return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agoDuolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNotetechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1339arrow-down126cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squarerealharo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·21 days 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-up7·21 days agoYeah learning to speak Mandarin is one thing but learning to read it feels fucking impossible if you don’t start young.
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-210 days agodeleted by creator
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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