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Duolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNote (techcrunch.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

4.3 people are now learning Chinese.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

你好

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Goodbye.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

The most important thing in Duolingo's chart on social media is the fact that they didn't show the unit. How much are these 216% in absolute numbers? (If there are 100 learners, you can easily increase that by 200%, but the total number remains still meaningless.)

With better numbers, this article is useless, except maybe for Chinese propaganda.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So tiktok is what Gen Z decides to actually put their collective bargaining power together to fight the government over? Not... Anything else of import?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

The spice must flow

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe they'll use this opportunity to improve the course. It's not bad but it could be better.
I think I read somewhere that the Spanish course is the most advanced?!
Not sure but it does feel better and fuller that's for sure, and it has a lot more audio bits and fun stuff like that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

No one wants to use zark fuckerbeg's apps

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

@schizoidman if the alternative to corporate owned social media is a platform of the CCP then we're pretty much all fucked.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

The CEO is AI pilled now but i guess most users dont learn a ton from lingo as it is and slop would be as effective for some users