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Panda<p>Jaha?<br>My <a href="https://freiburg.social/tags/Duolingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Duolingo</span></a> Norwegian Score is&nbsp;98!</p>
Murdo 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>German</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DuoLingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuoLingo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Accuracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Accuracy</span></a></p><p>Anyone else learning a new <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> thsse days? 🤔</p>
Neil<p>Any opinions on language learning tools, dear <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> ?</p><p>I know about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/duolingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>duolingo</span></a> , but are there good alternatives? Is there a reason not to use Duolingo?</p><p>Specifically: to (try to) learn basic Hungarian as a native German and English speaker.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languages</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/languagelearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languagelearning</span></a></p><p>Retoots helpful and welcome!</p><p>Edit: thanks for all the helpful replies!</p>
Fabrizio Musacchio<p>Am I the only one who’s found <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/Duolingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Duolingo</span></a> increasingly frustrating lately? Since around February or March, the quality seems to have dropped significantly. I feel like I’m no longer learning anything meaningful — just going through odd, abstract sentences with little real-life use. Maybe this is due to the shift to <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> and firing human translators. I just cancelled my subscription — despite a 400+ day streak and the app’s relentless push notifications 🤷‍♂️</p>
Moani<p>I do not like this! <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Duolingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Duolingo</span></a> has changed their interface slightly and there’s no longer a button to report issues with an exercise, or to save the exercise as a photo, or share it with a friend.</p>
stux⚡<p>Did you know the person who created <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Recaptcha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Recaptcha</span></a>, you know that tool that uses humans from all over the world to train AI by clicking on images etc</p><p>Well, that same dude also created <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Duolingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Duolingo</span></a> with a base purpose to let people translate and sell those translation or as a service</p><p>Currently Duolingo is embracing the AI slop big time and a lot of their users are deleting their accounts</p><p>At the end of the day, everything Luis von Ahn touches has only 1 end goal..</p><p>Don't fall for his bs ❤️</p>
Caesar Wirth<p>We are hiring at Duolingo in New York!<br>For the Client Builds and Infrastructure team. iOS for this.</p><p>I am currently on the team hiring, so I can tell you pretty much whatever you need to know. </p><p><a href="https://careers.duolingo.com/jobs/8054750002" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">careers.duolingo.com/jobs/8054</span><span class="invisible">750002</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/duolingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>duolingo</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NowHiring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NowHiring</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/JobPosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JobPosting</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jobs</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/GetFediHired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GetFediHired</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Hiring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hiring</span></a></p>
Mike Lopez<p>🧠 I’m learning <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Spanish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spanish</span></a> (Duolingo level 19 💪), but I still struggle with real convos and reading articles. 😅</p><p>Any tips for making the leap from app practice to actual comprehension?</p><p>👇 Would love to hear what worked for you! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LanguageLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LanguageLearning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Espa%C3%B1ol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Español</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Duolingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Duolingo</span></a></p>
Greg 🇳🇿 :tinoflag: 🇨🇵<p>Have requested help, from the powers that be, to purchase a few books to help me improve my French 🇫🇷 &amp; start out in Italian 🇮🇹 . <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Duolingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Duolingo</span></a> free version is going my head in. Full on language learning at the moment. Fingers crossed for a positive reply later this morning.</p>
Sebastian :coffefied:<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GoodMorning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoodMorning</span></a>! I’ve put my 8 years old son to Duolingo, and here’s what I’ve noticed…</p><p>- <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Duolingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Duolingo</span></a> used to be nice, but it’s now advertising shit, prompting you every lesson to buy premium<br>- They force you to buy premium by implementing lives you loose on making mistakes<br>- For an 8 year old kid that doesn’t use a lot of computers, he’s doing good on a tablet and writing on a keyboard</p><p>I need something else for my boy. Manoeuvring this shit is to annoying…</p>
