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streak mechanic

2 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 19, 2025 by Severin Hacker · said 4 times in 2 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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May 19, 2025
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Hacker: Duolingo's streak feature relies on loss aversion mechanics
“The streak is exactly this loss aversion mechanic, right? So it's like, it's motivating to build up your streak, but it's like, I absolutely do not want to lose my streak, right?”
Severin Hacker May 19, 2025 ▶ 49:50 Duolingo Co-Founder, Severin Hacker: How AI Impacts the Future of Work and Education · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 19, 2025 positive
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Hacker: Duolingo ran ~300 A/B experiments on its streak mechanic
“We've probably run 300 experiments fine-tuning the streak mechanic, and that's where you get the gains in retention, and that's what ultimately drives the growth of Duolingo”
Severin Hacker May 19, 2025 ▶ 1:37:09 Duolingo Co-Founder, Severin Hacker: How AI Impacts the Future of Work and Education · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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