Ten Years of Logging My Life

Re:Ten Years of Logging My Life by Vivtek on Monday December 27, 2021 @05:46PM (#29707829)

This has always been my problem with Duolingo. You get a streak going, forget it two days running because you're busy with work or the dog has to go to the vet or the kid needs taking to the airport - and bam, 80 days irretrievably gone.

When this happens, I set the whole thing aside for a year, every time, even though I shouldn't.

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Re:Ten Years of Logging My Life by artnc on Monday December 27, 2021 @06:38PM (#29708328)

OP (and Duolingo employee #34) here.

I can definitely relate to the frustration! It's been years since I've worked on the product side myself, but for what it's worth we do allow equipping up to 2 streak freezes now. I believe you can also restore a lost streak as an in-app purchase; I've never done so myself.

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Re:Ten Years of Logging My Life by faeriechangling on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @01:05AM (#29710991)

Lmao so now learning a language has the monetization model of pay to win mobile games?

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Re:Ten Years of Logging My Life by travisjungroth on Monday December 27, 2021 @06:30PM (#29708274)

I've heard that so frequently I'm shocked they haven't done more about it. The data must be super obvious that people who break streaks stop for so long.

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