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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months ago

Duolingo deletes all its TikTok videos after AI backlash—and then returns with a strange message

www.fastcompany.com

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Duolingo deletes all its TikTok videos after AI backlash—and then returns with a strange message

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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months ago
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  • theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world
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    Just uninstall and stop engaging with Duolingo marketing.

    Sometimes, the best way to make noise is to disappear first.

    Great advice! I’ll do just that. Uninstalled.

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    https://www.tiktok.com/@duolingo/video/7506578962697456939?lang=en

    So they’re trying to pivot from “we are firing all our translators and turing our app into AI slop” to "we’re anti establishment and anti CEO?

    Which C-Suite came up with this shit?

    I’ll never use this garbage app now.

    • nixcamic@lemmy.world
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      I mean Duolingo has been riding the “questionable or insane marketing” wave for years. It’s hard to say if this is just them taking that a bit to far or if they really are of their rocker this time. I mean their ceo has generally seemed fairly based in the past as far as tech CEO’s go.

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    just marketing I assume. duo has always been a weird marketer

    • IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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      It doesn’t matter if its good news, bad news, strange news, weird news … its news and they’re all talking about you

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      “Let’s just say we’re experimenting with silence,” a spokesperson for Duolingo told Fast Company over email. “Sometimes, the best way to make noise is to disappear first.”

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    Fucking click bait title

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    deleted by creator

  • MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world
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    The TikTok post has been up for days by now. If this was truly a disgruntled employee posting against the company, it would have been taken down by down despite the passwords being changed. This is a corpo post.

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    Is Elon consulting for them?

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    7 months ago

    That reminds me, I should start practicing German on Babbel (not sponsored, but open to sponsorships :P ) https://www.babbel.com/mobile

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