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Duolingo reaches $6.5B valuation on day of IPO

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Re: Duolingo reaches $6.5B valuation on day of IPO

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they used to have you read wiki articles like, 6 years ago? I feel that over the years, Duolingo started focusing way more on the game aspect than learning. The spaced repetition is also mostly gone, only somewhat available on desktop.

This is not true, they've made changes recently to their premium features that forces you to do training (spaced tasks).

I see... It's kinda true still, as before we had that on the free plan.

Re: Duolingo reaches $6.5B valuation on day of IPO

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> According to the test specifications. ...Which define proficiency nearly identically between the different skill sets. Your relative proficiency for speaking is expected to be worse until you reach native proficiency, where you are still worse at speaking than reading or listening, but it doesn't very much matter in most situations. > You will not speak what you don't know. Yes, and what you don't know with speakin…

Re-read the thread. Test results and fet experience are not connected.

Felt experience is not relevant. Your own evaluation of your speaking vs listening skills is incredibly irrelevant.
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