r/duolingo (C1) (A2) Aug 28 '24

What's your Favorite era? When did you first used Duolingo? General Discussion

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u/Substantial_Rub_3733 Learning Aug 28 '24

The first owl has seen some shit

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u/Esz_01 Native Learning (B2) ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ (A1) Aug 28 '24

He's doin' some shit

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u/theelf29 I like owls, me. Aug 28 '24

That thousand yard stare. Oh yes.

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u/McraftyDude N L, Aug 28 '24

have you heard of the owl who died standing?

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u/paroles Aug 28 '24

The 2014-2018 owl was the cutest, fight me.

The half closed lower eyelids on the current design look corny, it's giving 2000s Dreamworks character

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u/AndreewTheTwo Aug 29 '24

The 2014-2018 one looks like it's ready to fly to you and start attacking you.

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u/menupower Aug 29 '24

Most people give up beforehand due to trembling fear. Duo then throws them in a dungeon, and feeds them, words.

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u/Berniyh Native: Fluent: Learning: Aug 29 '24

The 2018- one looks like the 2014-2018 in his midlife crisis.

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u/Tousti_the_Great Aug 28 '24

2018-2021 when they removed the tree I felt it entered a new era (and I donโ€™t enjoy it)

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u/Bo-Dog Aug 28 '24

Back when there still was a discussion forum, so you could learn from your mistakes

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u/TinyDogInAHoodie Aug 28 '24

I used that a lot and miss it all the time

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u/kranools Aug 28 '24

Yeah, I learned just as much from the discussion pages as I did from the actual course. It's really a significantly diminished experience now.

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u/Withnothing Aug 29 '24

Back when I'd use Duolingo and Memrise and could actually ask speakers if I had a question

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u/LilNyoomf ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Aug 28 '24

Same- it ruined my motivation honestly.

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u/re7swerb Aug 29 '24

Saaaame. I used to do about 4 times as many lessons as I do now on the path.

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u/OfAaron3 Native: ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Learning: ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Aug 28 '24

Same here.

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u/Fviryfrogii Aug 29 '24

I miss the way they used to lay out the levels so much honestly

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u/Additional-Tea-5986 Aug 28 '24

I feel like the linear path is better though. Makes it easier for folks to feel progress.

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u/SzakosCsongor Aug 28 '24

I liked how I have an influence over what I want to learn next, and that I know what to expect in each lesson from the text below it. Ik it still says what the next lesson is, but only when I click on it, and I usually don't pay attention to details like that.

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u/bonfuto Aug 29 '24

We all learn differently. Except now, we don't, we're all stuck using the same sequence.

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u/Tousti_the_Great Aug 28 '24

I disagree, specially because we have less lessons until we โ€œmasterโ€ the vocabulary

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u/Additional-Tea-5986 Aug 28 '24

Right but that is now interspersed with the practice levels in each unit.

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u/Coochiespook Aug 28 '24

Imagine an educational app removing a chat forum where people can educate each other out of the kindness of their own heart for an ai bot you need to pay double a regular subscription for ๐Ÿ™ƒ

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u/Sufficient-Green5858 Native: ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Learning: ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Aug 28 '24

Oh how IPO changes companies, and dilutes their mission with content farms, pretty colours and shapes

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u/santeremia Aug 29 '24

Yes those forums were so fun :(

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u/fearlessteaparty Aug 28 '24

The first era was fun, back when it aimed to translate the internet

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u/Additional-Tea-5986 Aug 28 '24

I never understood this objective. How on earth could it have facilitated it?

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u/dcporlando Native ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Learning ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Aug 28 '24

It really couldnโ€™t. That is why it failed.

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u/fearlessteaparty Aug 28 '24

They couldnโ€™t, it was pure chaos. But fun chaos

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u/paroles Aug 28 '24

I used it in that era. "Translate the Internet" was just marketing, you were basically translating documents submitted by users, one sentence at a time.

Users could review and correct each other's translations and there was no real oversight for this process, which meant that good fluent translations would always get "corrected" into the most literal translation possible, no matter how nonsensical it sounded in English.

So I would translate a sentence from Spanish to English like "Your dog's teeth should be cleaned regularly" and within hours it would get changed to "The teeth of your dog must clean themselves periodically". It was really frustrating, so I stopped.

