How Duolingo got 110M users without spending on marketing

Re:How Duolingo got 110M users without spending on marketing by newman314 on Sunday March 06, 2016 @09:17PM (#11236679)

I really wanted to use Duolingo but it appears that Japanese for English course is still not available (I would settle for just be able to speak and not read/write Japanese).

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Re:How Duolingo got 110M users without spending on marketing by schakraberty on Sunday March 06, 2016 @11:45PM (#11237153)

Duolingo primarily uses a text interface, so knowing the script is a key part of their methods. Japanese and Chinese scripts are among the hardest. So we'll probably see those added on late. Hebrew is a recent addition, and Hindi is on the anvil.

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Re:How Duolingo got 110M users without spending on marketing by raverbashing on Monday March 07, 2016 @05:10AM (#11238040)

Yes, I guess they would probably show you what you have to type amongst choices and not make you type Japanese in your mobile phone

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Re:How Duolingo got 110M users without spending on marketing by nonuby on Monday March 07, 2016 @06:30AM (#11238310)

Would be awesome to see Thai available too..

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