That’s fine, but again, they’ve said multiple times (last time it came up @dreev said he’d “defend it to the death”) you can’t do because if you’re too motivated they don’t think you’ll fail as much and that impacts beeminder’s revenue.
If the real reason is newbies will mess it up, it seems like they’re are better ways to address that (put it in an advanced setting or don’t let people do it on the free plan or whatever).
Yeah, same which is why I think BM would make more money if they allowed people to set their starting pledges to what they want.
See discussions on the this other thread about jumping through hoops (not to mention non-aligned incentives) and how it turns some people off.