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"There are thousands of volunteers who donated their labour to Duo... Bit by bit all of our work was hidden from us as Duolingo became a publicly-traded company." (aus.social)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think you forgot the /s , because real life shows that unethical companies rarely lose market competition. See pretty much every oil company, facebook, microsoft, amazon...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've literally put "☝️🤓" in the end though... Can't get more sarcastic than that

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Guess I'm too old, I wasn't aware that emoji combo also acted as a sarcasm warning

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

No worries!☝️🤓 usually signifies a pick-me idiot who thinks they're the smartest in the room, it's usually used sarcastically to present a common but idiotic opinion. Emoji combination shows them at the moment of going "Uhm, akshually!!"