return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoDuolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNotetechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squarereturn2ozma@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·7 days agoIt’s real… Source: https://x.com/duolingo/status/1879582775055176008
minus-squareBreve@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoI like how they don’t label the y-axis at all to give any sense of scale. This graph could be showing a jump from 10 to 22 people. 🤷
minus-squareLuckiesock@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·6 days agoMy niece is one of tiktok’s victims and she is as young and lazy to even construct herself a sandwich. Nevermind learning a language as confusing and backwards as mandarin or Cantonese.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoI’ve heard Mandarin at least is pretty straightforward, it’s just the writing system that causes problems.
It’s real…
Source: https://x.com/duolingo/status/1879582775055176008
I like how they don’t label the y-axis at all to give any sense of scale. This graph could be showing a jump from 10 to 22 people. 🤷
My niece is one of tiktok’s victims and she is as young and lazy to even construct herself a sandwich. Nevermind learning a language as confusing and backwards as mandarin or Cantonese.
I’ve heard Mandarin at least is pretty straightforward, it’s just the writing system that causes problems.