Mandarin and Cantonese are technically my “Native” languages, but honestly English is my “real” native language.
I kinda wanna go on those sites and like talk to Mandarin/Cantonese speakers, since I know English at a native level, I’m sure there’s gonna be a lot of people that wanna talk to me to practice English… its a also good way for me to practice my Cantonese or Mandarin that I haven’t had a chance to speak for a long tine.
Problem is, I have social anxiety… also privacy issues, I’m worried my voice could get cloned or something, and I kinda don’t wanna expose my face online for video chats…
So… so you think the privacy risk is worth getting to re-connecting with my people?
I’ve been meaning to try learning mandarin for quite a while now, as it would be useful for me at work, but I find duolingo to be annoying and focusing the least on what actually enables me to remember anything. Especially since I don’t have much use for written mandarin.
Privacy depends how it is done. I for one would probably not be comfortable with a video call. An audio call of some sort would be better, as it can be done reasonably anonymously.