People are giving me kudos? What should I do?
03-23-16, 09:07 AM
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Did we just invent the field of kudonomics?
03-23-16, 09:20 AM
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03-23-16, 09:42 AM
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Another blog I frequent has a "thanks" button. The names of those who thank you appear below your comment. It's very nice. It's a great site, no squabbling, great comradery. BF is a fustercluck by comparison.
03-23-16, 11:26 AM
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I've had that happen. Near as I can tell they found me because we're either in the same strava club and noticed me in the club's activity feed, or strava linked us via a flyby since we were in the same area at the same time. Lastly I suppose you might be found if someone is poking around on strava segment leader boards. Since I ride zwift and I'm in the zwift club, I've had this happen with people in different parts of the world.
What I've done is largely ignored it unless they started following me. In many cases I ended up following them back. I thought it would be interesting to see strava rides in other parts of the world. I find it inspires me to ride more when I see other people's rides and their photos as it reminds me of the fun. From locals, I also learn about potential riding spots -especially with mountain biking.
What I've done is largely ignored it unless they started following me. In many cases I ended up following them back. I thought it would be interesting to see strava rides in other parts of the world. I find it inspires me to ride more when I see other people's rides and their photos as it reminds me of the fun. From locals, I also learn about potential riding spots -especially with mountain biking.
I ride in some pretty popular areas in Southern California and, especially during the winter, I end up getting strangers from other countries following me. I usually follow them back and move on. Sometimes I check out their rides, pictures, etc. It's all part of the obsession and I don't find it particularly creepy.
03-23-16, 03:41 PM
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The best thing to do would be to post a link to one of your mystery kudo givers rides, then we can all give them kudos and they'll suddenly wonder why 100 strangers have given them kudos for one ride. That will freak them out.
03-23-16, 03:45 PM
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Kudos can be hard to get rid of. I had to see a doctor. It was that bad.
03-23-16, 03:59 PM
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Simple, always ride singlespeed after midnight on gravel roads and revel in the adulation of your fans.
03-23-16, 06:17 PM
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I still want to see the strava link so I can give kudos to the 50 mile gravel rides on 23mm tires and midnight fixed gear rides.
03-23-16, 06:33 PM
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I kudo riders who just have good rides. It's not a fanboy thing or some "random stalker" thing. Seriously, get over yourself if that's what you hate (you as in those of you who think random strangers giving you kudos is all of a sudden weird. Guess what... every friend was a stranger at some point. The fact that a person gives you a thumbs up on an activity you love should be appreciated, not meant to puff up your false sense of superiority.)
By giving kudos to random strangers whose activities you respect, you build a bridge. Some random dialogue here and there ensues. You can find some local group rides, or races, or pointers, or them actually recognizing and giving props to your work. None of that is a bad thing.
By giving kudos to random strangers whose activities you respect, you build a bridge. Some random dialogue here and there ensues. You can find some local group rides, or races, or pointers, or them actually recognizing and giving props to your work. None of that is a bad thing.
03-23-16, 08:38 PM
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I'm in a few of the Strava "clubs," so when I get a random kudos, I just assume that's why. And it doesn't happen often. I think I got 3 on my 200k (including one from fly-bys.) If you're weird about people seeing your rides, set it to private. I'm not in any way concerned about who sees my rides. Setting it to private seems just... unsavory.
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03-23-16, 09:54 PM
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[QUOTE=kbarch;18629374]Haven't had a random stranger giving me kudos lately. However, there are some folks who follow me and whom I follow and I'm not sure who they are - we must have participated in a ride or race together at some point and looked back at others who were also on the ride - we'll give each other kudos on noteworthy rides and occasionally comment, but if we ran into each other on the road, we probably wouldn't remember each other. That's pretty weird.
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It is awkward when you mix up your strava friends in real life at a group ride.
"Hey Joe, what's up? Nice PR yesterday..."
"No, I'm Mike."
"Oh right. Sorry."
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It is awkward when you mix up your strava friends in real life at a group ride.
"Hey Joe, what's up? Nice PR yesterday..."
"No, I'm Mike."
"Oh right. Sorry."
03-23-16, 10:27 PM
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Thank you.
I kudo riders who just have good rides. It's not a fanboy thing or some "random stalker" thing. Seriously, get over yourself if that's what you hate (you as in those of you who think random strangers giving you kudos is all of a sudden weird. Guess what... every friend was a stranger at some point. The fact that a person gives you a thumbs up on an activity you love should be appreciated, not meant to puff up your false sense of superiority.)
By giving kudos to random strangers whose activities you respect, you build a bridge. Some random dialogue here and there ensues. You can find some local group rides, or races, or pointers, or them actually recognizing and giving props to your work. None of that is a bad thing.
By giving kudos to random strangers whose activities you respect, you build a bridge. Some random dialogue here and there ensues. You can find some local group rides, or races, or pointers, or them actually recognizing and giving props to your work. None of that is a bad thing.
03-23-16, 10:56 PM
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The protocol is: Transfer them to an ugly girl by wiping them off on her.
Oh...wait...kudos? I thought you said cooties....
Oh...wait...kudos? I thought you said cooties....
03-23-16, 11:02 PM
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Strava is ruining cycling in so many ways.... on the highest levels, adding to it and making some real breakthroughs... but for reggo guys and whatnot... lol.. i don't know...
03-24-16, 03:18 AM
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Haven't had a random stranger giving me kudos lately. However, there are some folks who follow me and whom I follow and I'm not sure who they are - we must have participated in a ride or race together at some point and looked back at others who were also on the ride - we'll give each other kudos on noteworthy rides and occasionally comment, but if we ran into each other on the road, we probably wouldn't remember each other. That's pretty weird.
"Hey Joe, what's up? Nice PR yesterday..."
"No, I'm Mike."
"Oh right. Sorry."
03-24-16, 03:52 AM
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I've had a lot less trouble with this since switching my profile to private. I used to have this guy who was the President of the Fixie Club of Rio de Janeiro giving me random kudos for lame recovery rides and such. He had about 100 followers but was following about 2400. I can't understand how someone could even see anything useful in their feed with that number - it would be cluttered up with rides from around the world every minute of every day. I began to wonder if some of these people are actually just collecting data for some kind of research and just have a script or macro of some kind giving automated kudos.
03-24-16, 09:16 AM
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03-24-16, 09:29 AM
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He did it all for the kudos. And to sell some $400 bibs.
03-24-16, 09:51 AM
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I had a few trail running KOMs a few years back. Most had been run by 5 or fewer people, a few had been created by me just so my wife and I could track our progress on our regular routes, and one was a very short (250 yards) very steep street in my neighborhood. The routes were separated by about 15 miles, and some were upwards of 5 miles long and involved multiple trails. Some guy, over the course of a month or so, tracked them all down and seized my titles. It was both creepy and amusing.
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