When technologist Luis von Ahn was building the popular language-learning platform Duolingo, he faced a big problem: Could an app designed to teach you somet...
Luis von Ahn is the co-founder and CEO of Duolingo.
There was a time, not long ago actually that I loved Duolingo. But then it started giving me fails for typos and I’m now kinda over it.
On the other hand, I’m loving Clozemaster. It’s very different, but things like being able to feel around for the answer, being able to switch from text input to multiple choice on a per question basis. The fact that if you get one letter off, it doesn’t fail you, instead it tells you. The fact that explanations are part of the process and there’s no penalty for stopping to read them and the fact that the leaderboard is so out of the way that it’s just not a part of the process is amazing. That said, I’m limited to 30 questions a day and that’s not enough to really push me. But the way things are set up, I’m considering paying for it in the next sale.
For now though, I’ll continue with Duolingo until I get my tree fully gold. I’m actually at the halfway mark.
But if you’re starting out with Duolingo, don’t get too sucked in. Someone that is trying to profit off of your addiction as this CEO is clearly trying to do, isn’t a good person and doesn’t have your best interests at heart.
There was a time, not long ago actually that I loved Duolingo. But then it started giving me fails for typos and I’m now kinda over it.
On the other hand, I’m loving Clozemaster. It’s very different, but things like being able to feel around for the answer, being able to switch from text input to multiple choice on a per question basis. The fact that if you get one letter off, it doesn’t fail you, instead it tells you. The fact that explanations are part of the process and there’s no penalty for stopping to read them and the fact that the leaderboard is so out of the way that it’s just not a part of the process is amazing. That said, I’m limited to 30 questions a day and that’s not enough to really push me. But the way things are set up, I’m considering paying for it in the next sale.
For now though, I’ll continue with Duolingo until I get my tree fully gold. I’m actually at the halfway mark.
But if you’re starting out with Duolingo, don’t get too sucked in. Someone that is trying to profit off of your addiction as this CEO is clearly trying to do, isn’t a good person and doesn’t have your best interests at heart.
Thank you. I came to this lemmy/c to ask if there was a way to disable the streak. I really do not want to play every day.
This Clozemaster sounds more up my alley.
Let me know how you get on with it.
I really like the wikipedia fill-in-the-blank. Strong first impression. Big “where have you been…” energy from me.
I think I would need duolingo to start a completely new language. But it looks excellent to broaden one’s base knowledge.