Niklas Pivic<p>The AI Backlash Keeps Growing Stronger | WIRED <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/generative-ai-backlash/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/generative-ai-</span><span class="invisible">backlash/</span></a></p><p>'The negative response online is indicative of a larger trend: Right now, though a growing number of Americans use ChatGPT, many people are sick of AI’s encroachment into their lives and are ready to fight back.'</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/duolingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>duolingo</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a></p>
teufel100😈<p>So, jetzt habe ich also auch so ein Diamant-Tunier auf <a href="https://social.guckt.info/tags/duolingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Duolingo</span></a> durchgespielt ...</p>
Patrick O'Beirne<p>Do people say this in the US? Over here we might start with "by the way" but not "this is unrelated"; and "a frog's leg " not "a frog leg"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/duolingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>duolingo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/fran%C3%A7ais" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>français</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/americanisms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>americanisms</span></a></p>
Patrick O'Beirne<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@egalandbooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>egalandbooks</span></a></span> <br>I see people talk about Mango, free from public libraries. I'm still making too many mistakes in French to move on yet.<br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/mango" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mango</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>learning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/duolingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>duolingo</span></a></p>
Ashley Brooke<p>A 610 day streak, and I finally got the June Challenge. I am think I am over Duolingo. If anyone knows of a better language learning app, I am all ears. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/duolingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>duolingo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/spanish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spanish</span></a></p>
Scott Starkey<p>I'm being harassed by a mean owl selling advertising. Send help.</p><p><a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/Duolingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Duolingo</span></a></p>
Punk à chat<p>Un peu moins de 2 mois maintenant que j'utilise Renshuu à la place de Duolingo pour le japonais, et y aura pas de retour en arrière possible. J'ai clairement vu/appris plus de choses en 2 mois de Renshuu que sur les 6 ou 7 mois de Duolingo.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/japonais" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>japonais</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/renshuu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>renshuu</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/duolingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>duolingo</span></a></p>
Loki the Cat<p>Plot twist: AI was supposed to do our dishes so we could paint. Instead, it's painting while we're stuck with the dishes. Customers are fighting back by canceling subscriptions to AI-heavy services like Duolingo and Audible.</p><p><a href="https://slashdot.org/story/25/06/21/1755225/what-if-customers-started-saying-no-to-ai" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">slashdot.org/story/25/06/21/17</span><span class="invisible">55225/what-if-customers-started-saying-no-to-ai</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Duolingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Duolingo</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Audible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Audible</span></a></p>
danirod ⁂<p>Ha llegado el día de desinstalar <a href="https://masto.es/tags/Duolingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Duolingo</span></a>, así que esta va a ser mi puntuación final: 1386.</p><p>Ya dije por aquí que Duolingo no es una aplicación para aprender idiomas (hay formas mejores de aprender).</p><p>Pero como juego, echarle 10 minutos al día tampoco era tan absurdo como parece si lo haces por entretenimiento o diversión y tienes 0 necesidad de aprender el idionma, como es mi caso (no me voy a mudar a Japón ni a Cataluña, pero era divertido retarme a entender kanjis o a poder leer, escribir y hablar en catalán).</p><p>En cuentas gratuitas, han cambiado el sistema de 5 vidas por un sistema de créditos diarios, que se queman al responder preguntas, incluso si respondes bien, y que menguan demasiado rápido.</p><p>En 5 minutos ya he quemado mi crédito tras hacer 1 o 2 lecciones como mucho, y ya no me deja avanzar, cuando antes podía echarle 10 minutos y hacer tranquilamente 5 o 6 lecciones.</p><p>Imagino que está enfocado a que te quieras pasar al plan de pago si realmente te interesa la aplicación, pero no me interesa tanto como para pagar por esta aplicación, habiendo mejores formas de entretenimiento por las que pagar.</p><p>Así que gracias por tanto y que te vaya bien, pájaro verde.</p>
pyrrhlin<p>Hmm <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Duolingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Duolingo</span></a> seems down right now <a href="https://status.duolingo.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">status.duolingo.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>how is that all-in on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> approach working for them</p>