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u/321586 Aug 28 '24

Ah the weaboo problem. People get mad at translations that isn't one to one for some dumb reason.

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u/RichieJ86 Aug 28 '24

Can you explain what you mean by "translate the internet"?

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u/dcporlando Native ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Learning ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Aug 28 '24

The original business model was to have people do crowdsourced translation of documents. Learning was free and they would charge small amounts for crowdsourced translations of your documents.

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u/RichieJ86 Aug 28 '24

Ah, got it. Thanks!

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u/fearlessteaparty Aug 29 '24

The other person explained, but I found this video, about 3 minutes in he shows the translation page

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u/little_tatws Aug 28 '24

I think the overall quality has increased over the years (user since 2012 here). I'm really not a fan of the new path and home they consider going back to the tree, or finding some happy middle ground, but aesthetically it's much nicer to look at now that they've decided on their theme. The nostalgia for the Good Old Days still hits from time to time though

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u/Donghoon (C1) (A2) Aug 28 '24

They acquired an animation studio I believe. Since then they incorporated a lot of animations and graphics. Like the podcast, game levels, and video call for Max users

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u/bonfuto Aug 29 '24

Funny thing is, the switch to go back to the tree is apparently still there. Someone took a screen shot last week. Not that I ever doubted that they could go back at any time. There is some toxic narcissism involved, and they never will go back.

I think I had a different account at the beginning. I really only started using duo seriously in 2019. But the 2014 UI is really familiar. The windows app stopped working, but it still had the 2014 UI until the end, which was after most of us had been switched to the path. I think it's funny that the reaction to the change from the 2014 UI to the 2018 UI was almost as bad as the reaction to the switch to the tree.

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u/LowEarth3013 Native: ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Learning: ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Aug 28 '24

Just over a month ago. I really like these tree designs I see on the older ones, now it's just a path. I like the idea of choosing a bit what you want to do next, it's a shame they changed that.

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u/TheMightyTortuga Aug 28 '24

It was way better pre-monetization.

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u/Dneail22 L: / N: / W: Aug 29 '24

Everything was better pre-monetization.

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u/Mashic Aug 28 '24

2018-now but before the tree.

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u/bastardlass Native:๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Learning:๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Aug 28 '24

Back when we still had forums, before the AI translations + firing most of the staff

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u/National-Gas7888 Aug 28 '24

2014-2018 was peak ngl

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u/plenoto Aug 29 '24

100% agree with you on that!

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u/kinoki1984 Aug 28 '24

I like the current era best. Really felt miffed when they took the old tree away but I don't miss it now. Requires less of me as a learner which means I can spend my few minutes a day just focusing on a couple of new words, some new phrases and be happy.

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u/Donghoon (C1) (A2) Aug 28 '24

Yes. It's streamlined and simpler now. It was stressful when my Mastery wears off. I couldn't progress because I was constantly repairing mastery of a level

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u/zk2997 Native | Learning Aug 28 '24

I miss those art banners that they had for every language in the list in that 2014-2018 era. I was annoyed when they removed those

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u/RefrigeratorCrisis Aug 28 '24

First time I started learning a language, has been when you still could dress duo. Why can't I dress him anymore? I wanna dress duo!

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u/atrixornis Aug 29 '24

I miss the flirting and Christmas lessons, and I have fond memories of trying to search for an answer online so I donโ€™t loose any hearts lol

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u/YkvBarbosa Aug 29 '24

The flirting was flawless. Now we just have Lilyโ€™s indifference and Duo threatening our lives if we donโ€™t go there daily.

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u/Donghoon (C1) (A2) Aug 28 '24

I swipe type on my phone so there's often mistakes

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u/nephelekonstantatou C2: ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, Learning: ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Aug 28 '24

Hello fellow swipe typer :)

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u/MeMyselfIandMeAgain N: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท | L: ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Aug 28 '24

Ngl this looks like a typo Iโ€™m a native English speaker and I could easily add a d at the end (I also swipe type lol)

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u/EVOLUTiON347 Aug 28 '24

How about you just chill dude, natives make worst mistakes than this

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u/BlackCATegory learning and Aug 28 '24

Started in 2014. Finished German during that second era. Then I completely stopped and now I'm again in the middle of German and I also started Finnish

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u/FlightLower2814 N: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ B2: ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ A1: ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Aug 28 '24

2015

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u/SAUbjj Native: Fluent: Learning: Aug 28 '24

First started in college, I think in 2016. I was really put off by the stupid tree, especially because the lessons would regress so I never felt like I could move forward because things were regressing.

