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• join@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  remember: none of the metrics duolingo keeps track of have anything to do with language proficiency. it’s a game not a learning tool.

  yes: duolingo > doing nothing
  but: any alternative learning method > duolingo

  they stay relevant through viral marketing - that is often objectively funny - not through efficacy. the idea is that if you want to learn a language, your first thought is to use duolingo. then if it fails you blame yourself: it cannot be the case that the most famous language-learning product doesn‘t actually help you learn a language.

  not saying they are evil, they are just a business doing business.

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  • restingOface@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Oh, no. Am I helping them advertise?

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    • join@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      technically yes, but my comment wasn’t meant as a moral indictment against you :)

      just a heads up: learning a new language is an amazing experience, just consider alternatives to duolingo first

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    • capt_wolf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Yes, but I still took a second to make this because I genuinely laughed.

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• ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Wow, a three-day streak!? What a good boy you’ve been…

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