So I wrote this post in Duolingo discussions, than I read this thread and realized it was already discussed. Wasn't sure whether I should keep the post since the title of this thread doesn't mention sentences. I decided to delete it, but keep a copy here just in case I should post it, it already had a "thanks". Please give me your advice about whether to repost this. Thanks!
Otherwise it just a summary of what has been said before:
Sentence Discussions
The How-do-I-report-a-problem-with-a-sentence-or-translation- post contains this announcement:
NOTE: All Sentence discussions are now read-only. Previously, Android and web users were able to participate in sentence discussions. However, they are now read-only across all platforms.
KevinR86's [admin] take on it:
I'm fairly positive that this is only temporary. With the changes, it means that another internal team will oversee sentence discussions. Once things are organized they will resume as normal.
See this
pheonix7777777 [mod] wrote in reply to deans857467:
"And while we're on this subject - how are these discussions going to be moderated? I can't imagine each day the mods checking millions (yes millions) of sentence discussions to delete comments that make no sense/are gibberish." deans857467
Very likely similar to the way they are being moderated now... I've probably cleaned up (and warned for) just about as many SD comments as I have done in the forums themselves, thanks to those helpful users that make sure to report anything that doesn't belong there. As soon as something ends up in the mod queue we'll be aware of it and can remove it without having to check them individually, especially as global moderators.
AFAIK there will be stricter rules for using the SDs than there are at the moment, which is definitely necessary. Fingers crossed.
See this post
I don't know if we're going to have to have user sentence discussion here, or sentence discussions will continue after a brief interlude.
If they are closed Duolingo must have very poor communication with staff as well as with it's users. Feels like a monster took over!
Note Duolingo forum posts will stop working on the 22nd of March. Just putting them there so you can see I have sources.