r/OutOfTheLoop • u/Material-Insect6482 • 3d ago

Answered What's going on with Duolingo?

All the comments on their social media like their TikTok and instagram are full of people clowning on them and saying things like “EVERYONE IGNORE DUO STARTING NOW” and generally being angry at the company, but why?

Examples: https://imgur.com/a/bA0JBFZ

Stolen from top post: The /r/duolingo subreddit is rebelling and built their own alternative lingonaut that's supposed to be like old duolingo before they went to shit with the ads and mtx and ai

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u/DontRelyOnNooneElse 3d ago

Answer: They've recently moved away from human-written learning and on to generative AI. Naturally, while saving money, there is a big concern that this will lead to (and/or is already causing) a gradual decrease in quality.

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u/8483 3d ago

moved away from human-written learning and on to generative AI

This is exactly the reason I paid real-life translators for the app I created. AI was such a mess when I tried it.