I use @actifit, mainly because it doesn't take too much effort to have it running in the background when I do some sort of walking/biking... However, just like my video game streams and my steepshot/random photos, I'm pretty conscious that people who follow my account might not want to see these things... so I always post them from my alt account (@msearles). 

However, I think it will be a multitude of different things (like @actifit) that will bring people into Steem. We have to remember that Steem isn't necessarily a blogging/writing platform (Steemit is....), and one person's interest might be another's shitpost. However, something to keep in mind is that we all benefit by bringing in as many users as possible into the system, and not everyone wants to write a short or long form post. 

That said, I would prefer that people are considerate (until filters!) enough to post different things from different accounts!

There may be some benefit to Actifit, but I can't see any to me as a consumer of content on steemit.  Zero.

I know you like short answers  :)

I think you are talking about musing.io.  I think they have done a lot to make it better and less obtrusive to other users.  I don't visit it all the time, but I was just on there the other day and there are some decent questions being posed and answered.  I do agree with you though.  There are many dapps coming out now that still need a little more polish.  Let's Eat for example is a great app, but I don't like having to post my  info then go back into Steemit and move the pictures from the bottom of the post and do the editing there.  @steevc's activfit post is more of what I would expect as quality content from Steemit users.

I'm highly engaded with actifit for a while now with my second account, posting almost daily. Also I have made a small delagation.

The idea is great! 

You are corect to question the value of the project. Is there going to be any value of this tokens?

There will be at least some value in it. At least there should be the possibilty to redeem them for steem, or upvotes. Partiko is doing this at the moment. So this is the minimum they can do. But I belive the token will have much better use.

On the subject of the same post popping out, and the apperance of spaming, there is space for improvement. Totally agree.

Now the time will have the final verdict :)


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FOR TSE:  I didn't get back to this post in time to upvote it ... so I upvoted a comment here instead.

As you know, I'm totally with you on this opinion.    There's enough crap on Steemit that it doesn't need to be *encouraged* ... and that's all this does.  It reminds me of second graders lining up to get gold stars on their foreheads before recess.  That same juvenile mentality.

You notice I specifically *excluded* things like this from the content I'm looking to curate when I mentioned that subject in my  group Policy Papers.  I mentioned "your Acti-fit Report Card" *by name.*

I mentioned years ago that I won't shop at Walmart  ... that "Target is as low as I'll go on that food chain."    And that got me in all kinds of outraged trouble from people who think Walmart *saves them money goddamn it!!!*  

But that was years before all this crap about how they treat their employees, how they're one of the biggest users of "government welfare" in the nation," how they've helped gut American manufacturing by importing all this shit from China,  how they systematically *ruin* small mom-and-pot businesses in the communities where they squat -- for a while ... etc.  So I feel totally vindicated, thankyouverymuch.

I still don't shop there.  And I never will.  I go out of my way to avoid them.  So ... outrage doesn't stop me.  Clearly.  And this Acti-fit stuff is in that same class of "things I won't touch with a bargepole."  Thank you for the support on that point.

I probably won't unfollow anyone because they post their Acti-fit report card (but it sure is a temptation.)  But you can also bet your bippy I'll never read it ... or vote on it either.

I personally don't use the app coz I don't excercise a lot but I think it's a great idea if you're really active and want to track your progress.

I know there are a bunch of sad red fish who post non related rubbish everyday and use some sort of auto device to move their phone so by late morning they've done over 10k steps and get a nice upvote from @actifit which is pretty much the only upvote they get. It's this type of crap that destroys the app and Steemit.

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hey @slobberchops,
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and concerns about Actifit.
I've gone through some of the comments already, and saw some responses aligned with what Actifit has planned, so I will try to respond to your inquiries/suggestions:

