All TalkLive guides
Every guide we have written, filed in one cabinet. Pull a drawer, pick a card. If you came here to talk rather than read, the buttons are below too.
The Journal
For longer reading, the TalkLive Journal publishes essays, reporting and research digests: on why talking to strangers feels easier than we expect, what happened to Omegle, loneliness, listening, phone anxiety, learning a language by speaking, and the scams that start with "Hi". Its regional features look at South Asia, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas, and Seventeen Ways to Say Hello introduces every language TalkLive is available in.
How these guides are written
- Every page is written by hand and designed on its own. None is generated from a template with a keyword swapped in.
- Research is cited by author, year and journal, so you can look it up. Where a quotation appears, it is from its named source; where we summarise a study, we say so.
- TalkLive's own numbers are labelled as ours, with the period they cover - such as the busy hours in each country guide.
- Limits are stated, not hidden. Country preferences are not guarantees; identities are not verified; "not recorded by TalkLive" does not mean "cannot be recorded".
- The policies are the source of truth. Where a guide summarises the Privacy Policy, Terms or Community Guidelines, those documents win.
- Corrections are welcome. Email info@talklive.app and we will fix it.
About the guides
Who writes the TalkLive guides?
The team that builds TalkLive. Every guide is written and designed by hand, and factual claims cite their sources.
How do I report a mistake in a guide?
Email info@talklive.app with the page, the sentence and what you think is wrong. We correct errors and update the page date.
Where is the Journal?
At talklive.app/blog/ - long-form essays and research on conversation, loneliness, listening and language learning.