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Duolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNote (techcrunch.com)
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[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

More like start learning a second language and give up after a week.

This may be a stereotype, but TikTok specifically caters to people with short attention spans.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Gateway learning.

I learned Spanish to write love letters in 2nd grade.

And now 30 years later, I know like a dozen languages at a basic level, but still good enough to be sent all over the world on business trips for free.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 minutes ago

I wonder how many 7 year olds are picking up Mandarin to protest this tiktok thing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

Yeah learning to speak Mandarin is one thing but learning to read it feels fucking impossible if you don't start young.