Points, Streaks, Goals, Leaderboards, Levels, Streak Clocks, Learning Duration Stats etc… am I the only one who does not give a toss, and simply comes here to learn, and use the different provisions on web/app (web version is still better with the mixed review mode IMHO)?
And to be clear, I have no problem with people who use/need all/any of the above to motivate themselves to learn (I see all the posts in the forum about broken streaks, people cheating to get more points etc), but was wondering if I’m the only one who feels most of this is noise at best, and occasionally a hindrance/annoyance?
I think most people here probably use Memrise for some combination of convenience and motivation. If you’re willing to do a little work to get it set up, something like Anki certainly has less distractions.
I like competing with my fellow Japanese learners in the rank-lists, though I do believe it can be a hindrance since you’re basically reviewing the same words over and over again just to get more points. Even in my 3000+ Vocab course I almost feel like I could recite all the words in my sleep now.
