Flexible automatic integrations
Make it easy to flexibly define the meaning of data from integrations - for example, the duolingo integration allows you to create a beeminder goal for "total number of points" but it would be nice to easily say "days in which any points were earned"
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Anonymous commented
This would be super-useful for weight goals, because (1) weight is an output variable, so it's often a poor choice for directly setting goals, but (2) simply _monitoring_ weight on a consistent basis supposedly makes a significant difference, because it prevents gaining 5 pounds without noticing. So I'd love to be able to define a Withings goal that says "Step on the scale 5 times per week."
As a general rule, variables which cannot be directly controlled can still be profitably watched. Sometimes, awareness itself is a quantifiable goal. And there's no reason why it shouldn't be fully automatable.
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Admindreeves (Cofounder, Beeminder) commented
I'm not thrilled about that specific example because I'm really big on the "QS First" principle: Beeminder should be graphing the most interesting, richest possible data. It's a Quantified Self tool, with commitment contracts on top of that.
So "total number of points" is inherently more interesting than "days in which any points were earned".
Still, in general I like this idea and there are many cool things you could do with more flexible autodata.