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Duolingo norsk course shuffling
Jan. 27th, 2021 07:58 pmSo. The head contributor for the Norwegian course at Duolingo is leaving.
This is very unfortunate, because Linn/Deliciae put a ton of work into the course, and that really shows - it's one of the most developed courses on the site.
She didn't give a lot of detail as to why she's leaving*, but it could be any number of reasons. One possibility is that while Duolingo pays some of its course contributors, it only does this for the "main" courses like EN-FR and EN-ES. The Norwegian course is volunteer-only, no paid staff. She's put six years into this, with no compensation at all, and that's... quite a thing. The other possibility is conflict between the course head vs where Duolingo wants to take the direction of the site. Either way, the details on this are not public.
Deliciae was working on a version 5 update, but that probably won't be rolled out now that she's leaving. Fortunately, she did put up a list of words that were going to go into it, for reference*. I'll likely copy those over for my own use.
Wonder what's going to happen with the Norwegian course now.
This is very unfortunate, because Linn/Deliciae put a ton of work into the course, and that really shows - it's one of the most developed courses on the site.
She didn't give a lot of detail as to why she's leaving*, but it could be any number of reasons. One possibility is that while Duolingo pays some of its course contributors, it only does this for the "main" courses like EN-FR and EN-ES. The Norwegian course is volunteer-only, no paid staff. She's put six years into this, with no compensation at all, and that's... quite a thing. The other possibility is conflict between the course head vs where Duolingo wants to take the direction of the site. Either way, the details on this are not public.
Deliciae was working on a version 5 update, but that probably won't be rolled out now that she's leaving. Fortunately, she did put up a list of words that were going to go into it, for reference*. I'll likely copy those over for my own use.
Wonder what's going to happen with the Norwegian course now.
Yuu. Fic writer & book lover. M/Canada.