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hey superasn, thanks for the feedback! This was exactly one of my primary goals, no "skip a day feature". If you skip, you have to start again. There's nothing
by mezod 9y ago
hey superasn, thanks for the feedback!
This was exactly one of my primary goals, no "skip a day feature". If you skip, you have to start again. There's nothing wrong with streaks being hard to go over 15. I myself have been using it for 6 months and my longest streak ever is 17. This means I did something for 3 weeks weekends included. And because the number is relatively low, it motivated me to try to overcome it (i'm on 8 now... gonna be tough :P).
I see why buying "skips" can be good too, but I think it still kills the basic idea. I kind of like to sell the idea that breaking chains is completely normal, especially depending on the kind of habits. Otherwise, people who break the chain (everyone!) feel demotivated too quickly.
In other words, I think the road to habits should look something like "3-skip-5-skip-10-skip-15-skip-15-skip-15-skip".
Just curious, for that 290 day streak (good job btw!!) how many "skips" did you use?
- superasn 9y agoI never use the skips deliberately. For me it's kind of an insurance that in case i forget i have one life (1 day) protection before my streak is broken. But like insurance i have paid for it.
- ponyous 9y agoSounds interesting. So the point is you can buy it any time, and it will get used when you miss it. Not just for specific day in advance? I would love to see this feature in. Did you try any other apps for learning languages? I am learning with Memrise at the moment but I didn't really try anything else because it seems to work. For OP: Thanks for adding "Why isn't everydayCheck free?"
- mezod 9y agothanks for that little comment :)
- superasn 9y agoYes, that's how it works. Saved me twice from breaking my streak and that's why I'm at it. Also as a side note you can only buy 1 streak saver at a time regardless how many lingots you have.. So if you miss it for 2 days in a row, it's gone. This too i think increases your commitment to keep at it. Nope never tried any other app.. Only duolingo so far and I'm only 4 modules away from completing the english to French course. Unfortunately I can't say i have learned much, don't think i can even communicate 10% of what I'm writing here in French. So even though i love duolingo and practice daily it's just like a game and nothing you can take seriously imo.