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I just did a Zoom interview with someone from Duolingo, about things they may be adding to the app.
They weren't asking about the recent changes to the interface, which is what I'd expected from the timing. Instead, the researcher showed me some things and asked my opinion. I was able to identify some things I would actually use -- more practice in telling vowel sounds apart. I also told the researcher that none of them looked especially fun, but I would find them useful and not unpleasant, and might feel pleased to have completed them, in the same small way that having finished one of the existing Duolingo lessons is satisfying.
The company will be paying me $75 for my time, in the form of a gift card, which the researcher said they'll be emailing me in a couple of days.
ETA: I got email the morning of the 11th, saying my "reward" for this was ready. When I followed the link, it offered several options of how to receive it, one of which was to have it deposited in a bank account, so I'm doing that, rather that take it as Amazon credit, or some kind of gift card, or have it sent through PayPal or Venmo.
They weren't asking about the recent changes to the interface, which is what I'd expected from the timing. Instead, the researcher showed me some things and asked my opinion. I was able to identify some things I would actually use -- more practice in telling vowel sounds apart. I also told the researcher that none of them looked especially fun, but I would find them useful and not unpleasant, and might feel pleased to have completed them, in the same small way that having finished one of the existing Duolingo lessons is satisfying.
The company will be paying me $75 for my time, in the form of a gift card, which the researcher said they'll be emailing me in a couple of days.
ETA: I got email the morning of the 11th, saying my "reward" for this was ready. When I followed the link, it offered several options of how to receive it, one of which was to have it deposited in a bank account, so I'm doing that, rather that take it as Amazon credit, or some kind of gift card, or have it sent through PayPal or Venmo.
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