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Walked in for a t shirt.. left with 10 things lol.

Grad student here, new Vol! Ended up grabbing some gear at the student union VS. Can’t wait for football season!

Had my orientation today. Even tho I’m 33, and was worried I’d be looked at as the old dude on campus, everyone on Rocky Top made me feel very welcome. Can’t say the same for my brother who is 32 doing the same up at OSU… lol. He made the wrong choice 🤣

Anyway.. sorry in advance for this mostly not sports related post.. been lurking here for a while and yall are one hell of a group. Just glad to be here and be a part of it.

If you’re still here.. the kicker is in my cohort and after a little prying… it appears we are gonna have one hell of a team this year!

Go VOLS!

Hey yall.

I’m from SC and have “switched to the wrong orange” as they say around here lol. If you ask me.. when I committed to UTK for grad school I switched to the right orange.

Anyway,

I’ll be going to my first game this year, but I am not living in Knox, so I’m not super familiar with the area.

Next week is my orientation so I’m looking to familiarize myself as much as possible over the three days. But if anyone has any recommendations or tips to make the experience even better I’m all about it. Just wanna make sure I have as little friction as possible so I can focus on having a good time!

I’ll be going to the Kentucky game as that’s when I’ll be in town for a week.

Really appreciate yall.

Hello, all!

We’ve recently received an influx of inquiries on the amount of developer post within the community. I wanted to address this.

This community is full of amazing people from all walks of life. Some of you have created some awesome things within the IQ Store and wish to share them with the community. While there is nothing wrong with this it can come off as constant advertisement posts.

There was an opportunity to meet in the middle here and that is what we did.

In exchange for a developer to post, once per week per unique item, (see current rules) they must provide** **a free trial / free version for the community. They do not pay for the ability to post here nor would we ever accept anything of the sort.

The ConnectIQ Store is notorious for having a plethora of apps that you must pay for before you can even experience. I for one don’t want to spend money, regardless of the refund policy, if the app / watch face doesn’t meet the expectations of what it advertised.

What we have found is that by offering developers the opportunity to post, to show off their creations, there has been a much wider range for people to branch out and try new things. Then, if they love it, they can support the developer by buying said app / watch face. This also allows the developers a chance to receive feedback to improve. Win for all.

So, what is the goal of this post? Well, I wanted to provide some clarity on the posts you have been seeing from the devs. I also wanted to see if we, as a community, are happy with the current format or if we would like to limit it to a particular day of the week.

We have reduced the spam-like, low context, health score post by 97% with the Sunday Score. We have also seen a huge increase of quality within post since those changes went into place.

Would we like to move these dev post and limit them to Wednesday? The goal is seeing less of these types of post and getting a more focused view of them on a particular day of the week?

Cast your vote below! Nothing changes without the community consensus.

Thank you for any feedback.

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Hey all

I completed my FAFSA forever ago. UTK’s had it for months and they are still “reviewing applications for aid”

I know with the bill that went into place July 1st it’s not helping things. My big issue is that I check, one per month, and get the same answer. It’s not reassuring. Especially since I am responsible for tuition, which would otherwise be covered by my fed aid, but they aren’t processing it lol.. Like, the FAFSA folks told me it’s 100% on UTK.

I’m just stressed for something I literally cannot control and classes start next month. I was told today “you can pay out of pocket if you’re worried” lol.. yes.. please, take my $7200 from my Swiss bank account. /s

FWIW.. I was told they have until 8/6/26 and my orientation is literally 8/6/26 with classes starting the week after (if I am remembering correct)

Firstly, thank you to all who had a chance to weigh in on our recent poll. Your voices matter. The feedback received directly contributed to updates we are making to the community. We encourage feedback and strive to make this community enjoyable for all.

Today, we are rolling out several quality of life updates that we believe will make r/Garmin a better community for all.

Sunday Score

The Sunday Score is officially here. To address the influx of posts made, oftentimes just a screenshot of a wellness metric or score with no added context, we are rolling out the Sunday Score. We understand that there are many reasons to share photos of your metrics or scores. Whether that be a humble brag about increasing your VO2 max, finally hitting that mythical 100 sleep score, or trying to understand why your HRV graph looks like a rollercoaster at Cedar Point. Sadly, more often than not, the majority of these posts have little context added. This creates an influx of screenshots of scores and metrics that oftentimes do not lead to meaningful conversation or insight into how you arrived at that metric or score.

The Sunday Score will allow users to post any metric, graph, or score on Sunday. Paired with a new format requirement the updated structure will undoubtedly lead to meaningful conversation amongst the community. This will provide invaluable insight that can help the poster and the community as a whole. While we understand that Sundays may get a bit rowdy, as we know users will be eager to share their metric or score, we believe this will significantly reduce clutter on the feed, leading to more opportunities for other posts to get attention and drive conversation.

There are also exceptions, such as instances where a user is having a suspected technical issue, in which case you can post the image of your score or metric Monday through Saturday. See Rules 4 and 5 for additional details. Users can still make general, text based, post about any wellness metric - score. This is only specific to photos sharing.

