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These plans garnered vocal backlash from users in the community, so on 25 February 2020, Memrise decided to undo the changes in response to the criticism.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-12 |title=Important announcement about Decks |url=https://community.memrise.com/t/important-announcement-about-decks/49470 |access-date=2020-05-03 |website=Memrise |language=en |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20231126220607/https://community.memrise.com/t/important-announcement-about-decks/49470 |archive-date=26 Nov 2023}}</ref> However, Memrise announced again in November 2023, of its plans to "sunset" user-generated courses.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 November 2023 |title=Forum absence, outlook |url=https://community.memrise.com/t/forum-absence-outlook/87919/24 |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=Memrise |language=en |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20231116170516/https://community.memrise.com/t/forum-absence-outlook/87919/24 |archive-date=16 Nov 2023}}</ref> The Memrise forums closed on 8 December 2023, to focus its support from community-created content, claiming that it was "hindering the core Memrise experience".<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 December 2023 |title=Closure of the Memrise Community Forum |url=https://memrise.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/20736101603473-Closure-of-the-Memrise-Community-Forum |access-date=25 March 2024 |website=Memrise |language=en |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251209115641/https://memrise.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/20736101603473-Closure-of-the-Memrise-Community-Forum |archive-date=9 Dec 2025}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Kennedy |first=Shannon |date=2024-05-09 |title=Memrise is Doing Away with User-Generated Content… Now What? |url=https://eurolinguiste.com/memrise-is-doing-away-with-user-generated-content-now-what/ |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=Eurolinguiste |language=en-US |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251212081349/https://eurolinguiste.com/memrise-is-doing-away-with-user-generated-content-now-what/ |archive-date=12 Dec 2025}}</ref> | These plans garnered vocal backlash from users in the community, so on 25 February 2020, Memrise decided to undo the changes in response to the criticism.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-12 |title=Important announcement about Decks |url=https://community.memrise.com/t/important-announcement-about-decks/49470 |access-date=2020-05-03 |website=Memrise |language=en |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20231126220607/https://community.memrise.com/t/important-announcement-about-decks/49470 |archive-date=26 Nov 2023}}</ref> However, Memrise announced again in November 2023, of its plans to "sunset" user-generated courses.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 November 2023 |title=Forum absence, outlook |url=https://community.memrise.com/t/forum-absence-outlook/87919/24 |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=Memrise |language=en |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20231116170516/https://community.memrise.com/t/forum-absence-outlook/87919/24 |archive-date=16 Nov 2023}}</ref> The Memrise forums closed on 8 December 2023, to focus its support from community-created content, claiming that it was "hindering the core Memrise experience".<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 December 2023 |title=Closure of the Memrise Community Forum |url=https://memrise.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/20736101603473-Closure-of-the-Memrise-Community-Forum |access-date=25 March 2024 |website=Memrise |language=en |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251209115641/https://memrise.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/20736101603473-Closure-of-the-Memrise-Community-Forum |archive-date=9 Dec 2025}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Kennedy |first=Shannon |date=2024-05-09 |title=Memrise is Doing Away with User-Generated Content… Now What? |url=https://eurolinguiste.com/memrise-is-doing-away-with-user-generated-content-now-what/ |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=Eurolinguiste |language=en-US |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251212081349/https://eurolinguiste.com/memrise-is-doing-away-with-user-generated-content-now-what/ |archive-date=12 Dec 2025}}</ref> | ||
In February 2024, Memrise again separated community courses to another website, which is inaccessible through the mobile app, preventing users from downloading the courses for offline accessibility. One of the selling points of Memrise Pro is the ability to download courses for offline access.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 February 2024 |title=Changes to the Memrise app |url=https://www.memrise.com/blog/changes-to-the-memrise-app |access-date=25 March 2024 |website=Memrise |language=en}}</ref> Such changes were met with concerns, frustrations and criticism by users.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 February 2024 |title=Why this is happening from the Memrise CEO |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/memrise/comments/1axye57/why_this_is_happening_from_the_memrise_ceo/ |access-date=25 March 2024 |website=Reddit |language=en |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240822183738/https://old.reddit.com/r/memrise/comments/1axye57/why_this_is_happening_from_the_memrise_ceo/ |archive-date=22 Aug 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=23 February 2024 |title=Memrise CEO trying again |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/memrise/comments/1axdcgb/memrise_ceo_trying_again/ |access-date=25 March 2024 |website=Reddit |language=en |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240505173849/https://old.reddit.com/r/memrise/comments/1axdcgb/memrise_ceo_trying_again/ |archive-date=5 May 2024}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> | In February 2024, Memrise again separated community courses to another website, which is inaccessible through the mobile app, preventing users from downloading the courses for offline accessibility. One of the selling points of Memrise Pro is the ability to download courses for offline access.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 February 2024 |title=Changes to the Memrise app |url=https://www.memrise.com/blog/changes-to-the-memrise-app |access-date=25 March 2024 |website=Memrise |language=en |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251201003047/https://www.memrise.com/blog/changes-to-the-memrise-app |archive-date=1 Dec 2025}}</ref> Such changes were met with concerns, frustrations and criticism by users.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 February 2024 |title=Why this is happening from the Memrise CEO |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/memrise/comments/1axye57/why_this_is_happening_from_the_memrise_ceo/ |access-date=25 March 2024 |website=Reddit |language=en |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240822183738/https://old.reddit.com/r/memrise/comments/1axye57/why_this_is_happening_from_the_memrise_ceo/ |archive-date=22 Aug 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=23 February 2024 |title=Memrise CEO trying again |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/memrise/comments/1axdcgb/memrise_ceo_trying_again/ |access-date=25 March 2024 |website=Reddit |language=en |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240505173849/https://old.reddit.com/r/memrise/comments/1axdcgb/memrise_ceo_trying_again/ |archive-date=5 May 2024}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> | ||
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