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c/algorithmic-anxiety•taylorshahtaylorshah•1mo ago

Hit 10,000 steps every day for 3 months and the app still told me I was "below average"

I don't know why this got to me so bad. I've been walking every day, rain or shine, and my fitness app keeps comparing me to other users my age. I'm a 45 year old guy in Cincinnati who works a desk job. 10k steps feels like a lot. But the app says I'm in the 37th percentile. That number made me feel like my effort doesn't count. Is anyone else getting weirdly defensive about these percentile rankings?
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emmaclark
emmaclark1mo ago
That 37th percentile probably includes teenagers and pro athletes though.
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oscarc12
oscarc121mo agoTop Commenter
Yeah every internet chart somehow forgets real people exist.
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