I'm still struggling with why Strava segments aren't races, if people race against them. Non-sanctioned and un-monitored, I get that. Not involving road racing tactics, I get that to. But I'm skeptical about the safety generalizations, or that the competition is meaningless.

Oh well, I don't race Strava so it's just hypothetical - my commutes all being within seconds of each other takes the shine off after a few times. But the other thing I struggle with is the complaining about ringers jumping on personal segments for an easy KOM. Why not just mark them private if they're strictly for personal use? It seems to me that the only reason to upload to public segments is to make the ride available to the public and the main reason for that is to publicly compare with other riders ... maybe I'm missing a point here somehow.