- Actifit's mission is to get people to move, to become more healthy, by rewarding them on the Steem blockchain. 
Although Steemit is a blogging platform, Steem does not necessarily have to be the case, nor Steem dapps. The current Steemit front end interface is unfortunately too cluttered and does not provide means of proper separation of content based on communities/dapps, which is why some posts could be a nuisance to users.
With hivemind, the anticipated change by Steemit, the promise is this will be resolved, which we believe will be quite helpful in this situation. We do have other alternative plans for the long run, it really depends how hivemind will eventually land. 
We also already created our own front end for the sole purpose of displaying Actifit content.
- Coming back to the topic of blogging, we do love to see enganging content from users, and hence for now the min 30 words requirement of posting via mobile, yet we are also planning on modifying the reward mechanism to add additional value for such rich content, along with other factors as well. A general change and improvement in rewarding mechanism is under works, particularly to better cope with the anticipated user base growth, especially after HF20 goes live and our ability to onboard people outside Steem environment in larger numbers.
- In terms of editing via phone, yes it could be a bit of a nuisance, although many are successfully posting great content via phone. Partiko app itself has been doing pretty good as well, and all content goes via phone. Yes we are working on enabling photo uploads from mobile, we should have that available soon. Most importantly you could also re-edit your post after posting it from the phone, and completely wipe the whole content if you do not like our template, and write your own. This is actually another solution to anyone who's not happy with the format, and who wants to avoid creating alt-accounts. We do recommend though including even short info about your activity within the post.
 - Editing from desktop before posting does sound like a nice idea, we can actually consider that as a future functionality, so as you can login to actifit.io and continue editing your post.
Again, thank you for the post, and if there is anything I missed answering, please ask.

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Interesting post! Read as I am in the process of moving from my old iPhone to my new Android, and one of the things I was planning to do with my new phone was sign up to Actifit! 
But like you, I'm also fed up reading just a bunch of stats, so I was planning to run my Actifit reports along the bottom of an interesting post about my walk or climb - just as you suggest. And I didn't realise that you couldn't do that! Boo hoo...
Glad you raised the topic anyway. Very interesting replies. I might do as @bengy cleverly suggests, and use my alt account. I set one up a while ago and regretfully, never got round to posting from it. 
(I actually set it up by mistake while trying to sign up to busy.org.)

I didn't even realize it was a dapp! I have generally just ignored these posts.

It certainly makes me wonder how to incorporate things like this into Steem. I like the idea of Actifit, but not the current execution.

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I agree entirely - it adds nothing of value. I've limited posting from it only when I come top 10 on the leaderboard. 

I've actually just created a second account so I can shitpost all I like from it, including my actifit updates.

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Yes, I agree. I usually double up and use the actifit post as my post for the day, so I'll be talking about whatever I've been doing or what interests me (currently thinking about your sixties challenge) and I change the title to reflect that. It does require a double act - post from phone, edit on tablet. Yesterday the pictures arrived much later as I posted on the train on the way home. Which raises another problem, that the posting time gets later and later everyday and it gets past my bedtime and I have to leave it for aday to get back to posting at a reasonable hour.

I mentioned to @steevc that I'd like the option to do a weekly summary instead of a daily post, as well as the editing issues. Another issue that @steevc aised is that actifit doesn't use steemconnect, you add your posting key directly.

I have thought about setting up another account simply for the dapps and using the VP in a simlar way to chops.support. At least then no one would be irritated and there would be some good coming out of i!

I looked at Actifit but was put off with the lack of integration with other fitness apps.  I wear a fitbit which records a whole bunch of stuff beyond time and distance.  Also I don't always take my phone out with me when I head out.

I felt the app was rushed to get it out but seeing @mcfarhat 's post below I think that anything that gets people active is a good thing.

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You can enter some text when you post from the app, but you cannot upload images yet. I think dapps could become an issue if people overuse them. I had concerns that we'd get loads of tiny posts from Zappl, but it's not really happened. Some people think Steemshot posts are low value, but I've seen people pad them out and the allow for multiple images. I'm not so bothered about Steemhunt stuff. I think we need a Steem UI that has filters. Dapps include a signature in their metadata that could allow their posts to be filtered. I might also not be interested in posts with certain tags, e.g. football. So far things are manageable even though I follow quite a few people, but that could change as this platform grows.

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Till the moment I have just posted 5 @actifit post.
All I tried to edit them afterwards in order to explain my journey and give some more than 30 words...
@actifit is currently under development and I am really interested to see how it evolves...Nonetheless, would be very helpful if they explain what are their plans of future as a roadmap....Also, another problem I see is that you have to wait for the end of the day if you want really to account all the activity and so, at the same time there is an avalanche of post in your feed...
The implementation of adding pictures will be a good upgrade, for the moment...