Auto Mod Overhaul

Auto Mod received a complete overhaul. The goal of this overhaul was to address shortcomings that were currently in place that may have been overly aggressive with removals, and to add enhancements that will lead to a more fluid experience for users.
Some of the enhancements include:

* Spam reduction
* Karma farmer detection
* AI slop control
* Community rule enforcement update
* Better accuracy

Our goal is to keep a seamless experience for our community by allowing the voices leading the conversation to be real users, not random bots or AI slop. This is not necessarily something you will engage with directly, but it will help keep things tidy within the community.

Oh.. and there is just one more thing. We have introduced a system that should help the “Does this watch look too big / small” post. Redirecting the poster to a resource that will help them identify the correct size watch for them. Further contributing to the goal of a better quality feed within the community.

Additional Note:
Also, because this inevitably comes up anytime changes are made, this is not about censoring discussion or limiting conversation. Users are still absolutely free to talk about these products, share experiences, ask questions, troubleshoot issues, and engage with the community.

The goal of these updates is simply to reduce feed clutter and improve overall post quality so that meaningful discussions, questions, and helpful content are easier for everyone to find and engage with.

Thanks again for making this community what it is.. exceptional!

About five years ago, at Paris Mountain, I went down.. hard.

I was far too inexperienced to hit a black diamond but foolishly (and this is on me, not them) I wanted to keep up and hang with the random Redditor I met up with. I didn’t have any friends in the area to ride with, and they offered to show me the trails. He was super cool from what I remember!

Anyway.. we were at the very top and had JUST begun the decent. I went OTB and ended up breaking my foot. I also, again this is on me, didn’t hydrate or eat enough that day. I was in a rush and I was pumped to ride. I had JUST picked up a new bike (Stumpy) and it was already getting late.. so I wanted to rush to the trail to break it in. So on top of my injury.. I was nauseous, lightheaded and could hardly sit up as a result of the situation.

A few hikers happened to be close and saw the crash and rushed to me, as well as the rider who had heard and turned back as well. We were in a bad location. I recall a hiker saying that if I needed an ambulance the only option was life flight. Which.. obviously no lol.

What sucked is I was mangled, my bike was mangled.. and nobody knew the best plan forward. I’m also 220 Lbs, XL frame. Not the easiest to move. Luckily.. another hiker, who was built like the Incredible Hulk, happened to also show up. He helped carry me and another hiker grabbed my bike and we were able to hike back up to the top. The Redditor I linked up with was also supper supportive and reassuring me to stay positive. Offering to help anyway he could.

They helped load up my bike and I was able to drive myself to the hospital. I found out I had a concussion, broke my foot, and a few other minor things. I’m thankful for their help that day. Was a scary moment but hey.. I own it. I should’ve known better.

I never saw that random Redditor again. I met you on here all those years ago. So, if you happen to stumble upon this, my bad on being a total “buzz kill” on the trail that day. Thank you for offering to show a random dude the ropes! It’s not always easy to make friends these days. Also.. thank you for helping me back to the top after I went down. Kindness like that is why I never stopped riding. This community is awesome.. even on my worst day! Haha.

To anyone who is newer to riding or less experienced.. let this serve as a reminder to take your time. Even on new bike day the trails will be there tomorrow. Also, there is no shame in letting others know your current comfort levels on the trails.

Just curious if anyone has a link to one. I’ve looked high and low and can only seem to find Trek’s. It’s horrible lol. I’ve tightened it to 2nm.. which was useless. Cranked it down.. still easily pushes past where it should. I don’t mind keeping the system.. but I want to run my stem and would like an adapter that doesn’t suck.

Thanks

EDIT: Please check out the stickied comment to see current ideas / prospected plans. The original post was also updated to add additional clarity.

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Hello, all.

We have received a significant amount of request asking to limit / remove the influx of posts from users sharing their health / wellness scores.

We beta tested a rule that was setup to help reduce timeline clutter.

Specifically, this rule would eliminate the influx of post from individuals posting health / wellness scores. Such as photos of a users V02 Max, sleep score, HRV graph body battery, stress graph etc. As many of the post have a score : graph with little to no context. This results in a feed full of images of metrics with no substance. Note, this does not apply to traditional post.

Examples include:

- “So close! *insert sleep score number 99/100*”

- “Is this a good V02 Max? / Finally achieved my goal V02 Max”

- “a typical day *insert stress graph*”

- “Here we go again *Insert HRV graph*”

The goal:

We want a community that is easy to navigate, encourages conversation, and inspires one another to #BeBetterThanYesterday. We understand that can be challenging if the timeline is flooded.

While the auto enforce did seem to help I have since disabled it.

Is this something we, as a community, would like to see strictly enforced? Please cast your vote!

**Note** the rule is currently up, in our list of rules, and we welcome any and all feedback on the best way to implement it should a revision of how it’s written be needed. We would love to hear from you.

The outcome of the poll will decide if the rule is or is not made permanent.

Cheers.

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