I Don't Recommend Duolingo Anymore. Here's Why:

Ah, another one of these descriptions to write. Well, I never thought the day would come. I don't recommend the app Duolingo any longer. Two things have started to completely turn me away from the app. If you're a new learner solely using Duolingo, you need to see this.
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[@GarnetsWeb]

I just wanted to clarify, I'm not saying, nor do I think you should stop using Duolingo. It's free, and for many it's the only option out there for language learning. I just want to say how much it has become apparent to me that using Duolingo for most of your language acquisition (which is what I was doing), isn't the most beneficial, and in time you'll start to use the app less, reducing its effectiveness. I didn't touch on the weird sentences today, I just wanted to talk about the highly discouraging heart system. Free Language Learning Websites: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqGoZWV7atVnY6c

[@SweetPea2022]

I agree with you, I'm spending so much time trying to stay in the Diamond league, I've not been learning any new words. It was only when I looked at the profiles of my followers and saw that they had learnt upwards of 1300 to 1800+ words after one year while I had learnt just 800+ words in last 2 years. Not gonna lie, I'm not enjoying it like I used too. 😕🤔

[@GarnetsWeb]

@@SweetPea2022 Wow. That's really terrible. I would suggest to not focus on the leagues. I understand though! it's soo hard because as I mentioned in the video, they will push it on you so much and it feels makes you feel like a failure if you don't rise in the leagues... even if rising in the leagues isn't even the goal.

[@cipher3966]

They abandoned their free language learning for anyone with internet connection dream years ago. Now it's just a silly game aimed at people of a specific age

[@ayoutubechannel.1733]

As I mentioned, you don't need to pay for hearts on the free version if you don't want to. You can practise to earn hearts. That's been the case for a long, long time. It's a great system and you even earn XP on each practice lesson. Perhaps you weren't paying proper attention. Duolingo has always promised to keep language learning totally free. Paying for stuff is optional. I ended up in the top 10 of the Diamond League just using the free version and I learned a great deal.

[@ayoutubechannel.1733]

​@@cipher3966 Absolute rubbish! I'm using the latest free version, in which you lose a heart each time you make a mistake and are only given 5 hearts per day. You don't have to spend a cent to regain hearts if you don't want to. YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF PRACTISING TO EARN HEARTS. I"m using the heart version and have made it to the Diamond League without spending a cent and have stayed there. You obviously didn't pay attention to the options Duolingo offered you, just as you didn't pay proper attention to what I said in my comment. You even get the same XP for every practice lesson you do to earn hearts!

[@ayoutubechannel.1733]

As I mentioned, you don't need to pay for hearts on the free version if you don't want to. You can practise to earn hearts. That's been the case for a long, long time. It's a great system and you even earn XP on each practice lesson. Perhaps you weren't paying proper attention. Duolingo has always promised to keep language learning totally free. Paying for stuff is optional. I ended up in the top 10 of the Diamond League just using the free version and I learned a great deal.

[@chrisper81]

My lingot version just changed to the heart mode today, which finally makes it impossible to use duolingo for free anymore. You get punished to make misstakes....! After 8 year using it daily, I stop. So sad to see another app mess sup their app because of greediness :(

[@GarnetsWeb]

Yeah:( I accidentally forgot to use duolingo on Sunday, ending my 93 day streak. I haven't used it since I lost the streak. I appreciate Duolingo getting me this far, but that heart system makes me feel as you said, punished. And mistakes are normal. It's really an unfortunate thing.

[@mememanfresh]

same bro

[@ayoutubechannel.1733]

As I mentioned, you don't need to pay for hearts on the free version if you don't want to. You can practise to earn hearts. That's been the case for a long, long time. It's a great system and you even earn XP on each practice lesson. Perhaps you weren't paying proper attention. Duolingo has always promised to keep language learning totally free. Paying for stuff is optional. I ended up in the top 10 of the Diamond League just using the free version and I learned a great deal.

