I will start with positives as others have: this version includes more prompts for specific types of language use. This is better than learners writing anything, but the clear functionality of the old Notebook section is missing. It’s more difficult to correct posts, and it can be difficult to tell if the learner is seeking correction. Another positive is the new audio feature. Now, the negatives. The biggest negative for me, as for several other longer members, is that when it was not cluttered with language partner requests, the old Discussion forum was great. I am not a web developer, but I can imagine putting up a “locked” dialogue box as a required step when someone is starting a new discussion post, asking if they are posting only to find a language partner. Then they could be redirected to a functional language exchange page. With that filter, the Discussion page several of us *liked* would flourish. Other negatives: as others note, users see posts for languages seemingly at random, whether they are learning them or not. I’ve sort of experienced this. It also seems like the interface now discourages replies. Some call this Instagram-like. I don’t know, but it really seems like clear communication was lost.

What has happened to the Discussion section? A forum specifically for cultural and language learning discussion, not just language production practice.