Our [mention]John Little[/mention] brought up the issue in the discussion on
Crowns no longer adding up on Duolingo. I thank them for their comment.
I also thought others may like to share their thoughts on this issue, and I would love to read others input. Including if people can find any quotes made by Duolingo as to why their product is like a game.
Yet wish to identify we are diverse people who use Duolingo for diverse reasons. While also being here in this discussion forum for diverse reasons.
To quote John Little :
I suppose this isnt totally relevant to this thread so could be moved if you think it should.
But all I know is that I've completed my tree to legendary level. I'm only doing one language simply to enable me to talk to my son's Brazilian in-laws and, eventually, our (hopefully) bi-lingual grandson.
That was my original aim but I admit I did get sucked in to the keeping score thing. I've stopped that now and I'm just using duolingo to practice. But it amazes me how so many users are into the numbers game and have been competing against each other, in some cases, for years.
It must be more of a hobby for them. Which I'm not suggesting is a bad thing.