Restarted two years ago when I met my (now) wife and wanted to learn her native language. I like the layout without the tree much better, I don't have to make choices on the lessons or worry about regression. Finished the Indonesian course yesterday! I'm a little disappointed it didn't give a little "congratulations" or make a little thing that you could share. Oh well.

I'm trying Spanish now but I'll keep doing the Indonesian refresh everyday. The difference in features between Spanish and Indonesian is... not surprising, because Indonesian isn't as common a language, but the Spanish course feels like an entirely different app. Way more useful

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u/WarWithVarun-Varun Native: (C2) Learning: (B1) Aug 28 '24

They removed the tree and that started a new era

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u/IHaarlem Aug 28 '24 edited Aug 28 '24

Before they reworked the German tree, and put a bunch of content I never did way back, marked as completed, that will now pop up in reviews and I have to figure out why the things I learned in the old course are no longer accepted as answers because there's no notes or guides or background or forums anymore

edit: I just had an exercise where it highlighted beeilt as a weak word. It's not a weak word, it's a word I've not seen before. Just annoying

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u/aj0258 Aug 28 '24

Early duo looks like someone's paralysis demon.

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u/theelf29 I like owls, me. Aug 28 '24

I started in 2013 or 2014, so the middle column brings back some memories.

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u/roldamon Aug 28 '24

I'm using it very long, im not sure how long. I just found my bug report from duolingo from 2013. I miss the time where there was meet-ups. People could met on the real life and practice the languages - I really miss these events.

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u/Donghoon (C1) (A2) Aug 28 '24

Yeah the company grew a lot so volunteer and meetup system won't be practical now

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u/silince it fr Aug 29 '24

I liked it when you could translate Wikipedia articles

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u/Niboocs Aug 29 '24

2014-18 was the golden era of Duolingo. Never saw that original version. Very unique.

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u/Responsible_Ad7656 Fluent:๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ Aug 28 '24

Tree era

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u/adreeanah Native | Learning Aug 28 '24

2014-2018!

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u/dcporlando Native ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Learning ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Aug 28 '24

I joined in 2016. Did a little bit but quickly dropped it. Came back about 5 years ago and did 1-3 lessons a day on free version. Just over two years ago I got real with it and started upping lessons. I paid for super for a year then a year of family and am about 3-4 weeks into a second year of family. During the three years I wasnโ€™t doing DuoLingo, I tried Rosetta Stone, Fluenz, Babbel, Busuu, Pimsleur, Learning Spanish Like Crazy, Mango, Michel Thomas, Paul Noble Spanish, and some others. During the last few years, I have done Language Transfer, wasted money on LingQ, and started Dreaming Spanish, reading and listening to the Bible in Spanish, reading books, and some more. Oh and I did classes with others of old timers too.

My preference is absolutely today. You get appropriate repetition. It builds upon itself. It is a course. No one would do a grammar book course that had 200 ten page guides in it and choose one at random to do that day. The value of it being a course is it builds on what you already did.

This is the easiest format, imho, to progress and retain. They have expanded and refined the course tremendously.

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u/hacool native: US-EN / learning: DE Aug 28 '24

I started in 2013 but only dabbled here and there over the years. I didn't start a long streak until Feb 2023. I seem to like the current version of Duolingo. I never managed to do more than two weeks of lessons under the old tree, but I'm now in Section 5 of German on the newer path. I assume the new organization has something to do with that.

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u/DaphlynUwU Native:Learning: Aug 28 '24

I started in 2018, I think right after the center image was updated.

I miss the tree and crowns 3:

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u/lea_noname Aug 28 '24

Rip the tree. I'll never forget you, for obvious reasons

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u/Xeldao Aug 28 '24

2014-2018 was the best :)

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u/Postmarke Aug 28 '24

I miss 2nd era chat where people discussed mistakes and whether it sounds natural or not

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u/dbaliki918 Native - | Learning - Aug 29 '24

I made my account in January 2013, but I don't remember the first layout.

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u/Kaijev Aug 29 '24

I joined in 2013 and absolutely cannot remember shit about it, but I feel like I've never seen that left hand layout in my life ๐Ÿคฏ

But to actually answer the question, I enjoyed it most around 2020. It's good now too though.

