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Why does it need to have new things of interest? Strava works perfectly. I love that it hasn't significantly changed its model in constant search of squeezing o

Why does it need to have new things of interest? Strava works perfectly. I love that it hasn't significantly changed its model in constant search of squeezing out profits.

rckclmbr 7y ago
Strava is a horrible implementation that has done basically nothing for core functionality in several years. I'm tempted daily to make an alternative and just give it away for free, maybe ad supported. The cost to operate the features they currently have can't be bad -- there are dozens of videogame stats website that do essentially the same thing, with more data. * It's pretty ridiculous that I can see others 12-week history, and even my own on the website or iOS, but I need Strava Premium to see my own on Android. * No bulk updating * Very unsatisfactory implementation of gear. Essentially nonexistent on mobile. * Their postprocessing of routes for estimations are always way off * I commute every day via bike, and track it on strava. I tag is as "Commute", and I expect that strava would do something to filter it so my friends don't see all those every day. They don't do anything with that extra metadata. Hell, even Lance Armstrong abandon ship
- justinator 7y ago
  > Hell, even Lance Armstrong abandon ship Well, to be far, I'm not sure if what Lance Armstrong does should be used to gauge what other people should do :)
- kingosticks 7y ago
  The commute tag is totally bizarre. It's been there for ages and doesn't do the only thing it needs to do. I do not get what they are up to.
symmitchry 7y ago
The feed is terrible. No filtering, not ordered chronologically (which is incomprehensible to me, since instead of seeing activities as they happen, I see 5 of my buddy's activities all jammed into one batch). Challenges pollute the feed. Sponsored activities ("Tom ran with a Suunto!") are incredibly annoying. No way to disable "friend" recommendations, even people I've unfriended. And almost zero new features added since I joined. It's only marketing for Summit, at this point.
- midnightclubbed 7y ago
  The activities on the feed are ordered by upload time rather than the activity time. Your friends are probably syncing several days of data from their watches in one drop. It looks like they toned down the sponsored activities, rather than a brightly colored bar it's now a more subtle black on white (at least that's how it is on the website today).
IshKebab 7y ago
I mean, one thing it could have is generating videos of your ride that integrate photos and video you take.
- usrusr 7y ago
  Strava is already contributing to the genre of pointless personalized videos, fortunately they limited themselves to end-of-year statistics so far.

Why does it need to have new things of interest? Strava works perfectly. I love that it hasn't significantly changed its model in constant search of squeezing out profits.

rckclmbr 7y ago

Strava is a horrible implementation that has done basically nothing for core functionality in several years. I'm tempted daily to make an alternative and just give it away for free, maybe ad supported. The cost to operate the features they currently have can't be bad -- there are dozens of videogame stats website that do essentially the same thing, with more data. * It's pretty ridiculous that I can see others 12-week history, and even my own on the website or iOS, but I need Strava Premium to see my own on Android. * No bulk updating * Very unsatisfactory implementation of gear. Essentially nonexistent on mobile. * Their postprocessing of routes for estimations are always way off * I commute every day via bike, and track it on strava. I tag is as "Commute", and I expect that strava would do something to filter it so my friends don't see all those every day. They don't do anything with that extra metadata. Hell, even Lance Armstrong abandon ship

justinator 7y ago
> Hell, even Lance Armstrong abandon ship Well, to be far, I'm not sure if what Lance Armstrong does should be used to gauge what other people should do :)
kingosticks 7y ago
The commute tag is totally bizarre. It's been there for ages and doesn't do the only thing it needs to do. I do not get what they are up to.

symmitchry 7y ago

The feed is terrible. No filtering, not ordered chronologically (which is incomprehensible to me, since instead of seeing activities as they happen, I see 5 of my buddy's activities all jammed into one batch). Challenges pollute the feed. Sponsored activities ("Tom ran with a Suunto!") are incredibly annoying. No way to disable "friend" recommendations, even people I've unfriended. And almost zero new features added since I joined. It's only marketing for Summit, at this point.

midnightclubbed 7y ago
The activities on the feed are ordered by upload time rather than the activity time. Your friends are probably syncing several days of data from their watches in one drop. It looks like they toned down the sponsored activities, rather than a brightly colored bar it's now a more subtle black on white (at least that's how it is on the website today).

IshKebab 7y ago

I mean, one thing it could have is generating videos of your ride that integrate photos and video you take.

usrusr 7y ago
Strava is already contributing to the genre of pointless personalized videos, fortunately they limited themselves to end-of-year statistics so far.