I had bad experiences. I understand people want to practice talking, but those bad experiences made me delete Skype and never accept talking like that..

That's a very interesting topic to discuss... In my humble opinion, it all depends from a certain person's qualities. When two people having mean business in mind meet, it's gonna be a conversation full of positive sides. You know, I used lots of different apps and many poeple look for just chatting there and dialogues rarely reach it's goal if you want to learn; it's useless tho while during daily routine stuff you barely have enough time for extra chats. Among hundreds of people I found jsut a few of them to have learning with, incredible! This site looks different, although I registered just yesterday. When you meet with somebody, it's vital to agree about your intentions and, if they're similar, just go on, get to know him and exchange. If you feel good, your characters are appropriate to each other and it's interesting talking to him, then it's just great

I thinks it’s fine to have language partners. If anything happens, you can report the person to italki and forget about it,

Hi, I have several language partners, which work quite well. I have had some that just didn't work out. I only reply to a person if they have a profile picture. Then, I ask them to talk to me on skype first as an introduction and to see if they are a good fit. If they only want to text before a face to face (skype) introduction, I delete them. Some people were skeptical, when I offered English to them and wouldn't skype right away. They thought I had a secondary agenda, but I thought if they wouldn't introduce themselves via skype, then I should stay away from them. Keep in mind, italki deals with many different cultures and you may not understand what you are getting into. Be honest, be direct, and don't be afraid to tell somebody to get lost, if they have the wrong intentions.