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I've gotten into Duolingo speedrunning, and I'm pretty good at it, and I want to compete against others. Are there any Duolingo speedrunning communities or Discord servers around?

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[โ€“] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 25 points 10 months ago

Lemmy doesn't really have the traffic to support ultra-niche communities in general yet, sadly.

[โ€“] cali_ash@lemmy.wtf 24 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It doesn't even seem to be a category on speedrun.com, yet so I'd start with creating that first.

[โ€“] mdwalters@pawb.social 3 points 10 months ago

Thanks, I think that it's because probably some people speedrun Duolingo, but it's just not popularized

[โ€“] FullOfBallooons@leminal.space 17 points 10 months ago

I can't say I've ever heard of Duolingo speedrunning, but I already love the concept.

[โ€“] piyuv@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Iโ€™m very interested in your retention! Are you able to actually learn stuff?

[โ€“] mdwalters@pawb.social 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't really get the question, do you mean like how do I memorize the words in a Duolingo lesson?

[โ€“] retrieval4558@mander.xyz 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No like do you maintain any proficiency in the languages you speedrun

[โ€“] mdwalters@pawb.social 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes, I sometimes use (virtual) flash cards to help me remember the words in the languages I do. I do a few flash cards, and add a few words to the deck after I do a lesson.

[โ€“] peter@feddit.uk 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But do you actually gain any ability to read and write the language outside of duolingo

[โ€“] mdwalters@pawb.social 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yes. I do speedrunning mostly just for fun, and I do most of my Duolingo lessons normally.

[โ€“] BoozeOrWater@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You can try !languagelearning@sopuli.xyz, but the community is not that large at the moment

[โ€“] peter@feddit.uk 6 points 10 months ago

I don't think they'd be too pleased, directing OP to a community about language learning is like directing someone interested in a brick throwing competition to a masonry community

[โ€“] AlolanYoda@mander.xyz 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Were there Duolingo speedrunning communities in other websites like Reddit and Twitter, or is this something you're trying to get off the ground?

[โ€“] toxicbubble420@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

my advice would be to start recording your runs until you find a community

[โ€“] mdwalters@pawb.social 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I have, once, but my channel isn't as popular that I would be able to start a community of speedrunners just from my videos

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[โ€“] Lewistrick@feddit.nl 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What are you speedrunning? An entire language?