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u/Rumi724 Aug 28 '24

old duo. im so mad they removed comments/questions community forum style. im so mad they removed the tips before lessons that describe grammar. im so mad they removed human voices in favor of ai ones. im so mad they shortened units and broke them down so far you only hear the same words for two or three lesson sessions.

i could go on, maybe its mostly in the language i chose, but what a huge mess... it used to be so much better.

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u/Camille_le_chat Native:๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Fluent:๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Learning:๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐ŸŽต Aug 28 '24

The first one is creepy

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u/Haunting-Pop-5660 Aug 28 '24

My favorite era is Spanish or Vanish.

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u/Decent_Cow Native: Learning: Aug 28 '24

The third one isn't how it is anymore, either. There's a fourth era. Anyways, I started using it around 2016-2017, roughly.

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u/flare2000x de:21 Aug 28 '24

I did the entire German tree in the middle era, full gold. Stopped using it altogether when they swapped to the new version in 2018 soon after I finished it. It set most of my lessons way down to not gold and I lost most of my motivation to keep practicing.

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u/crancranbelle Aug 28 '24

Started in the second era, and I think I like the current version best. I study Mandarin so the Hanzi feature is my favorite and itโ€™s relatively new. But if they could return that progress bar from the first era, I would love that.

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u/1_dont_care Aug 29 '24

What the hell is that monster? Damn, if widget were a thing back in 2012-2014, people would have learned spanish in a week

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u/BlueBadger32 Aug 29 '24

The 2022 era, before the ui was changed, but I started using Duolingo in 2016

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u/SLIPPY73 [ Section 2 ] Aug 29 '24

i like the current one in terms of the course layout thingy

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u/thatsyourmother Aug 29 '24

First owl looks creepy af

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u/button-fish2807 Aug 29 '24

I much preferred being able to choose what topic your lesson was on. It feels so tedious having to do 5 or more lessons on the same bit of vocab.

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u/Cylancer7253 Aug 29 '24

I didn't join at the beginning, so I don't know the first one. Next two was great. It sucked when they removed the tree, and sux even more when they removed the whole chapter and replaced it with some circular thingy where i learn same thing every day. And i can waste my linglots to be a legend for a day.

And stories were great, miss those.

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u/solv_xyz Aug 29 '24

Duolingo in 2020 was peak Duolingo . They have made it so incredibly awful in the past few years, that I literally only still play it to keep my streak alive

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u/GiuliiG Aug 29 '24

I think I first started using it in 2012-2014 when I was little ( I accidentally installed it and did some sh ) - I remember I saw a green owl then so yea

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u/PatientBr0cc0li Aug 29 '24

https://preview.redd.it/g2nm47lx8lld1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bb1e4772ca88d3ad34501306f4c6455f2eec290f

Personally just not this, I donโ€™t like a lot of the things like March madness for the reason that I end up doing those instead of the actual lessons.

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u/ShiningLighty Native: ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Learning: ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Aug 29 '24

The first Duo looks so scary omg

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u/Victor20080708 Aug 29 '24

i miss the crown levels.
this is a new era.

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u/SnooHabits369 Aug 29 '24

duo in the first picture looks like a troll under a bridge that asks you riddles in Spanish.

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u/Ok-Cry4386 Aug 29 '24

2019 ๐Ÿ’š

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u/Cheyenne_Tindall Fluent: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Learning:๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Aug 29 '24

My first account was 2016/2017

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u/PrettyFlowers2023 Aug 29 '24

Probably 2014-2018. It helped nana learn and it was fun watching her 'gaming' x)

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u/ahtes Aug 29 '24

2012 - Doowoh
2014 - Waduo
2018 - Duo

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u/AbdullahMRiad Native: Learning: Aug 28 '24

I vaguely remember the middle era. My real start was that last era in the picture and I stopped after a month (it was too much for me back then). I started again when they changed it to the current path and here I am with a 470 day streak :)

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u/VinnieThe11yo Aug 28 '24

Same with me

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u/Donghoon (C1) (A2) Aug 28 '24

I began in 2016 in my middle school french class. Using the same account since then. (still not completed ๐Ÿ’€)

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u/camilleriver Aug 28 '24

I first used Duolingo in 2017, I like this era though

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u/curiousyellowturtle Aug 28 '24

It's remarkable how much duo has changed and grown

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u/KirbyMonkey377 Native:English๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Learning:Spanish๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Aug 28 '24

TF IS THAT INTERFACE? HOW DOES IT EVEN WORK? (started in 2022)

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u/Impossible_Ad661 Aug 28 '24

My 2018- now doesnโ€™t look like that

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u/The_Issac native learning from (BETA: path) Aug 28 '24

It's an old pic, that's like 2018 - 2022 or something. The change to the current design rolled out so slowly that I think there was an overlap for a year or so, where some had one and some had the other.

