stimulating. I felt I opened a new door one by one everyday. I feel like sharing this pleasure through helping correction. (^^)
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