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organicThe competing Ling channel uses Duolingo’s missing courses as comparison evidence and routes viewers to Ling; no Duolingo commercial tie is claimed and and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MriiOL2qEfs and1:42 · spoken hook

“Did you search for Croatian on Duolingo and come up empty?”

The opening line · 0:00 · move: creator-claim

Uses Duolingo’s absent Croatian course and paused incubator as the problem, then sells Ling’s native audio, grammar notes and cultural coverage through a direct competitor link.

1.3Kviews9likes—vs their usual post · — views44creators ran this script

@Ling Learn Languages · — followers · creator page →

Playbook · Creator-native story → Duolingo turn →
The script, step by step10 steps
1Open the catalog gapcreator-claim0:00–0:06
Open the catalog gap at 0:000:00
0:00Did you search for Croatian on Duolingo and come up empty?

Names the failed search immediately.

0:04You're not alone.
2Quantify the omission0:06–0:18
Quantify the omission at 0:150:15
0:06Despite being spoken by over 5.6 million people worldwide, Croatian is still not supported

Makes the unsupported course feel consequential.

2 lines · members
3Sharpen the contrast0:18–0:27
Sharpen the contrast at 0:290:29
2 lines · members
4Explain the tradeoff0:27–0:33
Explain the tradeoff at 0:440:44
2 lines · members
5Humanize the consequence0:33–0:50
Humanize the consequence at 0:580:58
6 lines · members
6Turn toward the substitute0:50–0:52
Turn toward the substitute at 1:131:13
1 lines · members
7Name the alternative0:52–1:09
Name the alternative at 1:271:27
5 lines · members
8Open the funnel1:09–1:13
Open the funnel at 1:421:42
1 lines · members
9State the competitive verdict1:13–1:30
5 lines · members
10Create urgencycta · link1:30–1:42
4 lines · members
28 more linesmembers read and copy every script on the site
Where this post sitsthe repetition is the proof
Runs the playbook
Creator-native story → Duolingo turn

Earn attention with the creator's normal story format, reveal Duolingo only after the premise lands, and let the partnership tag carry attribution.

External comedy, family and lifestyle creators · 44 creators · 52 posts

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Who made ittheir public relationship signal, and the receipt for it
@Ling Learn Languagesyoutube · — followers · median — views · n=—best post3.7Kviews · for Duolingoorganic The competing Ling channel uses Duolingo’s missing courses as comparison evidence and routes viewers to Ling; no Duolingo commercial tie is claimed and and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MriiOL2qEfs andOpen creator →

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