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Duolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNote (techcrunch.com)
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[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 53 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

I don't get the connection between losing access to tik tok and starting a +20 years journey to learn chinese

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

It shouldn't take quite that long.

[–] hansolo@lemm.ee 43 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I believe that a clickbait title about 400 idiot people starting the first lesson in Duolingo and then quickly quitting without deleting their accounts is the through line here.