How Has Actifit Helped Me?
As people on Steem began to understand what @actifit was and how it works, I've seen two kind of reactions to it.
People who use it regularly or those who have delegated SP to it without using the mobile app because they saw the future in the niche, obviously support the project.
There are however others who don't like that the feed is being cluttered with what most of the times is low quality content.
For the latter category I wanted to write this post.
It is true what you argue that the daily posts for @actifit have rarely a good value taken from the writing point of view. I also write as little as I can on these posts, but truthfully and usually focusing on one activity or the other.
The REAL value of @actifit is not in the posts. Those are merely the means permitted by the Steem blockchain to get rewarded for your daily activity.
The REAL value comes from encouraging movement. The real value also comes from setting out the daily step count goals for actifit users.
Yes, there is and there will be some cheating. Isn't this everywhere?
The point is anyone who wants to stay physically active/fit and is on the Steem blockchain, now has an incentive to do it, other than their own will.
I always preferred to walk instead of using a car, using the stairs instead of an elevator, doing light morning exercises for years and so on.
But I wasn't consistent when it comes to the minimum recommended steps per day, for a healthy life.
So @actifit made me consistent in this regard. I also had a clear goal to achieve every day, and if I wanted the max reward I had to move my behind to get it.
Until that became a routine. Now, if I don't do my 10000 steps , I feel something is missing.
I'm not particularly happy with the possibility to go work out at the gym. I prefer the breathable air outside, as much as possible, instead. And I can do it. Others might not, so gym is a solution too.
Those who complain about the quality of actifit posts are right. But the value of actifit is not in typing great content, is in creating a habit to live a healthy life.
Before Hivemind/communities will be added to Steem, the single most effective method I know, use and recommend is using an alt account for posts that are not related to the content of your main account or which might drive your followers away.
Until then, keep walking/exercising/moving with actifit, and stay healthy!
Or not... Your choice!
Great to hear your story!
We are glad that it is helping you and keeping you motivated. We want such enthusiasm in all our users. In fact I was talking about same in my latest post on projects coming up. It will be great to see a system where rewarding will be done not based on writing and presentation skills but on real talent. There are entrepreneurs doctors athletes fitness enthusiasts Technology lovers adventurers dancers and many more. But how to reward everyone equally. This is where actifit is different. @actifit is rewarding fitness enthusiasts(a particular group of artists) not based on their posts but on their activity count. We have minimal 30 word count limit only to prevent abuse and I'm sure that describing activity in 30 words doesn't require great writing skills. As you rightly said intention is to reward for living a healthy lifestyle.
And above that we also encourage and reward users who motivates fellow actifiters with inspirational actifit reports.
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Oh yeah, @actifit is, unless I'm mistaken, the only project on Steem which currently rewards people mainly for what they do off-Steem, in their real life. In actifit's case, it is about rewarding the activity and work on staying fit and healthy. Others can try different approaches.
Who says Steem is only a social media and blogging platform? @actifit is the proof of thinking outside of the box, even outside of the virtual world for the most part.
That's really good in my book!
Thanks for your comment, and sorry for the late reply, my schedule is kinda all over the place at the moment.
Fantastic write up @gadrian, thank you !
Thank you for your kind words @mcfarhat! And thank you for @actifit! Keep up the great work!
Your post has been hand-picked by an Actifit moderator for additional reward as having great content!
Well done, you've been accordingly rewarded 200 Actifit tokens, as well as an Actifit upvote!
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