My previous statement is based on anecdotal evidence acquired over a
few years of supporting Anki users and my students. Take it as you
will.

As for how useful the default is, I gathered some statistics from a
small portion of the users of AnkiOnline.

count | maxNew
     18 0
      1 1
      1 2
      6 3
      2 4
     17 5
      2 6
      1 7
      3 8
     38 10
      1 12
      2 14
      2 15
   2320 20
      2 22
     17 25
      1 28
     43 30
      1 32
      1 33
      6 35
      1 36
     39 40
      1 43
      2 45
     38 50
      1 52
      1 55
     10 60
      1 62
      2 70
      1 75
      1 80
      1 90
      1 99
     51 100
      1 108
      1 110
      1 115
      2 116
      1 130
      5 150
      1 156
      1 160
     20 200
      2 214
      2 250
      7 300
      2 400
     20 500
      2 600
      2 700
      1 800
      1 842
      3 999
     12 1000
      1 1648
      4 2000
      2 3000
      1 4000
      2 5000
      2 9999
      4 10000
      2 20000
      6 99999
      1 999999
      1 9999999
      1 999999999

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 3:36 PM, David A. Harding<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 02:12:43PM +0900, Damien Elmes wrote:
>> many people new to SRSes [...] get bogged down with a mountain of
>> reviews and give up.
>
> I agree that many new SRS users give up and that a mountain of reviews
> dispirits even long-time users, but do you have any proof that many new
> users give up *because* they had a mountain of reviews?
>
> -Dave
> --
> David A. Harding            Website:  http://dtrt.org/
> 1 (609) 997-0765              Email:  [email protected]
>                        Jabber/XMPP:  [email protected]
>
> >
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