What it means
Instead of motivating a return, streak pressure can make the tracker feel punitive. The user avoids reopening it because the broken record feels worse than not looking.
Why it matters
Products that over-center streaks often confuse consistency with perfection. Spoke's recovery framing tries to lower that cost.
Common confusion
Streaks are not always bad. The problem begins when they dominate the emotional meaning of progress.
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