[@Derron-ri2kg]

Yeah I have to buy premium which costs a lot but I use it the most I can and I know a lot of spanish🎉 still don't recommend for price

[@ayoutubechannel.1733]

@@Derron-ri2kg Absolute rubbish! You have the option of PRACTISING TO EARN HEARTS on the free version, once your daily dose of 5 hearts are lost. I've made it to the Diamond League in Duolingo, only using the free version and never spending a cent. You obviously didn't pay much attention to the options for gaining hearts, one of which is "Practise to Earn Hearts".

[@cipher3966]

I was once one of the most dedicated users. First they remove immersion, then they remove timed practice, then they remove the discussion forum, and what happened to all the upcoming languages? Were they just cancelled? Did they fire all their volunteers? It's now slow and frustrating don't bother with it, it will only get worse

[@GarnetsWeb]

They removed the discussion forum? No way... It's been so long since I've used Duolingo, and that's just so sad to hear.

[@mericummings7817]

Hi- You can refill your Duolingo hearts for free by repeating previously completed GOLD LEVEL activities in any of your languages. I do agree that there are things about Duolingo’s game-like nature that are turning me off: I don’t need to practice the activities that are gold already. They aren’t challenging enough. The “race the timer” activities only practice beginner vocab AND the speed of your hand-eye coordination. The iPhone app users can’t earn as many points for the same activities as computer users score. Doing “leagues” kept me using the app, but instead of trying for higher levels, I would often repeat lower activities (so I learned nothing) just to get to the next league. I’ve been in Diamond League a long time now, so long I feel this is an obsessive-compulsive thing, not an admirable trait. I have found this level so competitive that to stay in there, I actual skip a few days which the most seriously competitive users don’t, so the scores aren’t as unreasonable. If not for this level of competitiveness, I’d used Duolingo more often. I’ve set myself a goal of being in Diamond league for the rest of the year, then I’ll turn off viewing the leagues so I can just focus on learning some of the more advanced aspects of language learning that Duolingo offers. I’ve already listened to all the podcasts and participated in all the interactive stories. There are some more advanced grammar topics I can use practice with. in summary, learning languages should be more fun than the Duolingo “leagues game” has made it, but doing the activities (minus the leagues) can be a fun way to get into a language. The points for spaced repetitions need to lead to higher level activities than the completed beginner levels.

[@viewer.123]

​@@GarnetsWebthey still have a discussion forum

[@tovarishchfeixiao]

The discussion forum is very likely got removed because of EU regulations about making things more safe for children. So the duolingo has to follow the regulations since they want to sell the product on the EU markets too. And that's why they removed the forum, because they didn't want to invest in better moderation and stuff to qualify for the regulations. Even if they not telling it publicly, but it's clear as sun if you think about it.

[@marcelwo4jedynki]

leaderboard can just be ignored the real bummer is the update that started punishing mistakes (5 hearts system), that magically disappears if you give them money

[@GarnetsWeb]

Yeah, punishing mistakes in the case of language learning hasn't really helped anyone, as far as I know.

[@ayoutubechannel.1733]

As I mentioned, you don't need to pay for hearts on the free version if you don't want to. You can practise to earn hearts. That's been the case for a long, long time. It's a great system and you even earn XP on each practice lesson. Perhaps you weren't paying proper attention. Duolingo has always promised to keep language learning totally free. Paying for stuff is optional. I ended up in the top 10 of the Diamond League just using the free version and I learned a great deal.

[@SigmundOrthodoxy]

Respect for learning Norwegian man

[@GarnetsWeb]

Haha, thanks! It's actually pretty fun. It's mentally challenging at times, but I pray on it, look for tips on the internet, and I just look forward to my goals. Thanks for stopping by!

[@jerami101]

The leagues on Duolingo mean absolutely NOTHING. I was in the Obsidian league and wanted to start over. So, I reset and all that happened was I started over with lesson number one, but I stayed in Obsidian league. AND kept my position and points. I could have climbed to first place while still working on lesson one! I was pretty upset considering the competition is what made it more fun to me. Well...now you know how to get in a top position while just going over lessons you have already done.

[@Veriax549]

This is good but the reason I stopped for about 3 months is because I felt like I had to do the streak and as you said the leagues. And just so I can answer your question, I’m not really caring about the hearts.

