Duolingo's REAL Goal (It's NOT About Being a Language Learning Platform)

[@MisterSeeee]

Great video! Glad the algorithm brought me here!

[@markbacon78]

I’m glad you enjoyed! Thanks for stopping by :D

[@spideyfan7554]

Incredible video with good takes and interesting editing with the green screen shirt effect. 4.37/5 Stars

[@markbacon78]

Thanks so much! I appreciate the extra .37 😌 I think the thumbnail is a bit hard to read so I gotta crank down the contrast in the background, but editing this was lowky fun with the green screen lol. Took a while but I kept cracking myself up. Thanks for stopping by! :D

[@shilpagujiri4532]

The free version frustrates me sometimes because you can't do mainstream lessons after you run out of hearts. You either spend gems or do 5 more practice lessons. And we could use some grammar lessons in the courses. Still have my 443 days streak tho lol

[@markbacon78]

Yea learning about grammar feels like it has helped me pick up Japanese… a little quicker, but because I’ve understood things more deeply. And imo adults could really benefit there, but alas Duolingo yoinked their small articles for that / don’t have it for less popular langs. Tbh the streaks always remain a small flex, power through. Onwards!! 🔥

[@DeltaJes-co8yu]

Duolingo is all about pleasing people. Duolingo makes it easy for people, so they stick to it. But one does not learn a language if eveything is easy. But the irony is, difficulty makes people quit. So they chose the former. Both cannot co exist. Eg: Translates learning language to native language more frequently(easier) not the other way around(difficult)!

[@markbacon78]

Yep! Glad you agree with the thesis of this video pretty much. I think they therefore are better being compared with other social media platforms. It's tough that difficulty isn't an "attractive" thing but I guess wherever the money lies...! :\

[@Oceanwaves-d8l]

Duolingo is a fun tool... but that's all it is, a tool. Unfortunately, I don't find it to be a very efficient one. You learn the same words constantly, then you never touch them again. There's also problems people discuss about the Japanese course such as inaccurate AI voices --- and I hated how the kana learning worked, I had to use flashcards instead.

[@markbacon78]

Agreed! I think that's why I now like to look at it as a social media platform instead.

[@Maryam-ix2xp]

love the vid! surprised it wasn't with many views

[@markbacon78]

Super glad you enjoyed! :) It’s still a fresh one so maybe the algorithm will pick it up, but nonetheless cool to see a couple comments already.

[@kazami6317]

Lessagooo I'm in a vid lol I think Duo sticks too much with the English to Japanese meanings of sentences. Tap the eng to jp or vice versa, as any of the the legit language learning methodologies aims for you to start thinking in the target language, making you fly with your own wings instead of trying to use the native language and do a word for word translation. Duo is like the 'gateway drug' to language learning, just like all the 'learn to code in 15 mins and make six figs' apps and vids out there, good for catching beginners but if you're trying to lock in and take it serious, it's time to move on to more pro resources and actually love the grid and hours of pain *insert Sisyphus pic here*.

[@markbacon78]

I think gateway drug (but positively lol) is a good way to generally see it. Shoutout sisyphus 🙏