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Arghblarg@lemmy.ca ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

I haven’t read everything yet, but it sounds great. Apologies if this would be an FAQ, but… would cycling be cheating? I hike and cycle, so if there was a setting for both it would be amazing. I used to play Ingress but didn’t like how it was harvesting players for data.

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walkscape@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Cycling isn’t cheating. Our rules state that:

In WalkScape, steps are generated by walking with your legs. We strongly oppose any non-walking methods of generating steps and discourage promoting them in our community (Reddit, Portal, Discord). The only exceptions are situations, where the leg is naturally moving in ways that count as steps (such as cycling) and only as long as the step rate is low enough to not be abusable.

There’s no specific support for cycling, but a lot of people do play the game that way. You do get some steps from cycling if you have your phone in your pocket although it’s not as efficient as walking.

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- Arghblarg@lemmy.ca ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Thanks! Sounds reasonable.
  
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