Why do people try to follow me on Strava?
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On other social media platforms there are also internet marketers and scammers who will set up fake accounts and fire out a ton of friend requests, with the hope that some percentage of them will be accepted, and then they can start sending out spam messages to their group of "friends". That was going on with Facebook for a while, where people would set up fake accounts with photos of a guy with a bike, making the assumption that if you are into biking and you get a friend request from a guy with a bike related profile photo, you might think "maybe he's a friend of a friend or I met him on a ride or race". I'm not saying that is what what is going on in the OP's case, but it is a possibility. Looking at the activity feed of the requester should provide an indicator, as it would be considerably more involved to generate a realistic looking feed of fake rides over an extended period.
Lately I've been getting kudos from random chicks. If you look at their profile they don't ride and aren't local to me. I'm sure it's the start of some kind of scam.
https://www.strava.com/athletes/29339216
Hey, she even has a low res picture of her butt!
Several times I've gotten kudos from an unknown female and I only see it in notifications because their account has already been deleted.
https://www.strava.com/athletes/29339216
Hey, she even has a low res picture of her butt!
Several times I've gotten kudos from an unknown female and I only see it in notifications because their account has already been deleted.
They're like a plague on Strava lately, spam accounts keep appearing faster than they can delete them.
All you can do is block them until they get removed,
I think if you view the profile on the mob app there's a link to a dodgy website.
https://support.strava.com/hc/en-us/art ... -on-Strava
All you can do is block them until they get removed,
I think if you view the profile on the mob app there's a link to a dodgy website.
https://support.strava.com/hc/en-us/art ... -on-Strava
Point taken. Although there's zero crime in Canada, Louis. Last theft occurred in Monsonee back in '97, when somebody left the key in their snowmobile's ignition.
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Yes, but they left a note saying they were sorry.
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I follow some riders I don't know in person but they live in my neighbourhood, they ride a lot and I use their rides as a way to discover the nice roads as I know they ride on the quiet roads. But they're 3 to5 maximum, no more.
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I think it would be cool if Strava could charge like 2 to say 5 cents for giving a kudo.
Then it might start to really mean something.
Then it might start to really mean something.
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