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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://chaos.social/users/alexglow/statuses/114423346661361177">merlin / alex glow (alexglow@chaos.social)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Apr-2025 07:08:27 JST</a><a href="https://chaos.social/@alexglow" title="alexglow@chaos.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/165918-48-20230901063249.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="merlin / alex glow" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">merlin / alex glow</a></section><article><p>Deleted <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Duolingo" rel="tag">#Duolingo</a> today. Goodbye 882 streak 🤘 I'm a lifelong language nerd &amp; used it daily to maintain skills &amp; build vocabulary.</p><p>Previous AI moves, plus recent aggressive upselling and activation tactics (pushing you to "nudge" friends) already degraded the experience. I tried the free version last year and it was unusable (2 ads after every lesson!); now this is the final straw. 🫤 <a href="https://flipboard.com/@theverge/tech-news-e3qmqbb8z/-/a-o-nsQcJsQZmwgJAUVX-cxw%3Aa%3A43611565-%2F0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://flipboard.com/@theverge/tech-news-e3qmqbb8z/-/a-o-nsQcJsQZmwgJAUVX-cxw%3Aa%3A43611565-%2F0</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4976830#notice-9752124">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-04-30T07:08:27+09:00" title="Wednesday, 30-Apr-2025 07:08:27 JST">about 10 days ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://chaos.social/@alexglow/114423346661361177" rel="external" title="Sent from chaos.social via ActivityPub">chaos.social</a></span></span><a href="https://chaos.social/@alexglow/114423346661361177">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/4546968">Screenshot of my 200k+ XP across French, Russian, Chinese, German, Welsh, and other courses.</a></label><br><a href="https://assets.chaos.social/media_attachments/files/114/423/346/615/632/788/original/a198243eb95156fe.jpeg" rel="external">https://assets.chaos.social/media_attachments/files/114/423/346/615/632/788/original/a198243eb95156fe.jpeg</a></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: ic-cdn.flipboard.com</div><h5><a href="https://flipboard.com/@theverge/tech-news-e3qmqbb8z/-/a-o-nsQcJsQZmwgJAUVX-cxw%3Aa%3A43611565-%2F0">Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI | Flipboard</a></h5><div></div></header><div>The Verge - The company is going to be ‘AI-first,’ says its CEO. Duolingo will “gradually stop using contractors to do work that AI can handle,” according to an all-hands email sent by cofounder and CEO Luis von Ahn announcing that the company will be “AI-first.” The email was posted on Duolingo’s LinkedIn …</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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merlin / alex glow (alexglow@chaos.social)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Apr-2025 07:08:27 JST merlin / alex glow
Deleted #Duolingo today. Goodbye 882 streak 🤘 I'm a lifelong language nerd & used it daily to maintain skills & build vocabulary.
Previous AI moves, plus recent aggressive upselling and activation tactics (pushing you to "nudge" friends) already degraded the experience. I tried the free version last year and it was unusable (2 ads after every lesson!); now this is the final straw. 🫤 https://flipboard.com/@theverge/tech-news-e3qmqbb8z/-/a-o-nsQcJsQZmwgJAUVX-cxw%3Aa%3A43611565-%2F0
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  Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI | Flipboard
  The Verge - The company is going to be ‘AI-first,’ says its CEO. Duolingo will “gradually stop using contractors to do work that AI can handle,” according to an all-hands email sent by cofounder and CEO Luis von Ahn announcing that the company will be “AI-first.” The email was posted on Duolingo’s LinkedIn …

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