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[–] Swordinferno@lemmy.world 139 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why leave the app installed if you're done using it?

[–] CelloMike@lemmy.world 117 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Knowing how prone they are to this kind of crap, I wanted to wait and see what it'd say when my streak ran out, I wasn't disappointed

[–] Sneezydinosaur@lemmy.world 77 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you use the duolingo widget you can watch duo drop down a depressive spiral until they eventually die alone in the desert. It's my favorite part of the app.

[–] Sprinks@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I uninstalled the app years ago and still see this in the play store.

[–] TisI@reddthat.com 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Damn! The more I read I about it, the creepier it gets! The fuck is wrong with them.

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 94 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

never used Duolingo, but i think i can relate now, i had a toxic girlfriend that would talk to me in Portuguese, i don't speak that language

[–] misterdoctor@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

never used Duolingo

i don’t speak that language

I believe I may have a solution

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i am trying not to go back to abusive relationships

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago

Portuguese isn't that bad

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[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 79 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Come to think of it, an application threatening, shaming, and guilt tripping you into coming back might not be the healthiest thing ever.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 48 points 1 week ago (5 children)

The aggressive notifications to do a lesson are literally why I use it. I have ADHD. Without the owl threatening to kill me and everyone I know, I would forget about it and forget all that I've learned so far. 😔

[–] ndondo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 week ago (4 children)

The gamification is genuinely so helpful. You can get it through other apps like habitica with some setup. I have ADHD too but I found Duolingo good for habit building but jot the greatest for actual language learning

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

DuoLingo replicates all the same patterns as an abusive relationship.

[–] A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Kinda does wonders to develop habits when you have ADHD.

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 72 points 1 week ago (5 children)

"Streaks" are shitty dark patterns IMO.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 41 points 1 week ago

I liked it because it was a learning app and I have a tendency to fall off. But paying real money to restore my streak? Hell nah

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[–] voodooattack@lemmy.world 59 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

2291 days streak

Fuck. I dunno what to do with this

Edit: just cancelled my subscription to super Duolingo. Fuck them

[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 14 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I think posting your high score might make people want to top you.

[–] DoubleSpace@lemm.ee 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
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[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (4 children)

It's unfortunate they stopped subbing...

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[–] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 51 points 1 week ago (3 children)

One notification like this and your app immediately gets notification permission revoked on my phone (if not uninstalled).

[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I have notifications disabled by default, by that I mean the moment an app requests permission I deny it, unless it's a messaging app, an app store that I want update notifications from or something I trust etc., and if it triggers more than three requests it's off my phone.

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[–] hark@lemmy.world 43 points 1 week ago (10 children)

I stopped using duolingo a couple years ago because I noticed I was just doing the bare minimum to maintain my streak instead of actually learning something new.

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[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Wife's streak is at 1,618 days across multiple categories. Almost 4.5 years. I imagine it's like smoking at this point.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 week ago (6 children)

What is the actual point of a streak?

A sense of pride and accomplishment?

[–] voodooattack@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Sense of achievement mainly

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

At one point it was gamification to tie the reward center of your brain into continuing to train using the app. Now it seems that it's half that or half https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_pattern to get you to pay to keep that reward system going.

[–] CrowAirbrush@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

To make you addicted so you keep coming back

[–] percent@infosec.pub 11 points 1 week ago

Personally, my interest in language learning comes and goes. Doing the minimum to maintain a streak prevents me from forgetting too much before my interest returns.

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[–] musubibreakfast@lemm.ee 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Does she actually speak the language she's learning?

[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Donde, está, la biblioteca. Me llamo T-Bone La araña discoteca. Discoteca, muñeca, La biblioteca Está en bigotes grandes, el perro, manteca. Manteca, bigotes, gigante, pequeño, la cabeza es nieve, cerveza es bueno. Buenos dias, me gusta papas frías, los bigotes de la cabra Es Cameron Diaz.

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[–] kautau@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Having heard very mixed things about Duolingo's actual usefulness, does your wife speak or write well in any of the languages she's used the app to learn?

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[–] Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Duolingo is so stupidly annoying these days. It has gotten so much worse compared to a few years ago.

Constant bugging, too many popups that are almost as bad as Microsoft products. I want to learn a goddamn language not jump through a hundred hoops every single time.

Not to mention that it all boils down to a guessing game. Some questions have multiple answers and unless you choose that specific one that DuoLingo had in mind it counts as wrong. It also won't tell you why you guessed wrong.

Are there better apps these days?

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[–] mean_bean279@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

There’s a great video from WSJ with their exec team that talks about how those notifications are hugely beneficial both to their users, and to their revenue. Even if you pay for the full thing like I do you still get those notifications. They aren’t “desperate” they’re targeted specifically to get people to come back and keep learning. They also don’t care about showing you ads as much since their majority of money comes from paying users. If anything the ads are to just get you to pay for the app.

https://youtu.be/9KqrnBiyBQ8

[–] GongFuFlashSteep@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 week ago (12 children)

Anyone have a good Duolingo alternative?

[–] seeking_perhaps@mander.xyz 1 points 6 days ago

Look up ALG language learning. That's the best way to learn languages.

[–] RadicalEagle@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Quit your current life and move to a country where they speak the language you want to learn. Get a menial job in a small town, find new friends, and learn what love is. Then you’ll know what it truly means to speak a language.

[–] xxd@discuss.tchncs.de 56 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

This is the language equivalent of the "I have a small issue with this software." - "Have you tried switching your OS to Linux and using a FOSS alternative?" conversation lol

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Lol it's almost even more extreme and has a common trope I love. "Hey I got this spam text..."

"Burn all your devices. Remove yourself from the grid. Scrub your identity. Purchase a single burner phone. Root it and install Graphene. Yes it's hard. Google it. Wait, don't google it. Search for it elsewhere. Amass money somehow without using technology. Cut off your family ties. You need to move to another country. You will need a work visa to move to most countries. But to get that you will need an accepted job in advance. And to have that you will probably need to access technology. Instead, buy a fake passport, because very few countries will just let you 'move somewhere' with a 'menial job.' Once you get there, develop passive income streams and quit your job. After you have been a landlord for two years you will finally know what it's like to claim that being a landlord is a real job because you need to talk to tenants and file paperwork natively for an hour or two a week."

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[–] Banana@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Anyone know how to afford moving costs?

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 week ago

Mango Languages is available for free through many libraries and has an app.

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[–] cathfish@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Has anyone actually learned any language with duo lingo ?

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I learned probably 90% of my Spanish through Duolingo. My reading is good enough that I can usually follow along with Spanish news articles and Spanish spoken at a moderate pace. (So almost none of it, haha) I have hearing comprehension problems with English as well though, so that’s not Duolingo’s fault.

I’m definitely not fluent, but it’s not like I wouldn’t know what to do if someone handed me a form in Spanish, either.

Overall it’s just the repetition that matters. I don’t think I would know any less Spanish if I’d spent 20-30 minutes every day for the past 2+ years using a different app to learn.

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