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How many countries would this be offered in? Would you shut down your service outside of US business hours or will your 50-100 person staff not need sleep?


Quite a few anecdotes here validating the streak so I'll just be an alternate data point. When I used Duolingo regularly it was because there was a goal I intended to learn a foreign language for. The gamifed streaks never really had an effect on me and are quite off-putting.

I understand because of that I am not their target demographic. Or maybe I am and they want to engage users like me more. Maybe if the UI felt a bit more immersive--a clip of native French speakers interacting rather than cartoon bubbles and gems, for instance.


The idea that partners are not a means to an end is the last bitter pill to swallow before learning to love yourself.


Most importantly, you can’t love someone else until you love yourself.


A lawyer specializing in risk assumption would have advised not to assume gender


Especially when their username is "pigtailgirl" :P


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