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1. Allow automatically adding datapoints to more than one goal at a time

   Allow automatically adding datapoints to more than one goal at a time (esp. if it also allows transformations).

   Examples: Work projects for which I want to track the hours worked as both "Hours Worked" and "Hours on Project P". That way I could enter the datapoint in "Hours on Project P" and it would automatically be entered into "Hours Worked"

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   Have "Difference in weight" goal (like "chipmanaged's goal here: https://www.beeminder.com/chipmanaged/goals/difference) but that is populated by a transformation of the datapoint entered into the "weight" goal, so that you can enter the datapoint for yourself, but share the "difference" publicly without sharing your weight (without having to remember to enter both points)

   I propose something like this (in Advanced settings) for the goal that will receive the datapoints from the user:

   Add all datapoints added to this goal to the goal [Dropdown list of goals] [as is (default) / multiplied by / adding / divided by / subtracting] _[user entered value]__

   And then the selected goal would also receive the datapoint, either as is or with the transformation.

   Allow automatically adding datapoints to more than one goal at a time (esp. if it also allows transformations).

   Examples: Work projects for which I want to track the hours worked as both "Hours Worked" and "Hours on Project P". That way I could enter the datapoint in "Hours on Project P" and it would automatically be entered into "Hours Worked"

   e.g. #2
   Have "Difference in weight" goal (like "chipmanaged's goal here: https://www.beeminder.com/chipmanaged/goals/difference) but that is populated by a transformation of the datapoint entered into the "weight" goal, so that you can enter the datapoint for yourself, but share the… more

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2. Allow a "calories consumed" goal integrated with FitBit, LoseIt or MyFitnessPal

   There currently only appears to be a total net calories through FitBit. I track my food intake there, but not activity since my Fitbit flex broke. Or at least have some calorie-counting site that can be integrated.

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3. Allow users to set their own pessimistic presumption on Do Less goals

   Right now you can make a Do Less goal and "pessimistic presumptive" is turned on by default. If you do not report your data, Beeminder automatically puts in a pessimistic datapoint on the days you missed, which is usually around x2 more steeper than the road.

   My suggestion is that this rate be customizable so that it may be more pessimistic than just x2 the yellow brick road.

   For example, a person may have a "Go to bed early" goal, where he/she aims to sleep by 22:00 (10PM). You create a do-less goal where you report -5 if you slept 5 minutes early (21:55), or report +5 if you slept 5 minutes late (22:05).

   Say you've dial the road to 5 minutes/day to give yourself some wiggle room, and if you sleep early for long enough, you can have a "cheat day" of sorts. The pessimistic presumption in this case is somewhere around +10.

   The problem is you can easily have a cheat day any day. One can go to sleep really late on any day, say at midnight (+120). But if you leave your Beeminder graph alone and let the pessimistic presumption put in the datapoint for you (the +10), then you are probably not in any real threat of derailing anytime soon. And +10 is way better than +120, even though that's essentially fake data.

   But if it were possible to set your pessimistic presumption, say x30 your yellow brick road (in this case, +180), that can give someone a real kick in the pants to report their real data.

   Pessimistic presumption should always assume the worst-case scenario, but in some scenarios it simply doesn't manage to do that. Giving users the ability to set their own pessimsitic presumptive should fix that, because users can then set their own worst-case scenario.

   Right now you can make a Do Less goal and "pessimistic presumptive" is turned on by default. If you do not report your data, Beeminder automatically puts in a pessimistic datapoint on the days you missed, which is usually around x2 more steeper than the road.

   My suggestion is that this rate be customizable so that it may be more pessimistic than just x2 the yellow brick road.

   For example, a person may have a "Go to bed early" goal, where he/she aims to sleep by 22:00 (10PM). You create a do-less goal where you report -5 if you slept… more

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4. Allow precommitment for charity donation

   Allow people to pre-commit money on a once-off or monthly basis. Then, at the end of a preset period, process that donation in proportion to the amount of time you were meeting or exceeding your goal requirements.

   I already donate a regular amount of my salary to charity, and sometimes get a windfall (e.g. tax return) that I donate on a once off basis. However, I would like to be able to stake this money on performance against my goals. If I have a good month, all the money goes to charity. If I derail a couple of times (say, 10% of the month), then 10% (or maybe even more) money is deducted from the full donation. Perhaps you could also earn notionally 'lost' money back by exceeding your goal for a period of time, providing further incentives.

   The importance of the precommitment (apart from ensuring that I have the money in the first place) is to tap into our natural sense of loss-aversion - rather than getting the full 'warm fuzzy' of the charitable donation, you get the sting of knowing that you lost money for that charity*. Setting the incentives to run in this direction also means that you don't have conflicting incentives and reduced sting you have with the simple beneficiary model (where you get 'warm fuzzies' when you fail a goal because at least your pledge is going to charity). In fact, because the system is decoupled from pledges, you don't have the issue of needing to change your revenue model (as you would if you were donating your pledge amount). Win-win-win.

   While on the face of it might seem that this would decrease the amount of money flowing to charity (i.e. you were planning to donate the money anyway), I think it would incentivise more charitable giving in the first place, because there's double positive reinforcement on offer, meaning that you're likely to continue donating in future.

   Where the surplus money goes is up for debate. Obviously the main thing is that it doesn't go to your preferred charity, although anti-charity would be another option (noting the Beeminder team's stated reticence to provide 'anti-charities' as an option).

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   • I'm sure you're well versed in the cognitive psychology of loss aversion vs gain preference, but for anyone who's not familiar with Kahnemann and Tversky's findings: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_aversion

   Allow people to pre-commit money on a once-off or monthly basis. Then, at the end of a preset period, process that donation in proportion to the amount of time you were meeting or exceeding your goal requirements.

