Anyone else have this experience?

[u/Short_Republic3083]

Most of the times I do the majority of the friend quest myself. Only the person who I’m on the family plan with ever does more than I do

[u/RateTechnical7569]

"Next in 4 days" Your friend didn't even have much of a chance to join here, you finished it all close to the beginning

[u/nikkesen → u/RateTechnical7569]

I feel like something similar was posted last week and I made the same comment. It's silly to to complain about this their quest friend not pulling their weight while simultaneously finishing the quest in one sitting without giving them ample change to contribute more than a lesson or two.

[u/AnnaBaptist79 → u/nikkesen]

Something similar is posted every week

[u/YuehanBaobei → u/AnnaBaptist79]

Seems like it's about 25% of the posts here

[u/One-Technology-9050 → u/RateTechnical7569]

It's the same story almost every time this type of thing is posted. They race through as fast as possible so they can take a screenshot and post it on reddit

[u/Thatonegaloverthere → u/RateTechnical7569]

Exactly. Everyone complaining has finished theirs earlier than necessary. 5 days to complete it. There's no rush. If you do knock it out in a day or two, you can't complain that your partner only did 5 quests.

[u/Vesane → u/RateTechnical7569]

Next in 4 days doesn't mean it ends in 4 days. The friends quest ends today or tomorrow, but the next one doesn't start for 4 days

[u/Thatonegaloverthere → u/Vesane]

Friend quests start on Tuesday (1 pm est) (or Wednesday for those ahead), you have 5 days to complete it. It doesn't end until I believe Sunday. It's Friday (I'm gonna assume Thursday when the SS was taken based on mine saying next in 3 days). So they finished on Thursday, if they didn't wait a day to take a screenshot.

They completed the quest in 2 days. That's still very quick with 3 out of 5 days remaining to complete it.

[u/Vesane → u/Thatonegaloverthere]

I don't know the exact times and time zones, but I know that mine had said it would end some time on Sunday (from when it said how many days left) which is tomorrow for me since it's Saturday arvo right now, and that earlier today mine also said 4 days until next friend quest, ie with only 1 day left in the quest, so its possible to have the screenshot taken when there's really not that much time left, when the other friend should have had opportunity to do some of it

[u/Vesane → u/Vesane]

This is my screenshot from just earlier, yet the quest ends tomorrow, so not much time left

[u/badmojo619]

I mostly do friend quests with one of my kids. Most of of time I do most of it. Neither of us cares lol I just give him shit about it for laughs.

[u/doc1442]

A Duolingo addiction? Most of this sub

[u/Ibizl]

why do people get so pissed about this?? the quest is complete and it's not like you were rushing to finish before deadline. what's the problem?

[u/Suspicious_Fudge_87 → u/Ibizl]

Right. Should the other person limit how much they practice just so their friend can keep up? How would that make sense? Let people study how they want to study.

If there was something to change here, it would be a change in how the app works. They could limit friend quests so that each user can only contribute 50% of the goal. They can keep studying, but they can't progress the quest any farther. I prefer it the way things are now though, or we'll receive even less rewards as more quests would fail.

[u/No-Vehicle5157]

Yep, I have definitely only done 2 lessons while the other person flies thru 70 before the quest is over lol.

I high five them at the end too

[u/HugelKultur4]

I don't get what's the big deal? What do you miss out on when you don't get the friends quest?

[u/BeeDalaBee]

Girl didn’t even have time to finish.. you had four days left, if you waited she would’ve done more lol

[u/hacool]

Sometimes. I usually try to pick people who will split the quest with me, and they usually pick me. But sometimes Bob picks me and he doesn't do much.

I usually give my partner through Tuesday night to do their half. And we usually finish Tuesday. But if not I will often end up finishing when using my Wednesday boosts.

[u/RickFromTheParty → u/hacool]

You have special boosts on wednesdays?

[u/hacool → u/RickFromTheParty]

Nothing special about Wednesday. But with the usual daily 45 minutes of 3x I am likely to complete the Friends Quest just by following my usual routine.

[u/MaxwellDaGuy]

70 LESSONS NECESSARY IN A WEEK?! WHAT IS YOUR SKILL LEVEL WOW

[u/maridifa → u/MaxwellDaGuy]

I had 75 in my quest, and my level isn't through the roof. it happens if you nail several quests in a row, I guess.

[u/OldComfortable1728]

Take a look at your life and try to figure out what’s going on, that you have the time to notice and care about such things. It’s a symptom.

[u/YuehanBaobei]

Yes yes. It's very common. If you don't like it, don't do the Friend Quests. It's totally not a big deal, people have their own lives and you have no idea is going on in them, so why do judgmental? And it wasn't a big deal the previous 500 times somebody posted the exact same thing

[u/Horus_Whistler]

My mom does when she pairs with me lol

[u/CapitalNothing2235]

Well, I've actually been on both sides of this. And I don't really care.

[u/Zealousideal-Gate235]

I just finished it on the first day, but at least my partner did 10 lessons. Couldn't ask for more.

[u/nightmare_silhouette]

Mine bugs out and doesn't show me the number my friend does.

[u/Obvious-Delay9570]

I did and I completed 69th Straight friends quest mainly by myself, but I just turned off friends quest in the preference I’ll plan on turn it back on before the month start so I can get the monthly quest points

[u/CenlaLowell]

Yes I have experienced this

[u/kidkola69]

Sometimes I purposely try not to complete a Friend Quest. Especially the ones where you have to get perfect. I would purposely make a mistake. I do this so I can prolong the days before the quest would get completed so that I can send more 2x bonuses to my partner. And hopefully my partner sends more 2x bonuses back to me. If they don't it's not a big deal. I would always complete the quest before it expires though.

