# Project Showcase: OmniLingo | IPFS Blog & News

**URL:** <https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/project-showcase-omnilingo-ipfs-blog-news/12981>\
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**Created:** [December 17, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/project-showcase-omnilingo-ipfs-blog-news/12981 "2021-12-17T14:30:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/project-showcase-omnilingo-ipfs-blog-news/12981/1 "2021-12-17T14:30:07Z")

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Language learning apps can give a fun, convenient way to learn a new language. Like many uses of the internet, though, there is an opportunity for dark patterns to sneak in: user data hoarding, targeted presentation, and majority-cultural filter bubbles can have negative social impacts, and properietary or closed-source software and always-connected centralised backends can create unstable infrastructure and restrict user freedom.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://blog.ipfs.io/2021-12-17-omnilingo/](https://blog.ipfs.io/2021-12-17-omnilingo/)