I understand the desire to keep it simple - it's a lot easier to ask for such changes when you're the one that doesn't have to implement them!
A steak freeze could be a good solution. Whatever Duolingo has done with their gamification, they've nailed it.
But I guess the question for you is if it is really broken, and if it should be "fixed".
Another side of of the current streak is that it keeps you coming back no matter what, and now keeping my steak has become such a habit - who knows if I would still be doing it if I had a streak freeze? It's hard to know, so there are consequence to that as well.
Yes one of the reasons to keep it simple is for technical reasons, but also from a user's perspective things can get complicated very quickly.
And indeed it's hard to predict how any changes to the streak functionality could negatively impact its usefulness. Although I guess we could just try it out for a while, emphasise it's a beta and might be reverted, etc.
I understand the desire to keep it simple - it's a lot easier to ask for such changes when you're the one that doesn't have to implement them!
A steak freeze could be a good solution. Whatever Duolingo has done with their gamification, they've nailed it.
But I guess the question for you is if it is really broken, and if it should be "fixed".
Another side of of the current streak is that it keeps you coming back no matter what, and now keeping my steak has become such a habit - who knows if I would still be doing it if I had a streak freeze? It's hard to know, so there are consequence to that as well.
Yes one of the reasons to keep it simple is for technical reasons, but also from a user's perspective things can get complicated very quickly.
And indeed it's hard to predict how any changes to the streak functionality could negatively impact its usefulness. Although I guess we could just try it out for a while, emphasise it's a beta and might be reverted, etc.