http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Strava weirdness/unpleasantness en Wed, 13 May 2026 04:06:23 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18672#post-278017 Tue, 20 Mar 2018 11:11:31 +0000 Ed1 278017@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18672#post-278016 Tue, 20 Mar 2018 11:09:50 +0000 I were right about that saddle 278016@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@unhurt</p> <p>I would also bet that. My points were;</p> <p>1) CCE turns you into a campaigner regardless of your profession, and<br /> 2) CCE is a genteel and special place </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18672#post-278015 Tue, 20 Mar 2018 11:01:42 +0000 unhurt 278015@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Iwrats - I'd be pretty happy to bet there are indeed sex workers who also cycle and care about decent cycling provision. </p> <p>(I'm not sure that the Strava thing and other spam of that sort is necessarily sent by real life sex workers - more likely someone with loads of similar "sexy" profiles seeking to harvest money from the easily duped internet user? Could be any gender, ay age and from almost anywhere on earth, I assume.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18672#post-278007 Tue, 20 Mar 2018 10:38:42 +0000 dessert rat 278007@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>there was a couple similar to this flagged on Stravawa<em>(rule#2)</em>ers twitter yesterday. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18672#post-278003 Tue, 20 Mar 2018 10:26:58 +0000 I were right about that saddle 278003@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I would love it if sex workers tried to infiltrate CCE and wound up campaigning for dropped kerbs in tinfoil socks. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18672#post-277993 Tue, 20 Mar 2018 09:44:40 +0000 steveo 277993@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah I had that yesterday too. </p> <p>I've also had a similar thing on Flickr where a "photographer" favs a picture and her style tends to be more ... ahem.... fruity than mine. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18672#post-277983 Tue, 20 Mar 2018 00:06:53 +0000 chdot 277983@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Information Strava Collects </p> <p>Strava collects information about you, including personally identifiable information, if you choose to share it with Strava, register an account, or if you track, complete or upload activities using the Services. Strava also collects information about how you use the Services. There are several opportunities for you to share information about yourself and your activities with Strava, including your name, physical address, email address, gender, age, equipment usage, activities, routes (including date, time and geo-location information as well as your speed and pace), profile photo and other pictures. You may also submit comments, kudos and other content to be shared. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.strava.com/legal/privacy" rel="nofollow">https://www.strava.com/legal/privacy</a></p> <p>Sign in with FB?... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18672#post-277980 Mon, 19 Mar 2018 23:37:52 +0000 HankChief 277980@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I used to regularly get kudos from an athlete based in Russia who had a profile picture of man who's face was covered by a balaclava.</p> <p>I figured they couldn't do much so I didn't worry about it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18672#post-277979 Mon, 19 Mar 2018 23:34:24 +0000 I were right about that saddle 277979@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>if it's not on Strava it doesn't count</em></p> <p>Flourish. Exeunt all but IWRATS. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18672#post-277978 Mon, 19 Mar 2018 23:08:26 +0000 Greenroofer 277978@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Maybe I should have looked on Google first:<br /> <a href="https://support.strava.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000108390-Kudos-follow-requests-and-requests-to-join-a-club-from-spam-profiles" rel="nofollow">https://support.strava.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000108390-Kudos-follow-requests-and-requests-to-join-a-club-from-spam-profiles</a></p> <p>Seems like there's been a spam attack today.</p> <p>Also, in case you're wondering, here's how to block someone you don't even know:<br /> <a href="https://support.strava.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000173484-Manage-Followers-and-Block-Athletes" rel="nofollow">https://support.strava.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000173484-Manage-Followers-and-Block-Athletes</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18672#post-277977 Mon, 19 Mar 2018 23:04:26 +0000 Greenroofer 277977@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I noticed in my Strava notifications today that two people had given me kudos for my morning school run on the bike (1.09 miles, if it's not on Strava it doesn't count). One was @paddyirish, who encourages even my most feeble efforts and the other was a young lady apparently called Gabrielle McCall.</p> <p>Intrigued why someone I've never met and don't recall encountering would be giving me kudos, I looked up her profile to find that she's done precisely one run in her career, and that the athletics she seemed most keen on getting involved in were of the, ahem, <em>bedroom</em> variety.</p> <p>Is this a new thing that I've not noticed? Presumably if 'she' tries to follow me I can block her, but how does one avoid attracting the attention of 'athletes' like her? </p>