Strava-unwarranted kudos from a random?
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Doesn't bother me one bit.
If someone from California, Texas, Brisbane (it's always some far-flung place) wants to leave kudos that's fine. It must make them happy and there's no reason to take away their joy.
I find (anti)social media fascinating - FaceBook, Twitter, Strava or whatever. Why do people want to accumulate so many 'friends' or followers? If it makes them happy in their world, that's fine. Perhaps I'm just a miserable sod - I tend to keep my circles to friends & acquaintances. Real ones.
Back to kudos...a mate/ride buddy/work colleague & I often exchange kudos. Sometimes they are for real. Sometimes they are as a piss-take because a ride of 1 second & zero distance has auto-uploaded just because he turned on his device and moved (and you know it's you, Tony).
So, if Latha Duncan from Santa Monica wants to leave me kudos, that's just fine. Kudos to him - but not on Strava.There's no such thing as too old.0 -
I haven't had it in a while, but the annoying ones are when someone (or some bot) starts giving kudos on every activity - even if it's a completely normal 30 minute commute. Then I get a notification and an email which is the only annoying bit.0
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Would all you people moaning about receiving unwarranted kudos please visit my Strava page and give me unwarranted kudos. I feel lonely :roll:WyndyMilla Massive Attack | Rourke 953 | Condor Italia 531 Pro | Boardman CX Pro | DT Swiss RR440 Tubeless Wheels
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done !!!!
although that ride was sunday ? .... sunday ?? .... dude, get out and ride more ..... unwarranted kudos is just that, you can only get it from doing a 3mile commute to work or nipping to the shops.0 -
if you look at my feed you will see I rode home the otherday, didn't get a single award, only did 2.9 miles and got 5 kudii from people I have no idea who they are and live the otherside of the world.0
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fat daddy wrote:done !!!!
although that ride was sunday ? .... sunday ?? .... dude, get out and ride more ..... unwarranted kudos is just that, you can only get it from doing a 3mile commute to work or nipping to the shops.
Thanks FD. I had planned a ride Sunday but was unwell Saturday night...am planning a ride tonight, probably like the last Windsor one. I bit longer than a couple of miles ;-) Other priorities are getting in the way this year as I moved house in Jan and there's a lot of DIY to do!! Next job...the man cave.WyndyMilla Massive Attack | Rourke 953 | Condor Italia 531 Pro | Boardman CX Pro | DT Swiss RR440 Tubeless Wheels
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fat daddy wrote:if you look at my feed you will see I rode home the otherday, didn't get a single award, only did 2.9 miles and got 5 kudii from people I have no idea who they are and live the otherside of the world.
Its strangers pointing out in a sarcastic way how pathetic your rides are.WyndyMilla Massive Attack | Rourke 953 | Condor Italia 531 Pro | Boardman CX Pro | DT Swiss RR440 Tubeless Wheels
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The odd thing about it (if it is bots or scripts etc) is the motivation - when a Venuzualan with no miles logged gives me kudos it immediately makes me suspicious of the motivation. But then I'm left scratching my head wondering what on earth they *could* do by seeing a few of my runs / rides (they can't follow me as I've got that set up to be "request" only).
I've never yet seen a kudos from a random followed up with a link to a dodgy store in a comment or similar, so there seems to be nothing to be gained. And if they are an axe murderer sat in a white van round the corner from where I live ready to lop off my head or burgle my house while I am out on a ride following a weekly pattern, they wouldn't be giving me kudos to warn me either would they?2015 Canyon Nerve AL 6.0 (son #1's)
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drlodge wrote:Thanks FD. I had planned a ride Sunday but was unwell Saturday night.
well at least you do decent length rides .... the only time I can muster is 3 mile rides to work and playing on Zwift at 5am ... out side of that time I am in a perpetual "daddy" loop
Still, as she gets older I'll find the time ... and probably wish she was 5 again so I could play with her.0 -
drlodge wrote:Would all you people moaning about receiving unwarranted kudos please visit my Strava page and give me unwarranted kudos. I feel lonely :roll:0
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drlodge wrote:Would all you people moaning about receiving unwarranted kudos please visit my Strava page and give me unwarranted kudos. I feel lonely :roll:
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Thank you to those who gave me Kudos on my ride last week and on last nights ride, I'm feeling the love ;-)
Looking at who has given me Kudos, in the main its from "remote" people that I have only a tentative relationship with, rather than regular club riders that I know well. This whole Kudos business is really rather strange.WyndyMilla Massive Attack | Rourke 953 | Condor Italia 531 Pro | Boardman CX Pro | DT Swiss RR440 Tubeless Wheels
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It's not unwarranted that bothers me, it's how do people see my rides when I'm set to "Follow only" Surely that means it doesn't actualy work. I don't want all and sundry to see where I go and what times, more likely to get robbed!