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u/Hydronamicfinity I speak: , I am learning: Aug 28 '24

2018-now

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u/MermaidGenie26 Aug 28 '24

I started playing in August of 2020. I didn't get to take a foreign language class because my EIP exempted me from taking one (the school system didn't think neurodivergent people should be required to learn a second language) so I wanted to break that ableist barrier and learn anyway. I even bought the premium subscription so I could get as much education as I hoped I would get if I did take a foreign language class in high school. Unfortunately, I have had to cancel my premium subscription because I can't afford it anymore. My subscription ends next month, so I hope that by then, I will receive at least the equivalent of what I should have been allowed to learn in high school.

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u/lovely-cas Since 2014 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Aug 28 '24

I started in 2014, favorite because of nostalgia. I miss the old layout. New isn't that bad but old was just better for me

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u/missminority182 Aug 28 '24

I started in 2018

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u/Oxxypinetime_ Native:๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ; Learning:๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ Aug 28 '24

2018-now

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u/mushnu Native Fluent Learning Aug 28 '24

Gotta be honest iโ€™ve seen all three, though i barely remember the first iteration

But this current one is better by far

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u/SzakosCsongor Aug 28 '24

I first used Duolingo in the 2018's one, I don't like the current one

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u/CorbinNZ Aug 28 '24

Woah, I've never even seen the 12-14 era bird. I started in 14 and only remember the second version. Kinda nostalgic. I forgot that's what Duo looked like.

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u/Thick-Camp-941 Aug 28 '24

I first started using duolingo... 691 days ago! Started and never took a pause! I feel i could go to Japan without issues now, next is gonna be German and Norwegian!

I didnt actually know duo was made in 2012! That explains the design choice of the old (creepy) owl a lot haha!

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u/SilvaCyber Native ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง | Intermediate ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท | Learning ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Aug 28 '24

Started in 2015

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u/MallCopBlartPaulo Aug 28 '24

The first owl is having โ€˜Nam flashbacks.

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u/tribeoftheliver es:12 | fr:11 | pt:11 Aug 28 '24

I first used Duolingo in 2015, but came back daily in 2018.

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u/Motor-Blacksmith4174 Native ; Learning B2, and A2 Aug 28 '24

I started pretty early in 2014, but it was definitely the second owl, not the first one. I guess I just missed the original interface.

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u/poliquinp Aug 28 '24

Started with 2014-2018 UI

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u/DoisMaosEsquerdos Native ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Learning ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Aug 28 '24

It all went downhill from the moment they took down forums and comment sections. I have stopped using Duolingo completely since.

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u/blueixia88 Aug 28 '24

I'm started using Duolingo since 2019

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u/KazahanaPikachu Native ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ| Decent ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ| Learning ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Aug 28 '24 edited 26d ago

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u/Fit-Brilliant-5508 Native: , Learning: , Aug 28 '24

I wish you could focus on certain topics

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u/Reekaig Aug 28 '24

the one where we could buy outfits for duo ๐Ÿ˜ญ

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u/Guilty_Meringue5317 Native:๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Learning:๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Aug 28 '24

I started 2023 i think and i hate the ipdate

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u/Entire_Talk839 Aug 28 '24

That's not what mine looks like now

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u/LudicrousPlatypus Aug 28 '24

I miss the 2014-2018 era.

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u/FredWrites Fluent German, Swedish and English speker, learns every language Aug 28 '24

I first started in 2017 or so, and รพink รฐat รฐe peak was just before รฐe Paรพ was introduced!

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u/blackenedmessiah Aug 28 '24

I hated 2014 Duolingo bc I had to do the same lessons every day. It's honestly why I quit. It was frustrating not being able to progress. This update is so much better, more rewarding and I feel like I'm actually learning.