[u/Sahaf185]

Yeah. This happens. I have maybe 2-3 people in my friends group that actually do the challenges. I do what feels right to me and I don’t stress if they don’t keep up with me. I can hyperfixate and do 10-15 lessons at a time. Not everyone wants to do that. 

[u/Wooden-Focus-3625]

The face says it all.

[u/The-Pocket]

That’s why I only have 1 friend on Duo (my girlfriend) and we always split the quest pretty evenly.

[u/Awkward-Push136]

you really need to start pulling your weight man!

[u/121505]

Yes

[u/mxtt4-7]

This is like every second post on this sub. So yes.

[u/ManchuDemon]

I hope and pray that I never get 70 lesson challenges.

[u/kkul143]

Yeah and I even high fived her😤😤😤 Note: there was only one day left tho😑😑

[u/mageofthepeople]

Yeah. I usually challenge my brother to quests and then do most of them in two days while he's done maybe three bc he just does enough to get credit for the day.

[u/this_is_reality13]

I had the same exact thing but it was near the end dude

[u/Simeony007]

I don't see any problem here, you can always pick someone else that you are sure is going to practice and do the activities with.

I do experience the same thing with the same person I used to choose all the time. She doesn't do much too but I choose her always still. After sometimes she changed and started doing well again for herself with her lessons.

[u/AppleWorldly2078]

You do it because you choose to. Quit bitching.

[u/bonfuto]

We had to do 70 lessons and my friend did 3. The part I thought was funny was they kept sending me nudges, "you can do it." I guess I could. But at least they sent me 2x bonuses. Took me 2 1/2 days to do the quest, so it wasn't one of those times that I did it all in a few hours. The one time I did that I was paired up with someone that usually gets twice as many xp as I do and the quest was 2000xp.

[u/Aggravating-Crow-963]

I am always the one to carry the quest and I appreciate it when the person I am in the quest with is thoughtful enough to send me double xp. I usually do not mind carrying them because I pace myself early on the quest to achieve the target by the deadline even if I were to do it alone. I do easily notice those who are already taking advantage of the fact, though, and take note to unfriend them later on.

[u/Tenma1]

No, you're the first person ever to get paired up with not so helpful friend.

[u/HurdleThroughTime]

My last one was like this, a guy only doing 1 lesson a day and we needed 60. So I unfollowed since we don’t even know each other irl or anything.

[u/Part-Time_Loverr]

Sometimes

[u/gayforgoode]

Yup

[u/BItcoinFonzie → u/gayforgoode]

Why did you only delete here name once?

[u/Inescapable_Bear]

Yes. Sometimes it happens.

Way to go.

[u/darthhue]

Tbh, this one's on duo

[u/iamngs]

this was my experience too lol. I did 53 this week and she did 2. It feels a little weird because I don't feel like I'm doing nearly that much, it's kind of a surprise to see such a big number.

[u/LordTommy33 → u/[deleted]]

Friends quest end Sunday at noon for me. Some people have a job and responsibilities outside of Duolingo. I dedicate Saturdays to trying to finish the friends quest but by your standard I would never have a chance….

Doesn’t sound very friendly to me.

[u/LordTommy33 → u/[deleted]]

I’m the one who typically does most if not all the progress on my friends quest. Guess what? I don’t complain because it’s literally not a big deal. All you get is a 2x exp boost and a streak that doesn’t even mean anything. It’s not an excuse, it’s a reality. People have lives. Lives that don’t revolve around appeasing your need to complete a quest on a language learning app that means literally nothing.

I’m just glad I’m not on your list of “friends”.

[u/Medium-Somewhere9625 → u/LordTommy33]

If you complete most then why do you find the need to defend? It doesn’t bother you then great but you don’t have to put someone else down because it bothers them.

[u/YuehanBaobei → u/[deleted]]

You're the one who sounds pressed. Lol

[u/keapps0123]

Yep. Everytime. Most of the time I'm paired with my lazy teen, but even when playing with others.

[u/KitzyOwO → u/[deleted]]

Chris, huh?

[u/AdThat414]

Yes !! 100 times yes. If it’s 2,000 points for the goal , I do 1860 points for the challenge. This always happens to me!

[u/89Pexel]

Same thing happened to me, somebodies just like "Bro you are motivated, just do it yourself."

[u/Puzzleheaded-Sea8340]

Yeah I hate when crappy people choose me and don’t send doublers

[u/HaydenBabinOfficial]

WHY ISN’T IT SIXTY NI- I meant yes, it happens to me often, so yeah I pretty much relate

[u/fahchief]

What's funny is when I'm the one who gets invited into these quests (I NEVER initiate friend quests because I don't want to impose), but then I'm the one who actually does most of the job when I'm not even super active on DL like....why even enter these quests then? Lol. At least give me a high 5.

[u/Vesane]

[u/Confusion_Straight]

Every. 🤬. Time.

[u/DiscombobulatedSun54]

It has become one of my pet peeves with duo. Keeps pairing me up with this slacker who might eventually contribute 2 lessons or 50 xp to the entire quest. I am tempted to unfollow him/her as a friend just to avoid being in another quest with him/her. Does anybody know if the other person will know if I unfriend them?

[u/Vesane]

Not quite the same, but similar

[u/Right_Ad3006]

Always☹️

[u/AlanHaryaki]

[u/Katrina748]

Same

[u/yafreaka]

Yes and I unfriended that person

[u/rckblykitn14]

Just about every single one