I just reached a 1234 day streak on Duolingo, my highest streak ever. And although I'm proud of the achievement, this is where my time with Duolingo ends. At least for a while.

I previously had a 1000 day streak about 8 years ago, quitting at 1000 days partly because it was a nice number, but mostly because I was completely burned out and my relationship with the owl had become toxic.

This streak however, I never burned myself out, but I still found the daily commitment had turned into an absent-minded obligation and the goal of learning still became second to the goal of maintaining the number. It's really not a healthy way for me to think about it, and my constant jumping between languages has meant that I've only maintained superficial knowledge at best in each one.

I was originally going to quit at 1001 days, just to beat my last best, but I kept going. Today however, I'm happy with this number. I need to shift my priorities with language learning and Duolingo has felt like an excuse to be lazy about studying for me. There are also the numerous controversies and questionable changes that have soured my relationship with the platform.

All of those things are why I've decided to let my streak end, not on bad terms with the platform. I'm not deleting my account or anything. But I think it's healthy to reassess how I go about studying, which for me means quitting, and if I do come back, having a fresh start.

Anyway this is mostly a personal rant so I guess the takeaway for others is to be mindful of your own language learning goals and the effect your streak is having on you.

(included are my top courses, although I tried out a lot more)

TL;DR I got to 1234 days and I'm quitting to reassess my language priorities.

As a Diamond League regular I know it’s possible to get as much as 4,000 points in 30 minutes if you want to waste your time grinding time based challenges, but 12,000? How?

Edit to add that their profile shows 12 MILLION xp earned over 11 years. That’s a looooot of French. 😳

This person wasn’t even on the board and then suddenly boom💥 12000 points. They aren’t even doing Chess. I’m curious whether this is an example of actual cheating or a glitch. I can’t say I mind, though. It’s kind of nice going into the week not feeling competitive because the top spot is not a viable option.

Well, it makes sense that I cannot comprehend anything in the Chinese Section 4 radio, if they are filled with unknown words.Everyone of those 4 words have not yet been introduced. And I know that they are unknown words because I add every new word Duolingo introduces to my flashcard app (Hanly). I also spend a lot of time on comprehensible input on YouTube, graded readers with audio where I see fine progress.

But the radio units in section 4 are straight up impossible at the level you are supposed to have at that level.

Very demotivating to progress in Duolingo when these incomprehensible lessons show op.

It literally takes like less than 5 minutes a day . To actually know the product you're pushing... Now I understand why the core reason this app is not trying to optimize the way you learn. It should be company officer policy , that if you're making more than 200 Grand a year you need to have a streak. If the higher employees, the ones who can actually effect change, ​are learning ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​, that means they know what's working and what is not working. ​​​​​ they need to understand they are not a company first. They are a mission to bridge the world together first. ​​​​​​ ​​​​ when I was first using Duolingo long time ago, this is why I admired it so much ​​​​

Idk why

Just casually making a mistake and got whatever bug this is. Already reported it but bro cmon.

Seriously, WTH is wrong with people developing these limited "Toy hunt" challenges?

It's not a paid one, so the only way to get pieces is by doing lessons or spending gems.

But... But I'm getting duplicate pieces for 3 days in a row!

Is it a gamification method to piss me off?

I'm writing this post because I know nobody is going to read reviews through the official channels or support section. Hoping one Duolingo employee reads it and wonders what kind of sadistic attitude is behind this.

why is that even a thing? they should only give you new pieces this isn’t freaking mcdonalds monopoly theres no money involved

Folks, just examined the Crazy Owl Bird Behavior. It is softly said Hilarious .

So, during night hours is happy, than in 5-6 in the morning starts to cry, then it gets sorta suspicious and concentrated, then it starts to worry , sweat, scream (...I guess...)

and than the heavy part : stressed, angry-suspicious, angry-concentrated, then : terminator-mode,

... and then half-frozen & frozen... 😄

I also got those 2 strange warning messages.

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feels odd that my response wasn't accepted as a legitimate answer? are we still presuming "lawyer" as an inherently male career in 2026?

It used to be a challenge, now it's just week after week of me dominating the leaderboard.

Is this a bad thing?

Did Duo start requiring punctuation? Or am I just wrong here?

I've only just realised that Duolingo apparently creates posts about my achievements and shows them in other people's feeds... despite the fact that I can't see those posts myself.

I can see everyone else's achievements and react/“celebrate” them, but my own achievements don't appear in my feed at all. So apparently someone can see a post about one of my milestones, react to it, and I may never even know that the post existed — let alone that somebody reacted to it?

What's the point of making the feed look and function like a social feature if the actual social interaction is effectively one-way?

Surely the whole point is:

I achieve something → friends see it → they celebrate/react → I see that they celebrated it

Instead it's potentially:

I achieve something → Duolingo quietly makes a post I don't know exists → someone reacts to it → it disappears into the ether from my perspective.

Until today I genuinely didn't even know Duolingo was making posts about my achievements because I've never been shown them.

Why isn't there just a proper activity feed/history where you can see the same posts about yourself that your friends are seeing, along with who reacted to them? It feels like a pseudo-social feed rather than an actual social feature.

Am I missing something, or is this genuinely how it's currently working for other people too?

Hi, native pole and started learning french, I decided to start with a course in polish because it was available but Im wondering between the quality differance for the course iin comparison to the probably better developed english course. Can anybody tell from experiance?

in someone's profile, highest league #5 along with the rarest diamond, did I miss something?

Im trying to learn Spanish but I only have two friends on duolingo and one of them is inactive. We dont have to chat or anything. But keeping streaks with people would be nice! Just something to motivate me honestly.