   I already donate a regular amount of my salary to charity, and sometimes get a windfall (e.g. tax return) that I donate on a once off basis. However, I would like to be able to stake this money on performance against my goals. If I have a good month, all the money goes to charity. If I derail a couple of times (say,… more

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5. Reset the nominal units reported to a predefined number at predetermined intervals.

   It would be nice to have the graph reset the nominal amount of units reported to zero (or a given number) so you improve weekly performance. Say I'm only focusing on how I'm doing this week—checking Beeminder could tell me only how many times I've derailed this week, while maintaining the cumulative total for pricing. So if I had to pay $30 last week, on Sunday my counter resets to zero, but derailing this week will still charge me $90. It would be helpful mentally for focusing on performance and not feeling defeated by previous performance, and would be optional.

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6. Make mobile widget name the goal name, not the URL

   I can change the goal name to be meaningful to me, but can't change the URL. For instance, I started my exercise regiment using an elliptical, so set the URL as /elliptical. I have since branched out into other forms of exercise, so have changed the name to "cardio", but my Beeminder Widget still says elliptical and there's no way to change it (as far as I can see).

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7. Allow retrotracheting "do less" goals by value rather than days.

   I'd like to be able to trim the buffer on my do less goal by how much buffer I have rather than how much time till I derail. This is both because the "how much time to derail" measure is kinda meaningless for them and because it lacks the fine grained control I need.

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8. make it possible to change the units of an existing goal

   When creating a goal, I entered a unit. Now I want to use the "rescale" feature, and I'd like to also change the unit. I could not find such an option anywhere in the settings. (Or is the Y-axis label - which can be changed - the only place this is really used?)

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9. Add the 'bare min' data to the IOS app

   While it's nice to see how long I have left before I derail, the current version of the IOS app doesn't tell me how much I need to do to make it back onto the right side of the road. Those three numbers from the website version of the graph would be nice to know on the IOS app!

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10. Warn if an action on the website will cause derailment

    Currently, anything you do after midnight that causes the graph to refresh that isn't "add a large enough data point" can cause derailment. Just now I went to the website to add a data point to a goal that was about to derail, noted my target needed to be pushed back a week, and used the road dial before I sent the data. This refreshed the graph and derailed me. This is a perverse disincentive. I shouldn't be charged money for adjusting my goal without warning. The fix is simple: any action taken on the website that would cause a derailment should cause a popup warning to appear before allowing the action to go through. "Doing this could cause you to derail immediately. Continue?" This warning should at least cover: hitting refresh, adjusting the road dial, entering a data point that is insufficient to prevent derailment (perhaps because it has the wrong day set).

    Currently, anything you do after midnight that causes the graph to refresh that isn't "add a large enough data point" can cause derailment. Just now I went to the website to add a data point to a goal that was about to derail, noted my target needed to be pushed back a week, and used the road dial before I sent the data. This refreshed the graph and derailed me. This is a perverse disincentive. I shouldn't be charged money for adjusting my goal without warning. The fix is simple: any action taken on the website that would cause a… more

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    started  ·  Admindreeves (Cofounder, Beeminder) responded

    Thanks David! You’re absolutely right and we’ve mainly been slow on this because it’s going to fixed as part of an overhaul we’re working on that will “generalize midnight”, ie, let you pick arbitrary goal deadlines. That’s easier said than done, as you can see from the elaborate spec here: http://expost.padm.us/midnight

    Btw, could you help us test how these admin responses work. Can you hit reply to it? It’s supposed to go to support@beeminder.com if you do…

    Thanks again!
    The Bee Team

11. Make github repo types configurable

    I have a github minder, but I notice that it seems to count my (public+personal) contributions as well as my (org+private) contributions.

    It would be nice if we could configure options, at least for "public only" and "personal only", which would give us a set of four combinations. Alternatively, having public/private/both and personal/org/both as option sets could enable beeminding commits at work or even work-based OSS contributions.

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12. Data Entered Today

    I have a couple goals such as "minutes of focused work" and "push ups."

    It would be nice if there was a stat counter that showed how much data has been added for today.

    So at a glance, I can see how many minutes I've worked today. How many push ups I've done etc.

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13. Gmail Zero - Allow the option to count new as well as read email in your inbox

    With the focus only on read email, I find myself deleting and archiving my read email only and ignoring all the new email which lies unread. (As a result I have 300 plus new unread email whereas I would typically have 20-25. ) It would be useful to have the option to include unread mail as well in "Gmail Zero"

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14. How do I delete my account?

    I signed up for several goal management sites to see which one suited my needs best. I've chosen a different site for its journalling focus, but I can't seem to find where I delete this account? I hate cyber-clutter!

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15. Integrate with Flickr

    Like to force yourself to add a certain number of pictures per week to Flickr. HT @anomalily

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16. Hide the floating feedback button on mobile

    Or, make the feedback button not float? I mean, have you seriously ever tried zooming in on a beeminder page in a mobile browser? That button fills up half the screen when you zoom in on anything. and people who want to leave feedback will find the link.

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17. Allow shared/team goals, where multiple people can enter data

    My wife and I have some household goals that we both contribute to. It would be great if we could both enter data for the goal, and probably both be on the hook for the pledge.

    As a workaround, today I am hosting our shared goals and entering data on her behalf.

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18. Don't pester me with emails when I'm on vacation

    I set a week off so I could go on vacation without having to worry about my goals, but the email bot reminds me that I am within nine days of derailing and should email it with data, which seems to partially defeat the purpose.

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19. Create a getting started guide

    A simple video or article describing how to use beeminder.

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20. Add support for zeroing out one's pocket list.

    I use http://getpocket.com to remember to read stuff after work... and most of the time I forget. It would be nice to a have a zero goal like the one for email.

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