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by benekastah 4278 days ago
Personally, before I decide to try something like this I would be interested to know how the app collects data from the user. I participated in https://www.trackyourhappiness.org/. If you aren't familiar, it surveys you multiple times per day (it was configurable I think). The survey's were short. At first I was happy to do it, but over time the surveys got more and more annoying to the point where I stopped doing them altogether. It got too annoying for me personally before I completed enough surveys for them to compile a full profile for me. Has this app improved upon the data collection process at all?
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We're over manual tracking too, and trying to remove all that friction. Most of the data we collect is passive - you connect a service via OAuth and never have to think about it again. Just keep using your Fitbit, or last.fm, or making events in your calendar.

The one exception is mood tracking, where you reply to an email every night and manually rate your day.