Comment on Getting mixed signals from Reddit. Furthermore I shall henceforth be on Lemmy full time.

Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Abnorc@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  For a second, I thought OP got banned from Duolingo.

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  • lugal@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I mean back when duolingo has discussions or what they called it, you might write nasty stuff. But now, imagine being banned for the wrong translation.

    I haven’t used duolingo for a few weeks because my hack to have infinite hearts broke again and I’m too lazy to put in the effort even tho it’s not that difficult actually

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    • Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I’m gonna be real, Duolingo is literally only good for motivation and easy vocab review. It has been years since I used it, but the best advice I got on that website was when forums still existed and people told me that the translations for JP were shit and to learn somewhere else, which is probs why those forums got deleted.

      If you have to use hacks to not be bored/deal with the bullshit, then just leave man. It’s not worth the bird begging you to come back. Find stuff online, YT (unfortunately) is your friend for resources.

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      • TheBat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I use Busuu for Fr*nch these days.

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      • lugal@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        The thing is that I needed to learn a language but that duolingo motivated me to learn a language in the first place. It sadly never made me dig much deeper. Nothing else I’ve tried ever stuck. So for me it’s not duolingo or learn a language seriously but duolingo or candy crush (never actually played that game but you get the point)

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    • TheBat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Try Busuu

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• Bezier@suppo.fi ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Gamified social media with streaks and fomo notifications for daily scrolling or posting or whatever is hilariously bad and transparent.

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  • Turret3857@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    but people fall for it, otherwise every social media wouldnt have it

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    • Bezier@suppo.fi ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Every? It was news to me that even reddit does this. I must have left them all too early.

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      • Turret3857@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I didnt know they had it either but I’m not surprised to find out. I know Snap started it, TikTok has it, I believe Instagram has it, and Reddit having it comes as no surprise to me

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  • resipsaloquitur@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That’s it, we are taking away the awards system.

    Jk, you can have it back.

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    • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      🏅

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      • resipsaloquitur@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        🏆

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  • suite403@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The streak made me want to not log in days in a row because it highlighted how much time I had wasted on the site.

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• Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Even on old reddit they have these annoying and constant “achievement” notifications now.

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  • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’m so glad I left completely (minus the random search result with no other leads, but no browsing) when the API fuckery started, corporate social media sounds like an absolute hellscape now.

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    • Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I’m almost there, I had to block the reply button with ublock origin. Quite the habitual addiction.

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      • Bezier@suppo.fi ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Why not just nuke the accounts and be done with it

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• pewpew@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Yep, they want you to login everyday FOR MULTIPLE YEARS

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  • msprout@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Well, I did that on my own to be honest. Not anymore, though, lol.

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    • Inaminate_Carbon_Rod@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Same, I’m glad to be out of the cesspool.

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• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Wha… do you get some kind of reddit currency if you make a post that breaks 1000 upvotes, with a multiplier based on your log in streak length?

  Jesus Christ, these fucking dark pattern, microtransaction shit just needs to be universally banned.

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• pennomi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Yeah honestly a social media streak getting bigger is a sign I should probably take a day off.

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• cogitase@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  They have a “basement dweller” achievement if you hit two years.

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