It's fun. Don't take the leaderboards too seriously. The kind of people that would care about high placement at any cost tend not to be the kind of people who

It's fun. Don't take the leaderboards too seriously. The kind of people that would care about high placement at any cost tend not to be the kind of people who care about strava. (mostly) People that can legitimately get a KOM on a segment tend to be known in a local community. If someone new shows up at #1, it's pretty obvious looking at their workout if its legit or not to someone familiar with the sport. What's the point of wikipedia? Can't people just easily publish fake information? Like what happens if I make an article about myself? It's pretty much a solved problem.