![]() And then, with volunteer work there could be those inconsistencies and they still have to pay somebody to go through and do QC on everything so why not just have things the way they want to but according to their standards that they're striving for from the ground up. I doubt that they want to be responsible for whatever volunteers end up doing. They have to think about quality control and they have to think about consistency and they have to think about getting the project done in the reasonable time frame, and then also of course they're putting their name on it. But if they want to create a product, they can't just sit around waiting for whoever to come up with whatever they come up with. They can't really hold volunteers to any sort of timeline. But the larger problem is this: if they're trying to create courses, create a product that they're selling, they need to, or they will, think about serving that product on a deadline, production goals, etc. I mean, volunteers are what made Duolingo, well Duolingo. I love Duolingo, but I think it’s a real shame that they distanced themselves from the community of language speakers and learners :/ If Duolingo is concerned about presenting accurate content, they should label courses that they have paid people developing with that tag, and courses that consist of solely volunteers labeled accordingly. ![]() If the incubator where still open, people could set the framework for the course to develop. ![]() I saw a post earlier today that was a petition for Duolingo to add Icelandic. I know that the bigger courses (English, Spanish, French) are maintained by paid people, but I believe volunteers should contribute to new courses. However, since the incubator is closed, people can’t add anything. I was interested in the creation of a French to Japanese course. I understand that they want to create accurate academic content, but I believe the community is where it starts. ![]()
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