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We’re all scared, aren’t we? Scared of the unknown, of how we’re perceived, of the climate crisis, of raising children, of being judged for not wanting children, of putting ourselves out there, of failure, of death, of being totally honest, of trying new things, I could go on. I wonder what would happen if we were all allowed to just name how scare... See more
Lisa Olivera • Ten things, part five
If people have other ways of making money, the existing systems that create an internet that is largely about creating dissatisfaction in people so that you can sell them beauty products and self-actualization courses loses relative power.
Hank Green • Letting Users Decide Who Gets Paid
We ran 100's of experiments @ Duolingo in 2022.
These 4 helped were big for retention:
1) Widgets that “come to life”
Our take: Duo gets progressively more frustrated throughout the day if you haven’t done your lesson.
There are many reasons why this might have happened.
Perhaps when times are turbulent, people seek the safety of the familiar. Perhaps it’s our obsession with quantification and optimisation. Or maybe it’s the inevitable result of inspiration becoming globalised.
Alex Murrell • The age of average
That’s actually what we did. For the eight or nine months that it took to build Fiverr, including the launch and the first three or four months of operations, we were self-funded.