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schoenewaelder
Diglot
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Germany
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Studies: German, Spanish, Dutch

Message 9 of 11

06 August 2013 at 4:19pm | IP Logged

In general, not many people on this forum use the Internet
"comprehensive/packaged language learning" sites, such as Rosetta Stone or Live Mocha,
and whenever they do get discussed, most people seem to find them not particularly
helpful. I don't recall Rocket's internet option ever being discussed, but despite all
their irritating spamming, the original Rocket audio language course I found quite good
fun, altough the main narrator was a bit irritating.

Judging by her blog, Polyglosic seems to be a real person with a real interest in
languages. But on the subject of spam:

Iversen wrote:

But you can't really say that Polyglossic recommends that Rocket-thing
when the first thing that is mentioned in the message is the steep price and the next
thing is a couple of cheaper or free alternatives.

The web is stuffed with spam for Rocket Languages and LSLC and this is the tactic they
often use. Start with an apparently faintly critical impression, and then gradually
explain why it might be worth it after all, until they end up giving it fullsome
praise.

erenko wrote:

Polyglossic joined 216 days ago. Why would someone wait so many days to
post spam?

They are professionals, some work for PR agencies. They join lots of forums. They plan
their marketing strategies in advance.

Edited by schoenewaelder on 06 August 2013 at 4:24pm
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polyglossic
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Message 10 of 11

06 August 2013 at 4:48pm | IP Logged

Well, I hope you all believe me when I say that I'm not a spammer and I'm not a marketer. I'm a linguist and a language learner and I was hoping to get some impressions from people who have used a particular program.

schoenewaelder wrote:

I don't recall Rocket's internet option ever being discussed, but despite all
their irritating spamming, the original Rocket audio language course I found quite good
fun, altough the main narrator was a bit irritating.

I wasn't aware there was an earlier generation of this. Thank you!
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montmorency
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Studies: Danish, Welsh

Message 11 of 11

06 August 2013 at 6:09pm | IP Logged

polyglossic wrote:

Well, I hope you all believe me when I say that I'm not a spammer
and I'm not a marketer. I'm a linguist and a language learner and I was hoping to get
some impressions from people who have used a particular program.

Try not to take it personally.

People are understandably wary, having seen so much spam over the years, especially the
moderators, who see more than most of us, since they get rid of most of it before we
even notice.

Welcome to the forum, and I hope you stick around.

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