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=The Daily Plate= [| www.thedailyplate.com]



Description
"The Daily plate" is a website that hosts an online community, interactive tools, and allows access to communal information for dieters. "The Daily Plate" allows users to create a profile, and provides them with an interactive "Plates" to which they add the food that they eat each day from a database which has been created by the "Daily Plate" community. The website also provides users with various tools, including a graph that tracks weight loss progress, a widget that lets users track how many glasses of water they have consumed in a day, and an online forum to discuss various issues with other "Daily Plate" members.

Analysis
Community input is a large part of what keeps "The Daily Plate" up and running, because users are required to actually "create" the "foods" that they add to their plates, by entering nutritional information for various foods on the site. When one user enters the nutritional information for a food item, that food item becomes accessible to all "Daily Plate" Users. Members simply search for a food item, add the item to their plate, and adjust the item quantity or serving size. Without an online community behind the site, there wouldn't be any food for users to place on their daily plates. The same thing happens for physical activity- Users can enter different types of physical activity, and indicate how many calories such an activity would burn. Other users can then access these "Activities" and log them on their own profiles.

The Daily plate also boasts a lively community forum, where users can create threads about different diets, fitness, and other health matters. It also allows users to create and join "groups" based on interest. For example, a few groups that have been created on the site include "Diabetics-r-us", "Run for Life" and "Christian dieters unite" among many.

Although "The Daily Plate" website features a topic entirely unrelated to public transitional spaces and street festivals, I admire the site's community, and the interactive tools that it hosts to engage users. "The Daily Plate" is a prime example of an online space that promotes the exchange of useful information within a community.

References: 1. The Daily Plate, Various Articles. 