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CaitNicRun

dakanga wrote: ↑Wed Apr 27, 2022 2:11 am
Perhaps we need to start changing our jargon when referring to
a Duolingo course as a tree -
to be

a Duolingo path

Yeah, um, nope.

I appreciate your optimism. But Owls live in trees, not on paths and this path thing just isn't as charming as Owls and Trees.

my .02

CaitNicRun

heck, with Archive.org some things you can download without an account. Or at least I think you used to. But, yeh, registering is free. And you can check stuff out with the online library loan for an hour at a time.

CaitNicRun

GRMA a chara! The last Duo zooms never worked and were finally canceled. Nice to see a replacement.

CaitNicRun

Feeling like DL is going into chaos right now slowly on a path to self destruction. (This is just my opinion) No, I agree and definitely feel like that's where the site is headed. I'm already starting to scope out alternatives and would recommend others do the same. So...Situation Normal: Class 5 D...

CaitNicRun

To be fair, someone actually did start such a project. It's called LibreLingo and it currently only offers Spanish (though I have heard that Basque is on the way). It's purely web-based and hasn't really gained a lot of traction as of yet, but it's still worth a mention, as it was nonetheless direc...

CaitNicRun

Posts in the Irish forum go back to late January. That's just the end of the first page. There are more pages after that that go further, as far as 2014. Just click the little arrow at the end of the page. Or you can type the number of the page at the end of the url. Example page 5: https://duoling...

CaitNicRun

Oh, and I think I found a quick fix to your image issue. Just edit the URL. Would you demonstrate the code? That was hosted on blogger. It has a handful of default sizes: /s1600/DSC07782.JPG(full size), /s800/DSC07782.JPG, and a smaller one but I can't remember. But /s200/DSC07782.JPG does work: ht...

CaitNicRun

So I looked...and discovered in spite of my best efforts to kill it, my streak is still alive...and the SD are indeed locked. There's no link to this forum, but there's no link to anywhere else either, not even their Discord club. I just don't think Duo the company is interested in promoting langua...

CaitNicRun

I didn't say it, but someone else did and now it's archived: https://duolingo.hobune.stream/comment/56978229 But I was thinking it weeks ago. I didn't want to say anything publicly for fear of calling down corporate wrath on...or getting my last account shadowbanned. Obviously there would be intelle...

CaitNicRun

Archived Irish subforum: https://duolingo.hobune.stream/topic/901/1 Related thread: https://forum.duome.eu/viewtopic.php?t=2874 Many thanks to hobune for saving the forum posts, as well as the sub forums. I clicked around. It's browsable (the links work inside the document) but not searchable at thi...

CaitNicRun

Wow. This is amazing! Thanks!

CaitNicRun

I was on r/duolingo and I saw a post from u/rebane2001 who made a back up of the entire forum. Yes, the whole thing... every discussion, every subforum. Here's the link: https://duolingo.hobune.stream/ Here's the post on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/duolingo/comments/tkdh1x/i_created_an_archive...

CaitNicRun

So I looked...and discovered in spite of my best efforts to kill it, my streak is still alive...and the SD are indeed locked. There's no link to this forum, but there's no link to anywhere else either, not even their Discord club. I just don't think Duo the company is interested in promoting languag...

CaitNicRun

Well, I had intended to. But that was when I thought that the Sentence Discussions would still continue (they lied), so there was a way that I could still make a contribution to others’ learning, by answering grammar questions on the German course. Now that the SDs are locked/frozen/mummified, so t...

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... I was also shadow banned right before the forum closed ... all so sad. ... ... Someone allegedly was was banned "for another reason" after promoting the forum ... my axe grinder knew it was a second account ... I was just ridiculously polite ... I would have thought that the last day,...

CaitNicRun

So this is it. The king is dead, long live the new king - the reign of Duome has officially began. However dark the cloud, there's always a silver lining... ) I didn't have any chance to do anything "spectacular" about it, but - what a coincidence - it was the sunset of duolingo forums ye...

CaitNicRun

IceVajal wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 6:32 pm
@CaitNicRun, fondue is from Switzerland as far as I know.
Swedish... Ikea?

LOL It's madder than I thought....

CaitNicRun

Thomas.Heiss wrote: ↑Wed Mar 23, 2022 12:47 am
Hello all,

..........
Have a good day / night.

Best regards from Germany

Hi Thomas! Glad to see you here!

I remember your very helpful posts. Sometimes they were a bit overwhelming, but often had better information than the official Duo threads.

Hope to see more of you here!

CaitNicRun

I just don't see the point of duo crippling its users by locking the sentence discussions. Really dismayed today to discover this. Whole new unfriendly feel to duo now. I agree. I feel so down after this happened, especially because I was also shadow banned right before the forum closed, by a moder...

CaitNicRun

>There is an unofficial Duolingo Discord server for learners of any language where people can chat and practice. Many of our forum regulars and moderators are members. It’s free for anyone to join. Why's an unofficial Discord server being touted on the Forum-Announcement-FAQ page? If it has the Duo...

CaitNicRun

I was able to post one more plug for Duome an hour ago or so, but now all I see is "page offline The discussion forums are no longer available" message (as in @justheaven's post). So this is it. The king is dead, long live the new king - the reign of Duome has officially began. Long Live ...

CaitNicRun

So I've decided, while I'm keeping it as a review tool, I'm deliberately letting my streak(s) go. I need a break and keeping the streak from before the forums ended...which is official as of a few minutes ago...is sad and emotionally exhausting. Then I can return to practice without the weight of sa...

CaitNicRun

It's very bitter sweet. Whoever made the Owl and the Moon deserves something. Probably to work at a better company than Duo...

CaitNicRun

Very interesting! My results: Our top three guesses for your English dialect:? Welsh (UK) Irish (Republic of) North Irish (UK) This doesn't surprise me. Even though I'm American, I have English ancestry and my dialect has been a mix of American/British English since I was a teen. Add to that my stud...

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Kevin just posted this here https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/57000938 regarding freezing SD. https://i.imgur.com/n7XyeaT.png Can I be both relieved and suspicious? Hmm.. I notice that he states "I'm fairly positive..." That's strikes me as a recognition that he, too, could be hoodwinked...

CaitNicRun

HeyMarlana wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 3:07 pm
I feel like we're watching a fireworks show, and wondering if the final few pops are the end of it...

Yes, what an apt metaphor! A really BAD fireworks show.....

CaitNicRun

Corinnebelle wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 8:28 am
This is the forum epitah. Thanks Jacko for saving it!

RIP Duolingo!

I'm a little sad!

Is it actually gone now? The link to the forum still tries to load. There should have been a protocol in place and a switch flipped.

I think the general Duo incompetence has exhausted me.

CaitNicRun

Thank you for posting this! I'd just saved it a couple hours ago in case....one of the best good bye threads ever!

CaitNicRun

Stories never got the love at Duo as the big languages did. But People in the sub did share and even write some. I'll try to get as many as I can in the next couple hours. EDIT: Now I can't get anything to load at all. If anyone can retrieve anything, have at it. Try to make it a story per post. GRMA

CaitNicRun

It is also why I am sad they (whoever they are) have chosen to go to static word press presentation of language learning information to save the learning resources. There is limited interaction possible I understand. It is more like publishing a book, with limited ability for learners to interact. ...

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