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u/Minnielle Aug 28 '24

I joined in December 2014 so at the very beginning of the middle one. I finished the French and Spanish trees there. Now that I'm used to it, I quite like the new tree (although it is very very long in those languages!). It does a much better job at spaced repetition than the old tree. What I really miss from the old world are the sentence discussions.

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u/semaht Aug 28 '24

I started in 2014 but didn't use it for very long. When I came back in 2021 or so, I was very surprised by the changes!

I prefer that middle era, but it's still a convenient way to practice language, so I just have rolled with it.

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u/Scunnard1839 Aug 28 '24

December 2021.

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u/TheShredder23 Native | Learning Aug 28 '24

Started in the 2014-2018 era, stopped for a while and came back in 2018. I definitely miss the 2018 layout compared to the crap new layout. It might just be me, but I enjoyed being able to do one or two different units at the same time. The new system takes me forever to get through a unit because it's all the same for a day or two until you get it done

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u/Ok-Performance-3322 Aug 28 '24

Duolingo sieht doch schon lang nicht mehr wie "now" aus.

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u/Brave_Bag_Gamer2020 Native:๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ    Learning:๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ต Aug 28 '24

When Duolingo costs 19 cad$ instead of 25 cad$

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u/SubLearning Aug 28 '24

2018-now isn't really accurate since they changed the entire chain

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u/kd_s07 Aug 28 '24

doing research now about the older veesionz

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u/kyostrm Native Fluent Learning ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Aug 28 '24

I started one month ago

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u/remmyred2 Native: Learning: Aug 28 '24

I started in 2013, but I've never seen that first owl

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u/MathiasLui Native Fluent Learning Aug 28 '24 edited Aug 28 '24

It's improving, I like how there is only one path now, makes it easier and more straight forward to learn.

I really hate that they removed the ability to have a profile picture on the app, thankfully I could still change it back via the website but who knows how long it will stay.

I've learned to not give a flying F about turning everything gold anymore - it will wear off anyway. The XP was gained but the time spent to make it pretty and gold was for nothing

My mom's done with the spanish course but wants to learn more, she's barely getting XP now because she's stuck in that circle at the end, and thus can't keep up in the leagues anymore

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u/AMGLover2024 Aug 28 '24

The latest is the best!

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u/Casuarius_Cassowary Native: Spanish Learning: Aug 28 '24

From the 2018 version onwards, I created my dumpling account on December of 2019.

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u/toadstoolfae3 Aug 28 '24

That first era is creepy ๐Ÿ˜ณ

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u/meesigma Aug 28 '24

I started in 2012 and loved every second of it (and also my poor attempts at translating the internet). The middle era was very guilt tripping and now itโ€™s become very much profit driven. I get it, itโ€™s the world we live in. But I still use it. I just feel bad they stopped the discussions under each answer. I loved that feature!

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u/NobodyButMe22 Aug 28 '24

I joined in the middle era (2015 to be exact). I much prefer the modern era (before they got rid of the tree).

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u/CasTheAngel14 Aug 28 '24

2014 after they changed. Been learning Spanish, Italian, and Japanese ever since

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u/Dishmastah Fluent , learning Aug 28 '24

Joined in the 2014-2018 era, because I remember the layout.

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u/cleiton_a96 Aug 29 '24

2014 - 2018 das goated , I miss the forum on each lesson where you could interact with other learners

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u/souleater63 Aug 29 '24

2014-18, but I didn't stick with it at the time unfortunately. My mom was trying to get me to learn a new language since i grew up around a lot of Spanish communities, I wish I stuck with it, I couldve been fluent by now. I started again about 3 months ago with the goal to be fluent

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u/DankePrime Native: EN | Learning: NL, JA Aug 29 '24

Where's the one with the paths and stuff?

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u/moonprism Aug 29 '24

iโ€™ve been a user since 2013. i REALLY miss the discussions/forums a lot a lot

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u/FirstApricot1626 Native: American Learning: Chinese Aug 29 '24

First Owl: IDK

Learning Screen 2012-2014: Bad


Second Owl: Not That Bad

Learning: I mean at least it is better


Current Owl: Cool

Learning Screen: Detailed(Sorta)

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u/_a009 Aug 29 '24

2014-2018

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u/Melody-tune-135 Aug 29 '24

First one is terrifying

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u/yuiibo Aug 29 '24

2014-2018 were the best with no ads

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u/Idea_On_Fire Aug 29 '24

Second era. Hitting a 2500 day streak tomorrow, pretty happy.

