@fullfathomfive thank you for this post. I am on the other side but somehow yet still on the same; as an avid languague learner for almost a decade, I could profit so much from the lesson notes, the forums, and the community in general, and it helped tons to learn a language! But today Duolingo is just an empty shell.
@daniel_bohrer
Yeah that's what upsets me about it. I don't feel like I wasted my time on Duolingo, because I learned two languages while contributing and met a great group of people.
But that incredible knowledge base we created, which was unprecedented in the history of language learning, is gone for future learners. It's completely contrary to Duo's original mission of making learning free and accessible.
The web is getting more and more closed off and we are losing communal knowledge now, instead of gaining it.
@daniel_bohrer
Yeah that's what upsets me about it. I don't feel like I wasted my time on Duolingo, because I learned two languages while contributing and met a great group of people.
But that incredible knowledge base we created, which was unprecedented in the history of language learning, is gone for future learners. It's completely contrary to Duo's original mission of making learning free and accessible.