Strava Nonsense

[flamingo]

I will probably pour some gasoline on fire here and this post will go directly to the BASEMENT forums. But this site is dying anyways so here we go.

I just noticed at least on my account that when I accomplish my weekly cycling goal. It says "Flamingo accomplished THEIR weekly cycling goal." THEIR WTF??? It used to be HIS.

My profile at Strava says Male. Has the religion of inclusion at Strava gone mad to the point that now I am being forced to use plural pro-noun because allegedly a tiny proportion of users does not feel like they don't belong to this world? Grow some skin people. Well if I am being forced to use a pronoun that I don't identify with then I feel excluded. I have noticed that over past few years Strava has gone increasingly political (to one side of course) which is sad because at least in the area of cycling we were able to detach ourselves from politics. Does Strava think that by choosing sides they will get more people paying for subscription? As far as I know quite few of my friends cancelled their paid subscription or got out of it completely just because this kind of politically correct madness that Strava chose to endorse. I guess in couple months I am taking the same route.

[PK]

What is "Strava"?
I use this new-fangled thingie called "Excel".
It's pretty cool, I no longer need a pad of paper or even a pencil to jot down my miles!

Pete

[ReidRules18]

I go the excel route too! Never been into Strava, track everything on mine own since 2004.

Nope, I can’t have any KOMs or see who the top dog is, but I’m just doing it for fun.

Like Peter Sagan says, “why so serious?”

[steveracer]

Flamingo. You are correct. Sir.


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[talking head]

I will probably pour some gasoline on fire here and this post will go directly to the BASEMENT forums. But this site is dying anyways so here we go.

I just noticed at least on my account that when I accomplish my weekly cycling goal. It says "Flamingo accomplished THEIR weekly cycling goal." THEIR WTF??? It used to be HIS.

My profile at Strava says Male. Has the religion of inclusion at Strava gone mad to the point that now I am being forced to use plural pro-noun because allegedly a tiny proportion of users does not feel like they don't belong to this world? Grow some skin people. Well if I am being forced to use a pronoun that I don't identify with then I feel excluded. I have noticed that over past few years Strava has gone increasingly political (to one side of course) which is sad because at least in the area of cycling we were able to detach ourselves from politics. Does Strava think that by choosing sides they will get more people paying for subscription? As far as I know quite few of my friends cancelled their paid subscription or got out of it completely just because this kind of politically correct madness that Strava chose to endorse. I guess in couple months I am taking the same route.

Stuff like this used to kinda bother me. Then I realized it both doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things, and doesn’t actually effect my day to day life in any reasonable way.

Only you can decide if the service they provide to your life is worth enough to put up with whatever perceived political biases you believe Strava to hold.

I wasn’t to keen to pay when they changed their terms a couple years ago, but I enjoy their route builder and a few other features, so I pay. Maybe gender neutral pronouns are a big enough deal for you to quit over, again, your decision alone to make.

But my two cents that are probably worth even less? If you enjoy any of the other features of their service but don’t like being called him, her, their, or xe - Take your own advice and grow some thicker skin.

[mmba7614]

Take your own advice and grow some thicker skin.

LOL, this is the internet sir, where you can only tell *other* people to do that.

[SteveF]

Quit your *beep*. It doesn't hurt you in any way and it might make some people feel more welcome and "seen." If this is the worse thing in your life right now, you have it pretty good.

[mtbdudex]

My local trail yesterday … [emoji848]



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[Roy]

Is Futile a pronoun?

[flamingo]

Looks like Strava just raised the price of the membership to $80. Seems like they are not able to make money with millions of paying users.

[steveracer]

Looks like Strava just raised the price of the membership to $80. Seems like they are not able to make money with millions of paying users.

That’s a good thing. Less is more.


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[mtbdudex]

I’m still a freebie Strava user … lord knows since I cut the cord and now pay monthly for D+, Netflix, Hulu, HBOmax, etc, I can’t afford it [emoji24]
I do like it’s social network for exercise aholics .. post group ride banter among those on it, and those who missed it


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