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How Duolingo uses streak freezes
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Experimenting with Streak Freezes
In this segment, the speaker discusses an early experiment at Duolingo that allowed users to have multiple streak freezes instead of just one. This change aimed to provide users with more flexibility, resulting in a higher return rate of inactive users. The experiment revealed that while two streak freezes improved user engagement, three did not yield better results, highlighting the balance between flexibility and habit retention.
"one of the earliest experiments we ran was going from you used to only be able to have one streak freeze and then we let you have either two or three we were basically saying hey you can take a day of..."
The Impact of Flexibility on User Habits
The speaker elaborates on the findings of the streak freeze experiment, noting that while more users returned to their streaks after taking time off, allowing three streak freezes led to a decrease in overall habit retention. This segment emphasizes the complexity of user behavior and the challenge of maintaining engagement when users are given too much flexibility.
"made up for our losses and curve why two streak freezes work better than one was I don't know sometimes people just need a little bit more flexibility than one day but one of the again the really inte..."