Is it just me or does the Duolingo bird looks sad/old/tired? What happened to the previous icon?
Oh, I thought it’s because I stopped opening it daily and broke my streaks lol
I’ve been opening it daily and I thought duo was just tired of my bad Japanese…
It’s my fault, y’all. I’m sorry.
I recently started using Duolingo to learn Spanish, and it’s clinically proven I ruin everything I touch, so I think I’m killing the bird…
Can you do the whole world a favour and go to the Kremlin?
They got you talking about Duolingo. That’s why they changed it.
They change their icon all the time for laughs along with making amusing videos that exploit the memes
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“You mean he’s getting old!?” -Matt, Eddsworld Zanta Claws III
Not just you, it’s the same on Android. Maybe related to April Fools?
Just checked and the last update for Android was on April 3rd. I can’t confirm it but I think this happened.after the first.
He’s old for an owl…
They recently added some unlockable graphics for the widget. Nothing major.
Guess they changed the icon just for the hell of it while they were at it.
They went to the beach that makes you old.
Duo está cansado y viejo.
I love how (apart from endless commentary on apples) the main thing it likes to focus on first is all about what trabajo does to you.
Como hispanohablante nativo, le están dando un cortocircuito a mi cerebro, pierdo mi sentido de la orientación en la internet, derrepente ya no se si estoy en feddit.cl (chile) o en el resto de lemmy.
😵💫😵💫😵💫
Omg! Como un estudiante mal de Español (y solo Duolingo), estoy muy emocionada porque entiendes mis palabras!!! Soy de New Zealand, solo entiendo un poco de tu hablo. Hola y kia ora!
New Zealand
frowns
Nuevo Zelando.
Lo siento! Nuevo Zelando, gracias!
¿? Es Nueva Zelanda, femenina
It is somewhat estrange but definitely understandable, for me, one of the best ways i had to get better at English was to join and be active in English-speaking communities, so probably the same can work with you.
idk what’s “kia ora” tough, is a NZ native thing?
Yes, it’s from the Maori language, but is widely used by everyone. It just means “hi” (literally, have life/health).
I like trying to read the Español but I don’t think my understanding is good enough to speak yet!
El idioma es como un músculo, nunca serás bueno si no lo practicas, apóyate de un motor de traducción si así lo prefieres, pero no llegaras mágicamente o solo con teoría a un buen nivel sin empezar ahora.
Gracias por esto. Sí, claro, eres cierta!! Soy viejo y mi cabeza no es buena aprender ahora - soy demasiado veijo tiener “músculos idioma” grandes ahora, es verdad! Pero yo estudio para divertido, y intento. Gracias para hables conmigo!
(To be honest I am very surprised at how much I have learned from Duolingo!)
Je ne parlé français.
Vous pouvez répéter?
Comme tu dis en français [español]
Mi parolas nek la hispanan, nek la francan.
Duolingo became old cuz everyone forgot about them. Tragic ;-;
Attention grabbing apparently.
https://stealthoptional.com/apps/duolingo-icon-looks-sad-old/
Oh, I didn’t know that.
Makes sense. My partner was showing it to me “see? It’s probably because I’ve got notifications muted” unmutes notifications, “no that isn’t it” then I suggested they complete a lesson to see if it changed and it still didn’t, so she put it away. Later I heard that the app notified her that two of her friends congratulated her for starting to again.
It’s a cute program, but wow does it hector people.
Changing the Duolingo icon to look sad, old, and wrinkled is a strategy to make users curious, so they open the app to see if there are new updates or content. In other words, Duo is only trying to get your attention.
This tactic is rooted in the psychological effect known as the “novelty effect,” where new stimuli can temporarily increase engagement and motivation. Snapchat similarly employs this strategy with the red dot and yellow dot on the Bitmoji.
God I hate marketing bullshit like this.
It just reminded me how long it had been since I’d launched it so I just uninstalled it lmao
haha I did the same
Sooo Duolingo is a tamagochi now
Yep. I figured this is what had happened and it definitely worked on me. 🙃
Yeah Duolingo uses the novelty effect a lot
They change it all the time for funsies
y’all ignored him too much and this is what happens