I knew this was coming, but...
Nov. 17th, 2022 08:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cathyw yesterday I finally got the new "path" version of Duolingo, and I am utterly discombobulated by it.
they "saved all my progress", except they didn't, because I had a level 2 Golden Owl in Dutch and I no longer have any Golden Owl at all; it can join my Golden Owl in Spanish that was taken away years ago on the Deprecated Trophy Shelf I guess?
without the lessons being helpfully labeled I don't know where I am in the course or what I'm supposed to be focusing on. all I've got to go on is 'follow the path, do all the lessons sequentially.' I'm almost tempted to start over in my courses? I'm almost tempted to quit, except that I'm paid up through the end of the year and I have a streak of nearly 1200 days.
I was not uncertain about whether I was using the tree in the best way. I had a system. they utterly destroyed my system. if I could have opted in to 'leave me alone, I'm doing fine' I definitely would have, but users don't get to design their own experience anymore (except on dreamwidth).
is this just 'we don't like change'? is this some kind of low-key neurodivergent reaction to my habits and routine being disrupted by outside forces? i don't know but any enthusiasm I had for duolingo just got sucked out the window.
they "saved all my progress", except they didn't, because I had a level 2 Golden Owl in Dutch and I no longer have any Golden Owl at all; it can join my Golden Owl in Spanish that was taken away years ago on the Deprecated Trophy Shelf I guess?
without the lessons being helpfully labeled I don't know where I am in the course or what I'm supposed to be focusing on. all I've got to go on is 'follow the path, do all the lessons sequentially.' I'm almost tempted to start over in my courses? I'm almost tempted to quit, except that I'm paid up through the end of the year and I have a streak of nearly 1200 days.
I was not uncertain about whether I was using the tree in the best way. I had a system. they utterly destroyed my system. if I could have opted in to 'leave me alone, I'm doing fine' I definitely would have, but users don't get to design their own experience anymore (except on dreamwidth).
is this just 'we don't like change'? is this some kind of low-key neurodivergent reaction to my habits and routine being disrupted by outside forces? i don't know but any enthusiasm I had for duolingo just got sucked out the window.
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Date: 2022-11-17 04:56 pm (UTC)I'm not ND and I've kept on, but your post reminded me that it has always seemed like no two people got the same experience even in the old days. My spouse and I are each paid users. I don't use the app, he doesn't use the browser version. We do different languages. The rewards system has worked differently all along, we get different types of quizzes, etc. I used to do the little stories in Spanish, French, and German (not available in most languages) but now I can't find them. Neither of us ever had golden owls, I don't think.
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Date: 2022-11-17 05:06 pm (UTC)