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I know a lot of folks here use Duolingo. Something has been striking me as odd for a couple of months now, and I think I've finally put my finger on it.

Anybody notice that they aren't getting congratulatory messages from any of their Duolingo friends lately? Because I haven't. Not a peep. Oh I get prompts to send out congrats to everyone else, but nothing in return. Well here's what I think...

Everyone I follow has the paid version. I don't. I'm wondering if, along with the last "upgrade", they also made it so you only get peer support if you have the paid version.

I just hit a streak milestone on the weekend - 1000 days. A couple of high-fives would have been nice, but I shouldn't have to pay to get them. =\

Edit: I've talked with a friend of mine (real human, not just online avatar), and I think the upshot is that I may just be experiencing some glitchiness with the app. In other words, *NOT* a Duolingo conspiracy to coerce me into spending money. Good that it's a glitch, bad that my mind instantly goes to conspiracy. 
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For any Duolingo fans/users out there, I just completed the entire course in Dutch!  8D

Consecutive days = 707
Sections = 6
Levels = 6
Lessons = I have no f'n idea
Am I fluent now? = No f'n way! LOL

I can do a decent job translating written Dutch to English. The other direction though, I still have difficulty remembering sentence structure and word order.

What's next? Well, I had the audio and verbal aspects turned off most of the time, so I have no real idea if the pronunciations I made up in my head are accurate - so I'm planning to do practice lessons with audio to make some improvements there. The big question now is whether I can keep my streak of consecutive days going with no specific goal to chase.

I don't think I'll start another language though. I had started this one as a way to make a bit of a connection back to my Dutch heritage (dad was born there). Had it not been for that, language learning would not have been something I'd have done at all.

Glad I took on this challenge. It's one hell of an accomplishment, even with the asterisks.  =]

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