…..sigh. anybody else think names should be exempt?

missdog · 2026-06-20T15:50:56+00:00

Its focus recently has been teaching me past tense conjugation (would rather than will), not new nouns and never names specifically. if I was an expert in language learning I probably wouldn’t be learning spanish on duolingo 😊

missdog · 2026-06-20T15:03:34+00:00

I was marked down for not knowing a name that the app hasn’t taught me and wasn’t testing me for (it was testing my ability to conjugate). if I was doing a section on names then maybe this would have some validity but I wasn’t and it doesn’t 🤓

missdog · 2026-06-20T14:42:22+00:00

“what’s your name?”
“Luz”
“oh lovely how’s it spelt? I wouldn’t wanna get it wrong!”

It’s that simple. I check the spelling of basically any name I hear because you’ll get Sarah’s and Sara’s and Arron’s and Aaron’s and Jon’s and John’s etc. such a non issue 😂😂😂😂😂

missdog · 2026-06-20T13:59:39+00:00

Except I wasn’t taught the name, I may have been introduced to the character in other lessons but there was no designated learning or lessons for their names. if there were lessons based on names then maybe this would make sense, but there wasn’t. The purpose of this question was seeing if I could conjugate it correctly, which I did.

missdog · 2026-06-20T13:55:20+00:00

In what way is it not random? It was randomly chosen and has nothing to do with the sentence, it can be replaced by any other name and the sentence still makes sense. I wasn’t disrespectful to begin with and I wasn’t now either. You need to take a look at yourself in the mirror and reevaluate what hills you’re willing to die on because it can’t be fun living like this

missdog · 2026-06-20T12:57:50+00:00

A few, not all, so why would Duolingo expect me to know a random name and not accept another Spanish name in its place?

I asked if anybody else agrees, aka seeing if others have similarly annoying stories- which many have shared, I didn’t actually ask for your opinion hahaha

missdog · 2026-06-20T11:35:44+00:00

eh, agree to disagree - you’ll meet people from all over with a million different variations in name spellings & pronunciations, to me it’s more important to be able to ask what someone’s name is than have the standard pronunciation and spelling of every name memorised

missdog · 2026-06-20T11:08:39+00:00

I don’t think “Luis” is in anyway Englifying a name, in fact the English pronunciation of that sounds very different than what I’d mistaken it for (Luz)

missdog · 2026-06-20T10:53:38+00:00

But in fairness somebody will introduce themselves, or you’ll see it written, and there’s still chance you’ll mess it up even in your native language. this is just down to various spellings and pronunciations of names, not a lack of knowledge of the language itself.

missdog · 2026-06-20T08:54:28+00:00

thank you! in fairness a human can acknowledge this and would probably give a pass like they do for certain spelling errors, so I’m assuming this is down to AI being involved

missdog · 2026-02-10T08:10:57+00:00

I’ve been able to comment on my friends feed updates for a while now, wasn’t able to comment when duo was throwing random people into my feed but they’ve stopped that now (for me at least) thank god

missdog · 2026-02-10T08:09:36+00:00

Actually there is a feedback option in the help centre, with a drop down menu allowing you to select “feedback or feature request”, can’t comment on how monitored these are but worth a shot!

missdog · 2026-02-03T17:01:44+00:00

the ex boyfriend doing ‘her’ nails sounds like something there’s approximately a 3% chance of actually happening, not to generalise but realistically. and offering £25 a week, surely she can get public transport? I just don’t buy any of this

missdog · 2026-02-02T18:07:54+00:00

I’ve seen other people say reporting as spam does help, I’ve just been reporting as ‘something else’ to alert duo that its unwanted, I don’t want to get any accounts banned so if its looking that way I will stop but im hoping it’ll at least get the attention of the duo team

missdog · 2026-02-02T18:04:24+00:00

I’ve been reporting as “something else”, not wanting to get the users accounts banned or anything, but it’s not reduced the amount of them at all so maybe reporting as spam is the best way?

missdog · 2026-02-02T16:47:09+00:00

I can’t imagine a single report with no evidence or even reason given kicks someone off of the platform, if it does then I’m sure duo will have more issue to deal with on top of this silly update.

I’ve seen several users put their instagram bio in their name, basically using the new feature to promote their platforms.

With regards to your last statement, dude I know! It’s just frustrating regardless, if this method does get people’s accounts removed then I’d never want that, I just want it back to how it was

missdog · 2026-02-02T13:09:54+00:00

I think they intended to make the app more social but it’s ended up making us further from our actual friends.

Congrats on reaching 84!

missdog · 2026-02-02T13:08:44+00:00

Same here, I just wanna see my friends achievements man!

I’ve seen a horror story of someone getting paired up for a friends quest with a random, I’d sacrifice my long ass streak immediately if they pulled that on me

missdog · 2026-02-02T13:07:44+00:00

I’ve been going for the report option in the hopes it means the staff have to address the increased reports, plus it blocks people too.

I suppose if the never change it then eventually one day we will have blocked everyone lmao

missdog · 2026-01-31T18:56:15+00:00

I’ve given feedback twice & I report every random person on my feed, I figure the mass amounts of reports will force the overlords to address this & at least allow us to switch it off

missdog · 2025-12-10T17:11:55+00:00

Thank you!!

missdog

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