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"There are thousands of volunteers who donated their labour to Duo... Bit by bit all of our work was hidden from us as Duolingo became a publicly-traded company." (aus.social)

submitted 10 months ago by Star@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee 11 points 10 months ago (3 children)

lol learning a new language needs gems. Jesus fucking christ

[–] vsh@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That sounds hilarious.

But then you remember that people had been trying to learn a single language through their entire lives in ancient Rome, Egypt etc. We are indeed lucky to have gems gamifying the process.

[–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I just don't know how I could ever accomplish anything in my life without the totally benign and helpful motivation provided by Gems™. They're gamerrific! ^Buy some today.^

[–] vsh@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Duolingo gems are only there to freeze your daily streak and join streak challenges. You don't need them.

[–] PinkPanther@sh.itjust.works -1 points 10 months ago

Next is they'll hide half the sentence unless you pay 5 gems.