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

submitted 10 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] echo64@lemmy.world 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.

[–] AmieFromEarth@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago (3 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.

[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 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.

[–] AmieFromEarth@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] AmieFromEarth@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

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

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[–] AccountMaker@slrpnk.net 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.

[–] Kyoyeou@slrpnk.net 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

[–] Sho@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

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

[–] BoneALisa@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago

I've been using LingoDeer for the past few days since hearing this news, and so far it's not too bad. The social features are severely lacking compared to Duolingo (my friend group goes hard on the friends quests lol) but they have a lot more grammar explanation and whatnot available that duolingo doesn't. Plus, LingoDeer seems much less focused on learning for tourism, and more for actual learning.

Note this is all for the Japanese course, no idea how their other courses are.

[–] JimmyMcGill@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Also interested in this

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