Advice on New Cards - FSRS - hit again on all new?
Hey everyone, M1 here looking for some FSRS deck advice.
Right now, my workflow is watching third-party lectures (Bootcamp), understanding the concepts solid in the moment, and unlocking ~100–150 new cards a day. Everything clicks during the session, and with my current short learning steps, hitting "Good" twice means the card graduates on Day 1.
The issue is that once it graduates, FSRS immediately schedules the next review for 7 to 10 days out.
By the end of the day, so much new material has entered my brain that brand-new physiology feels way too fragile to leave untouched for over a week. If I don't see those cards again within 24–48 hours, I feel like I'm guaranteed to forget half of them.
A couple of classmates told me they just hit "Again" on every single new card on Day 1 to force it to show up tomorrow, but I know that artificially inflates the card's difficulty rating (D) and can cause review counts to explode weeks down the line.
For those managing high daily card volume on 3–4 week block exam cycles:
Is setting learning steps to something like 1d or 10m 1d the standard way to guarantee that Day 2 follow-up?
How are you keeping intervals tight enough to prevent early drop-off without drowning in 600+ reviews a day right before finals?
Any advice on deck settings would be appreciated.
FSRS is at 85