yeah, people are really smart and funny too! 
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Thanks! Nope, I made it on a app called Canva. Thanks for asking! 
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Yes, I use mems religiously, because I can’t “imagine pictures” for Chinese characters in my mind :’)
I really thought this was a satirical post at first
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Yes, every day. I’m learning Chinese too and they help a lot.
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ABSOLUTELY.
I make mems for almost every word I learn, specially the ones in the courses I created.
I feel really really angry at Memrise for announcing they are going to take them out, when they could simply make them optional for those who hate them. I spent over a 100 hours making mine, getting images and sentences… I am so disappointed 
I am even considering stopping using Memrise, I am a very visual student and I need them!
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Ben Whately has promised to bring back mems as soon as possible. Not sure if that’s going to make you feel better.
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I can’t imaging learning Chinese without mems!
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All the time. I will be using Anki once Mems are gone.
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I look up most words on Reverso to make sure I understand them in context, and often add a phrase mem for other users and as a reminder for myself. At one time, you could review your mems after a practice session, and I always did that.
On sentence/phrase courses, I add a note to help new users understand concepts without going into full grammar lessons (such as in French, why “qui” doesn’t always mean “who” and how to know which to use).
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I created mems at the beginning of learning Hungarian. I did it only for a few words, difficult to remember. In 2018 stopped using it.
Now I create my individual mems and upload them as jpg-files.
In addition, I upload further information (links to websites, related words, comments, etc.) as text.
The above image appears when I learn a new word, don’t remember a word, or make a mistake.
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it is really sad that the mems are not there anymore. This is the main reason that I use Memrize. I spend 100 hours to create my mems. they are still there in my profile however not connected to the course anymore.
Please bring back this feature as soon as possible
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I always look at the mems created by the others. It often helps me to remember. Sometimes I create my own. For me Memrise is a good community where people share their way to memorize complicated staff. Without mems it will not be the same
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That’s a relief. I hope mems will return speedy-ishly! Thanks.
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What are mems? I’m still learning the basics here!
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“Mems” is the name for the user-generated mnemonics on Memrise.
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I don’t do mems, I don’t see how they can be useful.
Well, let’s see here…
Why are pictures so effective in language learning? | Dive into Language (worddive.com)
Images Can Help You Retain Vocabulary (voanews.com)
Using Visuals to Help the Second Language Learner on JSTOR
How to Learn a Language Fast | Say No to Translation (fluent-forever.com)
…for example. 
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On my Hebrew course, I made a bunch of mems as part of the course itself. I liked when some courses already had good mems from other people, and I think making a course pre-loaded with mems makes it a better course.
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