Ignoring the dubiousness of the "energy" concept, Duolingo should not allow you to start a lesson if you don't have the energy to complete. Diabolical.

Hello! After a HUGE while, I have completed the French course, I am pretty much comfortable with reading and writing, a bit wonky on hearing (I still have managed to watch a movie with no subtitles) and talking but I personally consider myself pretty good!

Reaching the end grants me so much joy ^^ Finally I can use another language other than English

edit: im already a native french speaker i speedrunned the course

1100 days on Duolingo it’s definitely been a journey

solving the daily puzzles of missed days used to he free but it costs gems now…

(i’m on the super family plan)

edit: it’s the chess course

Secret knight move?

Well I finally did it. I started over 7 years ago and finally finished today. They kept adding content before I would finish. My current streak is 2670 days. And I am pretty sure I lost my streak a couple times in the first two months. I'm dangerous at Spanish now, but not fluent. I guess I'll be spending time doing the Portuguese unit in Spanish from here on out to stack my learning. I'm not sure Duo is the best way to learn but the gamification kept me going little by little.

Yay streak at 300 days

It used to tell you where you should be in the CEFR score, now it just has an example of what you should be able to do (read a story, watch TV, communicate at work). Are they backing out of the CEFR claim of reaching B1 (in Spanish anyway).

I have to admit short daily lessons have helped me maintain my French skills.

Really frustrating now having only 2 daily quests instead of 3. This is going to be rough if I continue having to do 70 points. It takes away the fun of it for me!

Why do I have a friend quest with a complete stranger? I dont follow him and he doesn’t follow me. How is this even possible? I mean I dont really mind but it‘s still strange.

Seriously, can someone please explain why the official app (or even the website) doesn’t have a simple news/updates tab so we actually know what’s going on?

​And more importantly: why is Duolingo so ridiculously cryptic about literally everything?

​One person gets a feature today, someone else sees it three weeks later, and half of us never get it at all. Event timers and dates make zero sense, everyone is basically running a completely different version of the app, and there are zero guidelines anywhere. To make matters worse, every single official channel is out of sync: the app does one thing, social media does another, the blog feels abandoned, and the official website is pretty much an empty shell.

​You check their X/Twitter account and the entire strategy is just farming engagement with shitposts, chaotic memes, and unhinged brainrot. You watch their YouTube channel and spend the entire time wondering what on earth you’re witnessing, until you remember: right, this is the official communication of a multi-billion dollar language-learning company.

​At this point, this subreddit isn't even just about language learning anymore—it’s an open psychiatric ward where we all gather to cope with the collective trauma and confusion caused by this app.

​Anyway, this post is my official admission slip. Sending hugs from the padded room. We're in this madness together.

💣🧨☢️🦉☢️🧨💣

Has anyone figured this out?

Just look

Does it feel to anyone else like Duolingo has nothing but a series of tests with no actual lessons?

I have a hard time concentrating on learning when I am just trying to get the right answer.

Lily always forgets her best friend's birthday.

I answered correctly but it’s still somehow telling me I have a typo. I hit the “explain my answer” button and it told me exactly the same thing. Very odd.

sometimes Oscar needs to hold back a bit ig 😂 and enjoy his victory in a calm way ig.