WHOOP Humans turns your sleep, recovery, and workouts into an AI-free social feed

With the proliferation of bots, automated accounts, AI, and manufactured content, it’s not hard to see why some people are getting tired of social media. However, WHOOP wants to bring the human aspect back to online interactions. To do so, the company is rolling out its own social networking experience in the WHOOP app.

Starting today, members of the WHOOP app will have access to a new tab called Humans. According to the company, “WHOOP Humans offers a fundamentally different approach to connection: a network that is entirely human.” Unlike legacy social media platforms, this won’t be a place where you post text-based status updates to curate your online persona. Instead, you’ll be posting the WHOOP data you want to share with your followers, including Sleep, Recovery, Strain, activities, and achievements.

Along with your posts, you’ll also be able to share Moments. This feature allows users to share photos from workouts, personal milestones, and meaningful experiences. As you would expect from a social platform, followers can react and comment on your posts. However, you can also choose to keep Moments private.

Speaking of privacy, the feature offers the following protections:

• Granular health data controls: Members choose which metrics to share, including Recovery, Strain, Sleep, HRV, and resting heart rate.
• Control over connections: Members can manage their followers and remove individuals from their WHOOP Humans network.
• Stealth Mode: Members can temporarily hide their shared health and performance information without changing their sharing preferences.
• Sensitive activity protections: Activities designated as sensitive are not shared by default.
• Selective activity and achievement sharing: Members choose which workout types and achievements appear in WHOOP Humans.
• Private Moments: Members can keep personal photos and Moments private rather than sharing them with their network.
• Ongoing privacy management: Members can update their sharing preferences at any time.

WHOOP Humans won’t be replacing the Teams feature. As WHOOP explains, Teams is meant to bring members together through groups and leaderboards, while Humans is designed for more personal connections.