[@Sevant15]

My opinion is that duolingo isn’t good, but at least its not as bad as some other apps. So i stopped using it at about 200 day streak. It has lots of languages, but theyve slowly stopped making new ones. I also feel like its more about cute animations and games rather than learning a language. But its just my opinion, so other people might have different ones

[@user-qp6cv1qx1f]

i am learning duolingo for 141 days and tomorrow i am in the diamond tourmanet

[@Blueprint4Murder]

Duolingo is great. Have you used any other apps? I used rosetta stone and failed multiple times because why it teaches you some core words, but it doesn't teach you any supporting laguage or sentence structure. Did you actually use the app because you get hearts for practicing. I have two other paid apps one which is just reciting which I use while running, the other is rosetta stone which I use only when the internet is out, but I learn so much faster through duolingo.

[@ristoleppanen302]

Duolingo cannot be called a language teaching application. It lacks grammar and vocabulary and teaching. It's full of bugs, sadism, motivation killing, etc. Typical kids game app.

[@lovingatlanta]

👍Exactly. 😩😞🤨I was also wondering how people were getting so many XPs so fast. I study many languages and I’m proud to fairly achieve the levels I achieve without cheating. It’s sad that people are more concerned about “winning” XPs and levels instead of actually learning the language(s). 😩🤨

[@GarnetsWeb]

Thank you for your input, that's very true!

[@knightthenerfer]

In my opinion, duolingo should remove leagues, people now think it's a game, and just uses duolingo for the XP, which is dumb they're not learning, they're doing lessons for XP.

[@GarnetsWeb]

@@knightthenerfer I never thought about removing the leagues altogether, but that's honestly a good idea. I just think the public factor of the leaderboard causes unnecessary feelings of defeat, as well as constant notifications. Perhaps they could refine the leaderboard a bit. If they're going to keep these "hearts" in the game, maybe have each league you level up in give more hearts instead of it being basically useless.

[@lovingatlanta]

@@knightthenerfer - 👍Good idea.

[@alien_bunns2628]

@@knightthenerfer i agree or just a option to not do the leagues -

[@waheeduzzama]

Nice but now whose app?? I want to learn Spanish Will you plz 🙏🏼

[@GarnetsWeb]

Hi, thanks for stopping by! At the moment I'm actually not learning Spanish, but I do have a video I put out and I show you a lot of websites that have completely free language learning. For an app, I reccomend Anki which is basically flashcards and repetitive learning, and for the "apps," in this case websites, I have a video kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqGoZWV7atVnY6c It says Norwegian in the title but pretty much all of the websites included also have Free Spanish 😊 Hope this helps!

[@waheeduzzama]

@@GarnetsWeb oh thanks mam

[@idinahuysuka428]

@Waheeduzzama OH NO ! YOU FORGOT TO DO YOUR SPANISH LESSONG I AM 30 KM AWAY FROM YOUR LOCATIONS, CMERE

[@ayoutubechannel.1733]

You don't have to pay for hearts in the free version. You can practice to earn hearts. Get your facts straight!

[@GarnetsWeb]

I remember at the time having to pay for hearts. Thanks for letting everyone know, just in case.

[@ayoutubechannel.1733]

@@GarnetsWeb Yes, you can practise to earn hearts. That's been the case for a long, long time. It's a great system and you even earn XP on each practice lesson. Perhaps you weren't paying proper attention. Duolingo has always promised to keep language learning totally free. Paying for stuff is optional. I ended up in the top 10 of the Diamond League just using the free version and I learned a great deal.

[@chadtravnick]

Can anyone tell me how to get rid of the stupid scoreboard on Duolingo? We are all there just to learn the languages. Not play a game.

[@GarnetsWeb]

Sorry, I don't know.

[@antarct1c279]

Open it in your browser on pc or use the full version of site on mobile phone. Go to privacy settings and uncheck public profile. You could google this in a second, Chad.

[@johnpreston230]

Then don't look at it. How about that genius

[@a1uyzz]

the website doesn’t have any hearts and it makes it a lot easier to learn!

[@GarnetsWeb]

Good to know, thanks! I'll be looking into it.