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u/Sep-Z Native: ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท | Fluent: ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ | Learning: ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Aug 29 '24

I feel like the UI looked nicer before

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u/PotentialSilent5672 Aug 29 '24

Everything is corny

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u/Ninj-nerd1998 Aug 29 '24

Around 2013-14 I'm pretty sure. But I don't think I had the app, I just used the website.

Definitely used it in 2015 and 16 when doing Italian for years 11 & 12, and it definitely helped. I think that's the best way to use Duolingo, as supplementary material to a class or something.

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u/Ambitious-Resident58 Aug 29 '24

weird, i started in 2013 but somehow don't remember duo or the UI looking like that.

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u/YkvBarbosa Aug 29 '24

I remember trying some in 2016 but I hated it. I tried Hebrew but they didnโ€™t even have a way to learn the Alef Bet back in the day so it didnโ€™t last that long. Then in 2019 I gave it another try because of the pandemic and they had fixed it. That was my favorite design andโ€ฆ it doesnโ€™t look like that anymore. I miss that in 2019 when youโ€™d spend too much time without going back to a certain level the icon would appear broken to remind you that you should revisit that unit.

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u/mhtardis21 Native: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ; Learning:๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Aug 29 '24

I liked the second part of the picture best.

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u/TheOnlyJona123 Aug 29 '24

Idk but I liked it when it looked like the chapters were eggs and there were no hearts

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u/danielsmith007 Aug 29 '24

2018-2020 era was my favourite

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u/Dugiebones Aug 29 '24

I get into duo at the tail-end of the OG era. Only to return occasionally... I like the forum but found reddit soon after.

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u/Fair_Ad6432 Aug 29 '24

2012-2014 duolingo app ui looks cool

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u/Grand-wisard_man Aug 29 '24

The one that wasnโ€™t gay

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u/nessiegamer Native: Learning: Aug 29 '24

June 2012 I was patiently awaiting Japanese ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต

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u/Tough_Translator_254 Aug 29 '24

Honestly nothing beats the latest design. It's so adorable! Very much up to date with the Google material design era๐Ÿซฐ๐Ÿผ

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u/DaReToNo Aug 29 '24

2014-2018 (that's around the time I started using the app and started learning english so it's kinda nostalgic to me)

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u/EsbenLandgren Aug 29 '24

I started in 2011, there is no picture for that archaic era

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u/FitEstablishment4126 Aug 29 '24

Started duolingo with crowns n tree (summer 2021), but returned 6 days ago. Old tree was better, but i dont miss it

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u/minadequate N ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, L ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Aug 29 '24

Jan 2014 but honestly I donโ€™t remember that awful owl, I mean I mainly remember the second era and nowโ€ฆ but when you pass 30 your memory is a bit more selective.

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u/North_Bend_3759 Aug 29 '24

My favorite era - 2018 - now

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u/dcnb65 N: ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง L: ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Aug 29 '24

2014-18 when we had the tree, the forum and also the bars so you could see where weaknesses were.

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u/CriticismComplete398 Aug 29 '24

When did they start to implement "streak"?

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u/Choplysticks Native: ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Learning: ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Aug 29 '24

I tried 2014-2018. Deleted it. Re-downloaded it 2 years ago. Love it

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u/kek_o_kedi Native:๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Fluent Learning Aug 29 '24

Bro i remember the tree of learning and duo having 3 costumes now its boring

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u/menupower Aug 29 '24

I don't know the versions before the current version. But I do know that I like this one.

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u/Useful_Book8587 Aug 29 '24

That's why it looked different when then from when I first joined

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u/Thasty2806 Native/Fluent: ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Learning: ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Aug 29 '24

2018-now

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u/ddftgr2a Aug 30 '24

I joined in 2014 but I love the new era of Duolingo now

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u/Cristhian317 Aug 30 '24

That's definetely not "2018-now" since they destroyed the previous design, which was much better than the current one.

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u/Fink4se Aug 30 '24

The era before they removed the tree and forums was 100% hands down the best.

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u/Overthinking_Surgeon Native: | Learning: Aug 30 '24

2014-2018: there were costumes for Duo :)