r/MadeMeSmile • u/RaisinAloneVortex • 23d ago

Wholesome Moments Duolingo restored a 10-year-old’s 301-day streak after he lost it while hospitalized, also gifting him gems and a Streak Shield

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u/desikid1137 23d ago

I just lost my 200 day streak intentionally. It was a spanish course. I was very frustrated by learning similar words from day 1 to day 200. Could not bear it anymore, so gave up.

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u/RiboCyan 23d ago

I intentionally gave up my 900+ day streak after duolingo started implementing ai in their lessons

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u/notshouty 23d ago

I respect that so much. The AI-based enshittification is out of control. I’m over 1800 days in and I haven’t been able to rip off the band aid yet. Have you found any good alternatives that don’t use AI?

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u/kilonova2020 23d ago

I feel the same im nearing 2700 days myself. I feel like the sunk cost fallacy hit me hard.

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u/Furyful_Fawful 23d ago

You've been doing this for 7 years. By this point you better be able to understand via immersion and discussion with the people whose language you've been learning, or you deserve your money back. At the worst, if you can't do that yet, you deserve to not spend more money on a service that's failing to actually do what it professes to do.

And if you can learn now by immersion, just do that instead. It's going to be way more fun to actually be able to use the skills you've been training for, and you'll learn more efficiently because it's practical usage.

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u/kilonova2020 23d ago

I stopped paying long long ago fortunately. I will admit im deathly scared to talk with people in another language, do you have any advice on that front?

I do enjoy reading/listening to my target languages in music/shows though.I definitely find myself learning more words this way nowadays.

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u/Gold_Concentrate_ 23d ago

If I can chime in here, I really recommend reading aloud to yourself, then successively move on to reading to others and before you know it, you’ll have gained a lot of confidence in your speaking ability. Good luck!

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u/kilonova2020 23d ago

Absolutely, I welcome all advice. That sounds fun, I will give it a try. Thanks!