I am in Duolingo learning French, and the one thing I am trying to keep is the “streak”, i.e. the long uninterrupted chain of attendance days.
In fact, I am allowed to skip a day or two, if I pay by gems I earned before.
(I also regularly earn more gems by constantly renewing the bet, that my streak will not be interrupted, which has a circular self reinforcing effect.)
I basically ignore the incentives other than the “streak”, and it works well for me. I am at unit 21 after a year and most people I know did not get this far in any duolingo language.
Edit:
The creators of Duolingo are apparently learning on the go, how to gamify the learning best. Since I started, the layout has changed at least twice. But, to my satisfaction, the “streak” thing is still there.
I am in Duolingo learning French, and the one thing I am trying to keep is the “streak”, i.e. the long uninterrupted chain of attendance days.
In fact, I am allowed to skip a day or two, if I pay by gems I earned before. (I also regularly earn more gems by constantly renewing the bet, that my streak will not be interrupted, which has a circular self reinforcing effect.)
I basically ignore the incentives other than the “streak”, and it works well for me. I am at unit 21 after a year and most people I know did not get this far in any duolingo language.
Edit: The creators of Duolingo are apparently learning on the go, how to gamify the learning best. Since I started, the layout has changed at least twice. But, to my satisfaction, the “streak” thing is still there.