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Re:Show HN: I made a website to connect you with speakers of... by lasfter on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @02:14PM (#14704839)
Hi there, I made this site because I wanted to find pen pals to practice French with. While HelloTalk exists, I didn't really like how it worked and it lacked a web interface which I really wanted.

This web app won't be very useful if you know nothing about a language, but if you have even a beginner level it's incredibly useful to chat with fluent speakers.

I'd appreciate any feedback, as this is the first real website I've launched :)

Re:Show HN: I made a website to connect you with speakers of... by nkkollaw on Thursday July 06, 2017 @01:34PM (#14712175)
I love the idea, design, name, and logo (perhaps not the domain name that much).

I'm trying Eng > Pol but I can't seem to be able to connect.

No Poles?

Re:Show HN: I made a website to connect you with speakers of... by NetStrikeForce on Thursday July 06, 2017 @09:08AM (#14710059)
I've read trypol.ly as "Tripoli", capital of Libya :)
Re:Show HN: I made a website to connect you with speakers of... by frantzmiccoli on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @02:16PM (#14704863)
Doesn't work here (Luxembourg)

"trypol.ly’s server DNS address could not be found."

Re:Show HN: I made a website to connect you with speakers of... by lasfter on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @02:40PM (#14705041)
Thanks so much for the heads up! My domain was being pointed to some stale nameservers in Libya (the .ly extension) which I guess responded to you before the ones in North America :)

I got rid of them but it will take a while for the changes to propagate.

Re:Show HN: I made a website to connect you with speakers of... by optikals on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @05:00PM (#14706065)
I speak a bit French, English, and Russian. Chatting is not learning!
Re:Show HN: I made a website to connect you with speakers of... by ice109 on Thursday July 06, 2017 @08:27AM (#14709816)
what do you mean?