(And it has happened through strava with less careful users)0 -
Paul 8v wrote:It's not unwarranted that bothers me, it's how do people see my rides when I'm set to "Follow only" Surely that means it doesn't actualy work. I don't want all and sundry to see where I go and what times, more likely to get robbed!
(And it has happened through strava with less careful users)
See my earlier reply ^^^ for a couple of ways they can see it.“You may think that; I couldn’t possibly comment!”
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As above - are you in any Strava 'clubs' ?
I left one & 99% of the random kudos from overseas stopped.
I now feel safer (if more unloved ;-) )CS7
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Ah, thanks guys. Must have missed that the first time. Ironically, apart from my local club the other group I was in was the "Bike Radar road forum" one :-)0
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"them"CS7
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Well this thread is odd.
People do realise that Strava is essentially social media for cyclists and runners don't they?
Also, if I were thinking of stealing someones bike because i had meticulously tracked their riding over a period of time to figure out when the bike would be unattended at home, I would definitely give them Kudos first.0 -
Craigus89 wrote:Well this thread is odd.
People do realise that Strava is essentially social media for cyclists and runners don't they?
Also, if I were thinking of stealing someones bike because i had meticulously tracked their riding over a period of time to figure out when the bike would be unattended at home, I would definitely give them Kudos first.0 -
If they really wanted to steal a bike, theres much easier ways. From simply taking it from a passing cyclist to snipping a cheap bike lock.
Including built up areas, as I doubt some witnesses would challenge them."The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby0 -
ForumNewbie wrote:Craigus89 wrote:Well this thread is odd.
People do realise that Strava is essentially social media for cyclists and runners don't they?
Also, if I were thinking of stealing someones bike because i had meticulously tracked their riding over a period of time to figure out when the bike would be unattended at home, I would definitely give them Kudos first.
Unless that has changed, I wouldn't rely on it. I think it used to be that if you downloaded someone's ride it had the whole thing, and it was only the display that excluded it.0 -
KingstonGraham wrote:ForumNewbie wrote:Craigus89 wrote:Well this thread is odd.
People do realise that Strava is essentially social media for cyclists and runners don't they?
Also, if I were thinking of stealing someones bike because i had meticulously tracked their riding over a period of time to figure out when the bike would be unattended at home, I would definitely give them Kudos first.
Unless that has changed, I wouldn't rely on it. I think it used to be that if you downloaded someone's ride it had the whole thing, and it was only the display that excluded it.0 -
ForumNewbie wrote:KingstonGraham wrote:ForumNewbie wrote:Craigus89 wrote:Well this thread is odd.
People do realise that Strava is essentially social media for cyclists and runners don't they?
Also, if I were thinking of stealing someones bike because i had meticulously tracked their riding over a period of time to figure out when the bike would be unattended at home, I would definitely give them Kudos first.
Unless that has changed, I wouldn't rely on it. I think it used to be that if you downloaded someone's ride it had the whole thing, and it was only the display that excluded it.0 -
KingstonGraham wrote:ForumNewbie wrote:KingstonGraham wrote:ForumNewbie wrote:Craigus89 wrote:Well this thread is odd.
People do realise that Strava is essentially social media for cyclists and runners don't they?
Also, if I were thinking of stealing someones bike because i had meticulously tracked their riding over a period of time to figure out when the bike would be unattended at home, I would definitely give them Kudos first.
Unless that has changed, I wouldn't rely on it. I think it used to be that if you downloaded someone's ride it had the whole thing, and it was only the display that excluded it.
Do people really start recording at their front doors? Seems daft to me, regardless of Strava's privacy zone, I leave it until I get to one of a few reasonably large junctions close by before I start recording.0 -
Angry Bird wrote:Do people really start recording at their front doors? Seems daft to me, regardless of Strava's privacy zone, I leave it until I get to one of a few reasonably large junctions close by before I start recording.0
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ForumNewbie wrote:Angry Bird wrote:Do people really start recording at their front doors? Seems daft to me, regardless of Strava's privacy zone, I leave it until I get to one of a few reasonably large junctions close by before I start recording.
Because of the numerous incidences where Strava has been apparently been used by scumbags to target bikes. Why risk someone being able to see where you and your bike live exactly for the sake of losing a little bit of your Strava ride?0 -
Angry Bird wrote:ForumNewbie wrote:Angry Bird wrote:Do people really start recording at their front doors? Seems daft to me, regardless of Strava's privacy zone, I leave it until I get to one of a few reasonably large junctions close by before I start recording.
Because of the numerous incidences where Strava has been apparently been used by scumbags to target bikes. Why risk someone being able to see where you and your bike live exactly for the sake of losing a little bit of your Strava ride?0