Is it just me or does the Duolingo bird looks sad/old/tired? What happened to the previous icon?
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Time is the real enemy.
I like duolingo, would recommend.
Prepare for E N S H I T T I F I C A T I O N
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/01/10/duolingo-ai-layoffs/
Oh… Oh no…
That just means if you don’t learn a language now, it will get worse!
No pressure…
Whyyyy… I have 147 days streak on Duolingo.
Sorry to flex but…
How many languages you speak fluently?
Just english my native tongue. I have been learning for fun, only doing one lesson a day during my morning shit and admittedly dont do any supplemental learning (ie. Writing down phrases after lessons or trying to recall new words outside of lessons).
So i have a good ‘streak’ going, but i am far off being able to speak a second language (the latter being much less impressive).The app says i have finished CEFR A1, if i was to believe them.
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He’s old for an owl…
They got you talking about Duolingo. That’s why they changed it.
Duolingo became old cuz everyone forgot about them. Tragic ;-;
They recently added some unlockable graphics for the widget. Nothing major.
Guess they changed the icon just for the hell of it while they were at it.
It’s freaking tired of reminding everyone to practice, yet very few people do it regularly
y’all ignored him too much and this is what happens
It must feed on the blood of oppressed immigrants trying to learn English or it’s immortality will cease
Duo has lost all will to live now that his landscape of progress is a single, non-branching path.
Attention grabbing apparently.
https://stealthoptional.com/apps/duolingo-icon-looks-sad-old/
Changing the Duolingo icon to look sad, old, and wrinkled is a strategy to make users curious, so they open the app to see if there are new updates or content. In other words, Duo is only trying to get your attention.
This tactic is rooted in the psychological effect known as the “novelty effect,” where new stimuli can temporarily increase engagement and motivation. Snapchat similarly employs this strategy with the red dot and yellow dot on the Bitmoji.
God I hate marketing bullshit like this.
Sooo Duolingo is a tamagochi now
It just reminded me how long it had been since I’d launched it so I just uninstalled it lmao
haha I did the same
Yep. I figured this is what had happened and it definitely worked on me. 🙃
Yeah Duolingo uses the novelty effect a lot
Oh, I didn’t know that.
Makes sense. My partner was showing it to me “see? It’s probably because I’ve got notifications muted” unmutes notifications, “no that isn’t it” then I suggested they complete a lesson to see if it changed and it still didn’t, so she put it away. Later I heard that the app notified her that two of her friends congratulated her for starting to again.
It’s a cute program, but wow does it hector people.
They change it all the time for funsies
It’s my fault, y’all. I’m sorry.
I recently started using Duolingo to learn Spanish, and it’s clinically proven I ruin everything I touch, so I think I’m killing the bird…
Can you do the whole world a favour and go to the Kremlin?
Not just you, it’s the same on Android. Maybe related to April Fools?
Just checked and the last update for Android was on April 3rd. I can’t confirm it but I think this happened.after the first.
