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Comment by throwaway290

Contranecdata: zero change. I am not motivated by numbers. On bad days I couldn't care less that the numbers are low, and it's good, otherwise it would add to the stress/depression that probably led to those in the first place.

I don't mind it too much because it can visually show memorable anomalies in near past (like here I was ill, here I moved, here I had a fun day of walking), but I really dislike those "ring" gamifications when it tells me when I reached 10k taking me out of flow and making me realize I walked a lot.

What worse, it taught me what 10k of steps feels like, which makes me measure where I am at during extended walks instead of being in the moment enjoying walking!

What I really want is those non critical activity stats to be hidden in real time and only be available for like a month ago and earlier. In its current incarnation it feels like it's aimed at people who consciously make themselves do things instead of enjoying them, it's not healthy...

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