[@ayoutubechannel.1733]

As I mentioned, you don't need to pay for hearts on the free version if you don't want to. You can practise to earn hearts. That's been the case for a long, long time. It's a great system and you even earn XP on each practice lesson. Perhaps you weren't paying proper attention. Duolingo has always promised to keep language learning totally free. Paying for stuff is optional. I ended up in the top 10 of the Diamond League just using the free version and I learned a great deal.

[@user-gb4ie7ti9d]

I have UN limited heart!I think by signing in. And I am 2 place with 70 or 80!

[@GarnetsWeb]

That's great! :) I'm signed in too, but I still have the issue of hearts running out.

[@ayoutubechannel.1733]

As I mentioned, you don't need to pay for hearts on the free version if you don't want to. You can practise to earn hearts. That's been the case for a long, long time. It's a great system and you even earn XP on each practice lesson. Perhaps you weren't paying proper attention. Duolingo has always promised to keep language learning totally free. Paying for stuff is optional. I ended up in the top 10 of the Diamond League just using the free version and I learned a great deal.

[@raywatts7689]

Thanks for your video but I think you miss the point of hearts and a leader board. I use Duo Lingo but ignore the leader board. I am learning at a pace I am comfortable with, I don’t need to be in some competition to do the lessons, but there are people who would benefit from the competition. It works for me that way. Now the hearts thing is purely a way to push you towards paying for the pro version. It’s a business they have to make money and why not, an awful lot of work must have gone into creating Duo Lingo. So be happy you can use an excellent programme for ‘free’ or pay to remove hearts and ads.

[@GarnetsWeb]

Thank you for your opinion on this topic. Everyone learns differently as you know, and what pressures one may be perfectly fine for the next.

[@ayoutubechannel.1733]

As I mentioned, you don't need to pay for hearts on the free version if you don't want to. You can practise to earn hearts. That's been the case for a long, long time. It's a great system and you even earn XP on each practice lesson. Perhaps you weren't paying proper attention. Duolingo has always promised to keep language learning totally free. Paying for stuff is optional. I ended up in the top 10 of the Diamond League just using the free version and I learned a great deal.

[@brandonsmith1198]

You have your own opinion and I have mine. I am going to stick with Duolingo and I think it does work just fine and that’s what I think then why are you giving up your daily streak?

[@Roblox_channel_gameplay]

Duodie

[@johnpreston230]

I don't agree, and I think Duolingo is great

[@GarnetsWeb]

That's alright, thanks for respectfully sharing your opinion!

[@DecidiousGreens]

@@GarnetsWeb streaks is stressful what if your parent takes away your phone what if you dont want to login everyday

[@GarnetsWeb]

@@DecidiousGreens I agree.

[@ayoutubechannel.1733]

Yes! Also, as I mentioned, you don't need to pay for hearts on the free version if you don't want to. You can practise to earn hearts. That's been the case for a long, long time. It's a great system and you even earn XP on each practice lesson. Perhaps you weren't paying proper attention. Duolingo has always promised to keep language learning totally free. Paying for stuff is optional. I ended up in the top 10 of the Diamond League just using the free version and I learned a great deal.

[@DecidiousGreens]

@@ayoutubechannel.1733 also duolingo is slowly making unlimited hearts normal

[@ayoutubechannel.1733]

Absolute rubbish! I'm using the latest free version, in which you lose a heart each time you make a mistake and are only given 5 hearts per day. You don't have to spend a cent to regain hearts if you don't want to. YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF PRACTISING TO EARN HEARTS. I"m using the heart version and have made it to the Diamond League without spending a cent and have stayed there. You obviously didn't pay attention to the options Duolingo offered you, just as you didn't pay proper attention to what I said in my comment. You even get the same XP for every practice lesson you do to earn hearts!

[@tylerbrowntheplotagonist]

How dare you >:(

[@ayoutubechannel.1733]

Absolute rubbish! You are misleading so many people. You have the option of PRACTISING TO EARN HEARTS on the free version, once your daily dose of 5 hearts are lost. I've made it to the Diamond League in Duolingo and stayed there,, using only the free version and never spending a cent. You obviously didn't pay much attention to the options for gaining hearts, one of which is "Practise to Earn Hearts".

[@user-qp6cv1qx1f]

i am learning duolingo for 141 days and tomorrow i am in the diamond tourmanet