My smart scale just congratulated me on hitting 100,000 steps in a month for the first time.

I was just trying to weigh my cat, who stepped on it for a second before running off. The app's little celebration graphic popped up, and my partner asked if I'd joined a secret marathon. Has anyone else's fitness gadget given them credit for something they clearly didn't do?

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aaron_flores844mo ago

That "secret marathon" line is perfect. I mean, did the scale just count the cat's weight shifting as steps? I've had my watch log a "swim" because I was washing dishes. What kind of celebration graphic did it even show?

kim.dylan4mo ago

Washing dishes logged as a swim is a new one. Makes you wonder if the data is even useful anymore. My scale once congratulated me for losing 20 pounds overnight because the batteries were dying. These things just make up their own reality.

wade4382mo ago

Yeah, the "secret marathon" thing from aaron_flores84 is hilarious but it actually makes a point. Those watches don't really know what you're doing, they just guess based on arm movement. Your scale story is a good example too. The batteries going bad thing is real. I had a scale that showed me at 180 one day and 162 the next. I knew I didn't lose 18 pounds overnight. These gadgets need better ways to tell you when the data is garbage.