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Duolingo lays off 10% of contract workers, partly due to AI (www.techspot.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 83 points 10 months ago (20 children)

The quality of duolingo has gone down massively in the past few years as they have done lay-offs, they don't even have anyone checking the feedback coming from users any-more.

the courses themselves are worse too, designed more to stretch out app usage rather than teach more. I used to recommend duolingo as a good starter on learning a language, but it's just so bad now that I won't. And it seems to be a direct result of layoffs.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (10 children)

Is there any better app you can recommend? I started with babbel in the beginning but after finishing the basic courses it got so dry and boring to use, that i swapped to Duo. Also because a few friends use it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I strongly recommend [Language Transfer ](https://language transfer.org). The best language course I have ever done, and I have done many (I speak five languages, at varying levels of fluency).

They have an app, that is simple, streamlined, and very functional.

The app also has also an Introduction to Music Theory course which people say is very, very good.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I second this. I did the Greek course and it was absolutely phenomenal.

You have a space in your URL btw.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Looks cool. But sadly they don't have dutch. Learning it for private reasons.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

"Private reasons" makes me think of this SNL skit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Yeah. Uhm. Im learning it.. for... a thing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

this SNL skit.

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Hey mate you have a space in the url mate, looks cool, might motivate myself to go back to learning language

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I thought my duolingo leasons were a bit weak. Thank you so much for these!

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