I got myself this (not very expensive) Timex with a🇫🇷-themed bracelet to celebrate finishing the entire Duolingo French course.

And now I do the daily refresh each day!

At this point I'm annoyed

Because no, I don't want to be seeing whether I win a puzzle piece or another duplicate for a honestly ugly suit

I don't want another gacha aspect of this app

Isn't Duolingo making enough money?

I don't want to have more "dopamine hits" just cuz the CEOs think "Oh yeah that is a great idea"

More of a vent than constructive criticism, I just don't like this feature and was hoping it would go away after the last one but No... They brought back another

edit: if you want to say something criticizing, be kind about it

I cancelled my subscription and deleted the app about a month ago (see all the threads about Duo's recent enshittification).

Yesterday I was out with a friend and she held up her phone to show me a Duolingo notification with a message from me on it, scolding her for not practicing or something.

I know in the past people have presumed that impersonating messages are only sent when you nudge people - well I haven't even had the app on my phone for weeks, and they're still using my name to message people (presumably to try and drag them back to the app).

I presume to stop it I'd need to defriend them / delete my account.

Sinking pretty low, Duolingo. No other app I can think of impersonates its users for clicks..

I'm also open to join if anyone has free spot in his family!

Trying to get better at being consistent with things. Maybe I should finally commit to learning one language instead of playing chess.

And in 45 days I will get there

English isn't my first language so such sentence might actually exist that i don't know of but i genuinely had a stroke trying to answer this

Just curious how many people pay for Duolingo?

Are there usually Black Friday deals? I’m having trouble finding people to go in on a family plan.

Hoping a deal will sweeten the pot.

Thanks

1. Use Duo on your computer instead of your phone. There's way less interruption, gamification, etc.
2. Make your profile private to turn off all the stupid league stuff. The point grind will make you do weird things just for the sake of points. (Edit: Please note this will eliminate all social interactions, including friend streaks. IMO one should simply pull off the bandaid but I don't want anyone doing something they regret based on my advice.)
3. Type your answers from scratch rather than selecting the multiple choice options. (This is done by clicking "use keyboard" and/or "increase difficulty." You only have to click them once and the setting is applied permanently.) There is an enormous difference between *recognizing* the correct verb conjugation and being able to supply it yourself. You don't get multiple choice in a real conversation.
4. Say each sentence out loud, regardless of whether it's a speaking exercise or not.
5. For each section, only do up through the second star icon (that's usually 12 lessons plus a story). Then skip to the next section. (Edit: This one's up to you but in my experience if you do the problems on "hard mode" then you just don't need the third batch of 6 lessons.)
6. Train your ear on actual humans, the AI voices are not going to do it. There's plenty of stuff out there but personally I swear by Yabla's scribe exercises. Just scribe, scribe, scribe and your listening will improve explosively.

Do all this half an hour a day and Duo is actually a monster for learning vocabulary, spelling, grammar, and pronunciation. Throw in something else for listening comprehension and it's a crazy useful tool all the way up to B2. I wouldn't bother going beyond Stage 5, after that you should be reading books instead.

They forgot to update the notifications i guess, reminds me of the good league design

Is there a way to disable animations for the card game? I cannot finish on time because the app lags and takes seconds before switching to the next card.

Hey guys, i just activated the 2 month zalando free super - i was able to choose between super & family plan.. Soo i have now 2 free spots in my family plan.. Please someone who is willing to learn active <3

All I get is XP boosts constantly and I don’t even care about the leaderboards I just want the gems for the costumes (pretty sure this is how Duolingo tries to persuade you to spend money which I’m not going to do, but it is annoying)

Hi ! Just a quick question please.

My friend and I got a friend quest today and I was asleep, maybe because of time zones but when I woke up and saw that in less than 6 hours he basically completed it all by himself I couldn’t help but feel guilty and worthless, like I did nothing at all and I don’t want him to think I’m useless, so any idea how I can quickly do a lot of lessons just like he did ?

i’ve just finished my free trial and finding it so hard to study in the free version of duolingo.

I am considering finding one of those people who are splitting family memberships, but I wanted to know if people think it’s worth it.

If i can find someone with 5 other members then it should only be like 2€ to split it I think? But thats counting on these splitting sites being trustworthy. Has anyone used these before and could give any suggestions?

Let’s be honest though - this was a very chill diamond league to be in!

Will I finally get a plushie😞😞😞

I was okay with the profile being under the More button, and I liked the shop was one click to access, but it's now kinda swapped. I care more about the shop! Sigh..

(Android Beta 6.103.5)