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Duolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNote

techcrunch.com Duolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNote | TechCrunch

TikTok U.S. users have been learning Chinese on Duolingo in increasing numbers amid their adoption of a Chinese social app called RedNote ahead of the

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imagine being THIS attached to brain rot apps
- That’s what happens when you have some of the best user experience people and engineers in the world specifically designing for addiction. Facebook is no different, but their most successful demographic is. My grandma is hopelessly addicted to scrolling FB reels and my fiancé is hopelessly addicted to scrolling IG stories. Different target demographic, same goals
- posted on Lemmy, a Reddit clone
  Not that I disagree, but let's not throw stoves in brass houses
  
  Because of the conduction?
  
  I imagine it would be very loud
  
  Good way to get a hernia.
- A point for irony, NGL. ⬆️

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