the Welsh government is desperate. Welsh was close to being eradicated because somebody wanted more land, like they literally used to beat children in schools for speaking Welsh.
Now Wales is trying really hard to bring it back, and duolingo offering a free course for anybody on the planet helps a ton. Especially because it’s hard to find learning resources when you don’t live in Wales. Hell, the resources are scarce even when you do live in Wales!
Salamendacious@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It is! It’s unfortunate that Duolingo killed the volunteer program.
Kolrami@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I can’t even see comments on lessons anymore. There was one Brazilian dude named Paulenrique who would answer anyone’s questions about quirks of the language and now all his efforts to help people are just gone.
Salamendacious@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yeah there were lots of people in the Italian comments who did the same thing. It was invaluable. Now all that work is gone. It’s frustrating. I cancelled my super Duolingo subscription over that.
neutron@thelemmy.club 11 months ago
Yeah, tons of helpful tips on actual natives chiming in, just gone. It’s a shame.
Etienne_Dahu@jlai.lu 11 months ago
It’s because they didn’t connect for 7 days… A warning to the other students.
elscallr@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’m not sure if you’ve ever moderated anything volunteer based but… honestly you can’t give the internet anything nice.
Kolrami@lemmy.world 11 months ago
But then why did they get rid of the comments that were old, locked, and useful? Sometimes it feels like Duolingo cares less and less about whether or not people learn languages. It’s not surprising, but unfortunate.
elscallr@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’m not saying it was the ideal thing, I’m saying people mostly suck and moderating something sucks a lot less when you can fire the person who decided to say “pinche tu madre” meant “have a nice day.”