Nanren has been around here for quite a while, and makes some good points. It is my opinion that the new look of the site is not good for serious language learners. Personally, I’m *not* looking for a language partner, but if one were, it would make sense as a first step to focus on speakers of your target language who post interesting content, and take the time to correct learners’ exercises and answer learners’ questions. As a second step, it would be nice to know that they are actually reliable, as opposed to time-wasters. Ideally, you would find people with whom you would be friends “in real life”, even if you were not learning their language. What about you, Rita, what do you think?

Abandon all algorithms and all systematic aspirations and go with a randon walk. Actually, I know nothing of the "new" look site and have been wandering aimlessly for some time looking for what works. Translation: good question. I wonder about best practice for anything.