• @[email protected]
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    11 year ago

    2200+ fire streak since I joined 10 years ago (multiple languages). Lost the streak a few times before. I’m not fluent but maintaining it helps me to improve a bit every day.

  • The Humanoid
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    11 year ago

    0, I quit

    Before I killed it, I had 443, and easily could have kept going if I had desired

    The layoffs and AI thing are only a partial reason for me leaving The whole volunteer shutdown when that happened, hiding 4 of their courses, and some other minor bad decisions made me stop Not to mention, Duolingo is very slow at times and doesn’t teach any grammar unless you happen to be learning one of the 3 top languages

  • Zagorath
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    14 months ago

    I know they sometimes get a bad rap

    In terms of their language learning, they proudly make the decision that any time they have to choose between making the app fun and making it better at teaching, they choose fun.

    Which sounds bad at first, until you realise…people who aren’t enjoying what they do are more likely to quit. And people who have quit aren’t learning the language at all. Quite a clever bit of thought there, really.

  • I have been going through Japanese lessons for 258 days (counting today). My goal is at least a full year. Got less than 100 days to go!

    I can just about do what I set out to accomplish: Understand anime without subtitles. 😎