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In this guide
Building a deck
Language & category
Set these right so the learners you want can find the deck.
What & why
Every deck has a language and a category. They’re not paperwork — they’re how learners find your deck inside the app. Set them honestly and the right people land on your deck; set them loosely and it surfaces to the wrong learners, who bounce.
The rule
Set the language to the language the learner studies in, and pick the single category that best fits. Don’t stretch either to reach a bigger audience.
- Language is the deck’s content language — what the learner reads on the cards. A deck teaching Spanish to English speakers is in the language its prompts are written in; set it to what the learner actually reads.
- Category is the subject. Pick the one that fits best; if two seem to apply, choose the one a learner looking for this deck would browse first.
Bad → good
A Spanish vocabulary deck filed under “Popular” with no clear language set — it shows up for everyone and fits no one’s search.
The same deck under Languages, language set to what the learner reads — it reaches people actually looking to learn Spanish.
When it applies
Set both when you create the deck, and revisit them if the deck’s focus shifts. Resist the urge to pick a broad or trendy category to get more views — a learner who arrives expecting something else leaves a worse impression than one who never arrived. The right category with the right learners beats a popular one with the wrong ones.