FITtogether: an 'average' activity tracker

Rost, M., Rooksby, J. and McCallum, C. (2015) FITtogether: an 'average' activity tracker. Beyond Personal Informatics, Seoul, South Korea, 18-23 Apr 2015.

Abstract

In this paper we discuss an app we have implemented for iOS and Android called FITtogether. The app counts users’ steps and enables them to compare these with the average steps of all other users. We have trialed the app over a two week period in the wild on users’ own devices. Our findings suggest that comparison with an average leads to users feeling that they are successful if they are above average, and that by making a personal step count available to others only as part of an average does not lead to anonymity and identity concerns

• Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Rooksby, Dr John and Rost, Dr Mattias
• Authors: Rost, M., Rooksby, J., and McCallum, C.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2015 The Authors
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced with the permission of the authors