One thing to note is that Duolingo is often compared to various "better ways of learnng a language". Which I think misses the point - it should be compared to n

One thing to note is that Duolingo is often compared to various "better ways of learnng a language". Which I think misses the point - it should be compared to not learning a language at all. For me and everybody I know, Duolingo is the gateway drug - something you use for 5-10 min at a time instead of Facebook (or hacker news:). Then one day "if serious" you graduate to other methods. Or you don't, and you're still better off than if you hadn't used it:)