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Let my Duolingo streak expire cos I don't want to give them any more AI training for free and this popped up ๐Ÿ™„

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    never used Duolingo, but i think i can relate now, i had a toxic girlfriend that would talk to me in Portuguese, i don't speak that language

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    never used Duolingo

    i donโ€™t speak that language

    I believe I may have a solution

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      "Streaks" are shitty dark patterns IMO.

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      I liked it because it was a learning app and I have a tendency to fall off. But paying real money to restore my streak? Hell nah

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      • V [email protected]

        "Streaks" are shitty dark patterns IMO.

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        I wish the whole streak paradigm was time weighted. Like I got over a 1 year streak on my Apple watch over Covid. That's basically never going to happen again. I wish there was some kind of "this is your longest streak in the past <time period>" or something. It all just feels so all or nothing.

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          never used Duolingo

          i donโ€™t speak that language

          I believe I may have a solution

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          i am trying not to go back to abusive relationships

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          • cellomike@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

            How badly they want to show me ads, it's impressive. Desperate ain't sexy guys

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            Wife's streak is at 1,618 days across multiple categories. Almost 4.5 years. I imagine it's like smoking at this point.

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            • nexguy@lemmy.worldN [email protected]

              Wife's streak is at 1,618 days across multiple categories. Almost 4.5 years. I imagine it's like smoking at this point.

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              What is the actual point of a streak?

              A sense of pride and accomplishment?

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                What is the actual point of a streak?

                A sense of pride and accomplishment?

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                At one point it was gamification to tie the reward center of your brain into continuing to train using the app. Now it seems that it's half that or half https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_pattern to get you to pay to keep that reward system going.

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                • nexguy@lemmy.worldN [email protected]

                  Wife's streak is at 1,618 days across multiple categories. Almost 4.5 years. I imagine it's like smoking at this point.

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                  Having heard very mixed things about Duolingo's actual usefulness, does your wife speak or write well in any of the languages she's used the app to learn?

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                    This is the language equivalent of the
                    "I have a small issue with this software." - "Have you tried switching your OS to Linux and using a FOSS alternative?" conversation lol

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                    Lol it's almost even more extreme and has a common trope I love. "Hey I got this spam text..."

                    "Burn all your devices. Remove yourself from the grid. Scrub your identity. Purchase a single burner phone. Root it and install Graphene. Yes it's hard. Google it. Wait, don't google it. Search for it elsewhere. Amass money somehow without using technology. Cut off your family ties. You need to move to another country. You will need a work visa to move to most countries. But to get that you will need an accepted job in advance. And to have that you will probably need to access technology. Instead, buy a fake passport, because very few countries will just let you 'move somewhere' with a 'menial job.' Once you get there, develop passive income streams and quit your job. After you have been a landlord for two years you will finally know what it's like to claim that being a landlord is a real job because you need to talk to tenants and file paperwork natively for an hour or two a week."

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                    • cellomike@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

                      How badly they want to show me ads, it's impressive. Desperate ain't sexy guys

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                      Come to think of it, an application threatening, shaming, and guilt tripping you into coming back might not be the healthiest thing ever.

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                        Come to think of it, an application threatening, shaming, and guilt tripping you into coming back might not be the healthiest thing ever.

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                        DuoLingo replicates all the same patterns as an abusive relationship.

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                        • C [email protected]

                          Come to think of it, an application threatening, shaming, and guilt tripping you into coming back might not be the healthiest thing ever.

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                          The aggressive notifications to do a lesson are literally why I use it. I have ADHD. Without the owl threatening to kill me and everyone I know, I would forget about it and forget all that I've learned so far. ๐Ÿ˜”

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                            I wish the whole streak paradigm was time weighted. Like I got over a 1 year streak on my Apple watch over Covid. That's basically never going to happen again. I wish there was some kind of "this is your longest streak in the past <time period>" or something. It all just feels so all or nothing.

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                            I believe you can get a users longest streak from the public API end point. IIRC it's something like duolingo.com/users/{username} but it's been a few years

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                            • S [email protected]

                              If you use the duolingo widget you can watch duo drop down a depressive spiral until they eventually die alone in the desert. It's my favorite part of the app.

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                              I uninstalled the app years ago and still see this in the play store.

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                              • S [email protected]

                                Busuu is a lot like Duolingo but you also get to trade corrections with real people learning your native language

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                                Yes I love Busuu! I switched about a years ago and I feel like it's actually been teaching me Dutch instead of just brute force vocabulary memorization.

                                My only complaint is that it's really aggressive about asking for you to subscribe. I just close the popups and I haven't ran into anything that I cant do.

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                                  What is the actual point of a streak?

                                  A sense of pride and accomplishment?

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                                  Gamification including social aspects if you're a regular app user.

                                  Abusive ex if you aren't a regular user.

                                  The only way it could get worse is if they put a slot machine or roulette wheel in to give you prizes.

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                                    Having heard very mixed things about Duolingo's actual usefulness, does your wife speak or write well in any of the languages she's used the app to learn?

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                                    Not at all

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                                    • cellomike@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

                                      How badly they want to show me ads, it's impressive. Desperate ain't sexy guys

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                                      I had a streak in the triple digits, just un-installed it. I'll be damned if I'm going to use that AI slop anymore.

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                                        How badly they want to show me ads, it's impressive. Desperate ain't sexy guys

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                                        2291 days streak

                                        Fuck. I dunno what to do with this

                                        Edit: just cancelled my subscription to super Duolingo. Fuck them

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                                        • nexguy@lemmy.worldN [email protected]

                                          Wife's streak is at 1,618 days across multiple categories. Almost 4.5 years. I imagine it's like smoking at this point.

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                                          Does she actually speak the language she's learning?

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