PSA: Break Your New York Times Games Streak Today - Aftermath
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The Times Tech Guild is on strike, and asks players not to play the Times' games

The Times Tech Guild is on strike, and asks players not to play the Times’ games

  • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
    52·
    2 months ago

    Yup, streaks exist to encourage the feeling similar to a sunk cost, just like rewards programs.

        • Master167@lemmy.worldEnglish
          15·
          2 months ago

          A 2 year streak on Duolingo did nothing for my ability to communicate with a new language in a new country.

          Very fast uninstall after that trip.

          • Aniki 🌱🌿@lemmings.worldEnglish
            7·
            2 months ago

            It’s garbage for learning a language but it’s phenomenal for memorizing and gameifying learning nouns and verbs. I’ve been going through the Japanese lessons one jump at a time and it’s been great to brush up on all the words I’ve forgotten.

            • brenticus@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              2 months ago

              Yeah, half-heartedly doing French in Duolingo for a few years meant that I knew a bunch of words and could read stuff okay, but communicating and thinking in French was incredibly difficult. I took a couple of classes IRL to fill in those other skills, so now I can actually get by as long as people are a bit patient with me. It was easier for me to learn that stuff than other people in my classes because I had Duolingo experience, but Duolingo definitely isn’t enough on its own.