Is there any logical reason why Mem’s are sort out this way? Do the first one’s that appear mean they’re most used?
Good question! There used to be a function whereby you could give a mem a “like” and these would be listed on your profile, so you could see which of the mems you had created were the most popular, but all of those things are gone now.
But it would be good to know how the mems are sorted, especially for popular languages.
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Sorry for being slightly off-topic, but since you’re asking about this, does it mean mems actually work for you (i.e. can you pick a mem and see it when you make a mistake on the corresponding word)?
They changed it fairly recently so you have to click on “Help me remember this” to actually see them.
That only brings up the entire mem list again. It’s always worked like that…
No, it didn’t use to work like that. Before, if you made a mistake you were shown your chosen mem (and if you clicked on it you could change it).
It’s always worked like that when you had no mem selected. So the entire recent “change” as you put it, is actually them f***** up mem selection. Let’s call it by its true name, i.e. feature removal.
Mem handling certainly needs a good overhaul!
Memrise claims that their system is based on three scientific principles:
- Choreographed testing (that is all the test modes we have: Review, etc),
- Scheduled reminders (that is the SRS, space repition system),
- and last but not least Elaborate encoding. This last one are the mems.
If mem are indeed so crucial please, Memrise, develop the system! I’m happy to pay for it in my subscription.
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