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Subject: Re: End of Week/month mileage
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2025 05:22:58 -0400
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On 6/3/2025 11:56 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
> On 6/3/2025 1:51 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
>>
>> Incidentally, I was trying to learn how Strava works at the same time
>> that Tom was struggling with his multiple Strava problems.  I
>> accidentally initiated a "follow" request to Tom.  I immediately
>> unfollowed, but Tom noticed the request.  Within minutes, Tom was
>> posting on rec.bicycles.tech that I was "stalking" him.
> I never was and never will be a Stravite. But isn't a major reason for 
> its existence the fact that others can follow you?
> 
> If someone does that, it seems weird to call it stalking.
> 
> 

Yes, it's main purpose is a social media site 'geared' for cyclists to 
share ride data. Another major feature is for simple personal 
statistics, and there is no requirement to make your profile public, or 
even visible to anyone.

If tommy had issues with people stalking or (allegedly) targeting his 
ride to beat his segment times then brag about it, all he would have to 
do is make his account private. It's one checkbox on the settings page. 
And yes, Strava has _always_ had that feature - since day one of the 
release.