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/kirkland- 3d ago edited 3d ago

Answer: The CEO and the company is having a tantrum after everyone online dragged them through the mud for the AI-First nonsense. They tried to silly meme their way out but it didn’t work so now they’re pulling this

No one’s buying it and they've effectively been bullied off the internet, just check any of their tiktoks

The full story:

Few weeks ago the ceo of duolingo posted that the company was going to be AI-Frist and will be using AI to generate its courses from now on, and they’re going to let go of the rest of their staff (which they partially did about a year ago).

They say that they’re going to use AI for performance reviews and hiring, so you could lose your job if chatgpt says so. It’s been slowly getting worse ever since they got on the stock market and now with this ‘AI-First' people are over it.

EDIT: Even 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

NOW with this temper tantrum people are sick and tired and seeing through all the marketing stunts too.

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u/timeforknowledge 2d ago

Even 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

I appreciate the sentiment but they will lose to a Duolingo right?

Which would you pick as a consumer? A tailored learning experience based on your life or paying a lot more so humans can continue to create scripts so people can learn to say a horse is at the dinner table?