return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoDuolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNotetechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1337arrow-down133cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmy.mlnews@beehaw.org
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minus-squarerealharo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·1 year agoMore like start learning a second language and give up after a week. This may be a stereotype, but TikTok specifically caters to people with short attention spans.
minus-squaresocsa@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoYeah learning to speak Mandarin is one thing but learning to read it feels fucking impossible if you don’t start young.
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More like start learning a second language and give up after a week.
This may be a stereotype, but TikTok specifically caters to people with short attention spans.
Yeah learning to speak Mandarin is one thing but learning to read it feels fucking impossible if you don’t start young.
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