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		quercusa on Jan 16, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Toxic positivity does more harm than good I started DuoLingo recently (for Latin) and the over-the-top cheerleading there is driving me nuts.

1ark on Jan 17, 2021 [–]

It's a casual game. So they give you all this feedback all the time. If you got lingots for it it would be slightly better, becuase then it is no longer empty praise, but they don't want to give away those.

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