# Why is the "Learn" category important?

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**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [June 9, 2024, 11:08am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/why-is-the-learn-category-important/45770 "2024-06-09T11:08:44Z")\
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Onboarding is always a fertile topic of discussion –

> [@Revisiting onboarding decks and tutorials](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/revisiting-onboarding-decks-and-tutorials/43692):
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> I wanted to share some thoughts on the topic of creating a shared deck to help users get started with Anki. This has been discussed previously in these topics: My question is, would it be so bad to “abuse” Anki cards in this way? I would argue that it wouldn’t be a form of abuse. Spaced repetition algorithms don’t prescribe how one must respond to a prompt, per se. SRS is only about when to pay attention to a prompt. How to respond to the prompt is up to the user. Conventionally, user…

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