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SquirrelInHell comments on Open thread, June 20 - June 26, 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: SquirrelInHell 28 July 2016 08:25:18AM 1 point [-]

Thanks a lot; I'll this it into account, and think how to improve this in next versions.

Though with the "next day" button, it would be a hard tradeoff - you might not have had this experience, but sometimes you travel and your timezone settings get messed up, or your phone's clock is reset etc. It's possible to design something that would avoid these problems, but it's a pretty big change in the internals of the app.

The temptation to delay clicking it and catch up the next day is strong.

This is surprising to me - the algorithm in the app makes it strictly easier to catch up when you click the button first, and then do the tasks rather than the other way around. Is it not enough incentive to make you want to click the button, rather than "cheat"?

Comment author: tut 28 July 2016 10:51:00AM *  1 point [-]

I think it is about the don't break the streak thing. Suppose that you decide to run every day, and you do it in the morning every day from Sunday to Thursday, then sleep in and don't have time for it on Friday. Now on Saturday you can either advance the day before your run and have a one day streak, or you can run twice, once before and once after advancing the day and have a seven day streak.

Comment author: niceguyanon 08 August 2016 03:46:03PM 0 points [-]

This perfectly expresses my thoughts