1 The spirit of this place
Every person here is doing something genuinely difficult: expressing themselves in a language they haven't mastered. That means posting sentences that are clumsy, wrong, or accidentally funny. A beginner who gets mocked once usually stops posting forever — and the community loses them.
The one rule behind all the others
Assume every post was written by someone braver than they feel. Reply the way you'd want someone to reply to you in your weakest language.
2 Correcting other learners
Corrections are the point of this community — but how you correct decides whether someone keeps practising.
- Correct the sentence, never the person.
- Say what was wrong and why. "It's fui, not era" teaches far less than adding "because it's a completed action."
- Lead with what they got right. There's almost always something.
- Use the built-in correction tool when you can — it shows a clean diff instead of a wall of text.
- Don't rewrite someone's whole post into your own style and call it a correction.
- Don't pile on. If three people already corrected the same error, upvote instead.
- Don't correct someone who explicitly asked for conversation practice only.
3 Language & tone
Each community belongs to a target language. Post in that language where you can — even badly. Falling back to English is fine when you're stuck or when explaining a subtle grammar point.
- Keep discussion relevant to the community you're posting in.
- Machine-translated posts presented as your own work help nobody. Say when you used a translator.
- Slang and regional variation are welcome — flag them as such so learners don't over-generalise.
4 What doesn't belong here
- Harassment, slurs, or attacks on someone's nationality, accent, or ability.
- Sexually explicit material, graphic violence, or content involving minors.
- Spam, referral links, or promotion of competing services.
- Impersonating a native speaker or a Nekolingo staff member.
- Sharing anyone's private information, including screenshots of private chats.
- Anything illegal in the jurisdiction you're posting from.
A note on "just practising"
Practising a language is never a defence for abusive content. A slur is a slur in every language.
5 How we enforce this
We aim to be proportionate. Most problems are a misunderstanding of tone rather than bad intent, and a quiet word resolves them.
Typical first step
The post is removed and you get a note explaining which rule it broke.
Repeated or severe
Posting privileges are suspended, temporarily or permanently. Harassment and content involving minors skip straight here.
Your learning data, streak, and progress are never affected by a community suspension — only your ability to post, comment, and vote.
6 Reporting something
If you see something that breaks these rules, report it rather than replying to it. Engaging usually amplifies the problem.
Report a post or user: use the report control on the post itself.
Anything urgent or serious: [email protected]
These rules sit alongside our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.