Hit 500 consecutive days on a language app and got a surprise ban

Reached a 500 day Duolingo streak last week and woke up to a ban for 'suspicious activity' - turns out their algorithm flagged me for practicing too many lessons in one day. Has anyone else gotten dinged just for being consistent?

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allen.cole1mo ago

500 lessons in one day? That's genuinely wild to me. I hit 150 once on a weekend and felt like my brain was melting. Getting banned for "suspicious activity" when you're just grinding sounds like a nightmare.

cole_robinson1mo ago

My buddy @allen.cole got flagged for 250 lessons once and had to email support like 4 times before they fixed it. Honestly, if you haven't already, screenshot your streak history and send it to them directly with a note explaining you were just studying hard. Their support team can restore your account if you push a little, just be polite and keep your messages short. Ngl, I keep a notebook of what days I go hard just in case their system gets jumpy again.