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Re:Anki – Powerful, intelligent flash cards by jamager on Monday January 29, 2024 @07:06AM (#39175349)
Anki algorithm's is extremely punishing, which is awful for language learning.

I think SRS needs to be only a small part of the learning routine, the cherry on the cake. For me that is ~15 minutes / day, and backlog is manageable even if I occasionally take 2-3 days off.

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Re:Anki – Powerful, intelligent flash cards by michaelcampbell on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @01:09PM (#39193499)
The new Anki FSRS algo lessens this punishment significantly.

People focus way too much on the backlog - don't even look at it, just set your max cards per day to something you can actually DO and let Anki schedule them out as best it can.

It is, after all, just a scheduler.

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