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From games to reminders to drink water: The rise of 'streaks,' rewards that keep you hooked (www.lemonde.fr)
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[–] 13 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I will say, with Duolingo I do appreciate the manipulation to keep me going. I probably wouldn't have spent near as much time on another language if it weren't for keeping that streak going. I can definitely understand the harm in it being used for maligne purposes. With any tool, it's who wields it and for what intent.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    As I always say about duolingo, if you have not completed the course in 3 months you won't learn a language with it. Duolingo is a good introduction when you don't know anything about a language, but you need a lot of advanced materials they they don't really have to become fluent.

    Though if your goal is just to play a game and feel like you are learning something - well at least you get some vocabulary. It won't teach you a language but that need not be your goal.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I don't know what language you were learning, but I think it's impossible to finish Spanish. True, I usually go one lesson per day, but after nearly 3000 days I'm at 6/8 section. I finished once the tree out a lot of effort in, they reworked the whole thing and I got back to the middle

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    if your pace is that slow you will never make enough progress to learning the language. It takes hours of study every day to learn a language. You can go at a slower pace and that is okay - so long as you are not thinking you will learn the language in your lifetime.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I disagree. Let people learn in their pace and do not set unrealistic targets. It's not really possible to complete e.g. the french course in 3 months if you have other stuff to do like work or family. Took me longer, but now I'm able to be in France, read what is written on the signs and also able to communicate with the locals.

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