Starve Feed Order

[FFX_Hinterlands]

I thought “Starve Feed Order” was a random group of words assembled by an AI to get us to click on it. It worked.

[MrTinDC]

Thanks for the link, I just left feedback. I’d like to have at least the option to keep a chronological feed, composed of actual athletic activities. The new layout isn’t bad, but the non-chronological feed with no way to opt-out is a bummer.

[TwoWheelsDC]

@FFX_Hinterlands 166762 wrote:

I thought “Starve Feed Order” was a random group of words assembled by an AI to get us to click on it. It worked.

I thought it was some weirdo cyclist variant of “F*&k Marry Kill.”

[sjclaeys]

Obviously auto-correct changed the title from Strava to Starve.

[secstate]

Thanks for posting this. It’s impossible to make everyone happy. But, I do wish more companies would allow deeper customization of feeds. I generally prefer a chronological feed, but at the same time there are “athletes” (e.g., my dad) I don’t want to miss. I feel sorry for the algorithm designer who has to accommodate my “chronological except dad.”

Being able to filter out certain activities (e.g., trainer rides, yoga) from the feed would be especially nice.

[rcannon100]

I would like the “Starve Order.” Rides in the order of best food and beer destinations.

[Judd]

I like the new feed order since I often missed activities that were uploaded after they occurred. Evil Steve gets the sads when I don’t give him kudos for stuff he uploads two days later.

[CBGanimal]

I’d like to have the option! Thanks Steve for the link!

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[Kitty]

Thank you, kind sir, for posting this link. I gave them a piece of my mind! 😡

I want my social media feeds to be chronological for many reasons, but with Strava its particularly personal. I have a broad and varied friend-base on the platform, comprising of all rider levels (as WABA intended).
However, with this system privileging either the most amazing rides, or the mundane commutes of seemingly random acquaintances, the rides of friends/family just getting started simply don’t show up in my feed. These folks are the ones who need Kudos most, and they are getting feed-blocked by the system.

Case-in-point: It really bums me out when Mr. Kitty asks me excitedly if I saw his ride, and I have to say “No,” then see the disappointment and discouragement that causes. I have to say that because his rides NEVER appear in my feed anymore unless I search for him by name. The algorithm doesn’t understand that his 1.7 mi effort is more important to me than the daily 19 mi grind of a friend.

Besides, I feel silly commenting/kudoing a ride days after it passed.

[Steve O]

@Kitty 166813 wrote:

However, with this system privileging either the most amazing rides, or the mundane commutes of seemingly random acquaintances, the rides of friends/family just getting started simply don’t show up in my feed. These folks are the ones who need Kudos most, and they are getting feed-blocked by the system.

And, of course, you don’t know the rides you’ve missed, because you have no way of knowing they exist.

[Judd]

I don’t seem to be experiencing the same things that you guys are experiencing. I’m still seeing everyone’s rides in my view (even Mr. Kitty’s). The difference is that they all appear in the order in which they were uploaded to Strava, not the order in which they were completed.

This is actually an improvement for me, although I agree that it having the option to customize things would be nice. As the number of folks that I’m following has grown, I’m more interested in the non-routine rides (so that I can steal route ideas). I’m sure that some are probably bored with seeing me do exactly four Hains Point loops on the way home everyday. (Although I still like it.)

[bobco85]

Thanks for the survey link (took it, gave my feedback).

I prefer the chronological listing for rides according to when they took place which makes activities easier to find, so this change is not welcome for me. It’s weird seeing folks post photos of rides/hikes they did on Facebook/Twitter (sometimes with screenshots of their Strava activity) yet not seeing them on my Strava feed. Case in point: I just looked at Strava, and folks’ Midnight Saddles activities appeared 3rd on my list but weren’t anywhere on my feed about 7 hours ago.

The problem is, what I want Strava to be (social athletic activity platform for sharing rides/hikes/etc. & pics, testing/challenging oneself, and giving encouragement/trash-talk to friends) is not what Strava wants to be (all-encompassing curated social media platform based on athletic activities the A.I. deems relevant to the user but increasingly adding non-activity posts like personal stories traditionally found on other social media and/or forums like this one… a.k.a. Facebook). I don’t want Strava to become Facebook (and ESPECIALLY not Twitter, but that’s another story).

My solution: options for filtering so users can choose if they want chronological (based on start of ride or upload time) or curated (based on athletes with whom the user tends to interact) with options for non-activity posts like personal stories or questions.

[Judd]

@bobco85 166831 wrote:

I prefer the chronological listing for rides according to when they took place which makes activities easier to find, so this change is not welcome for me. It’s weird seeing folks post photos of rides/hikes they did on Facebook/Twitter (sometimes with screenshots of their Strava activity) yet not seeing them on my Strava feed. Case in point: I just looked at Strava, and folks’ Midnight Saddles activities appeared 3rd on my list but weren’t anywhere on my feed about 7 hours ago.

Was this Steve O’s ride though? Cause the problem is Steve O not plugging his Garmin into computer for several days and not a change at Strava.

[bobco85]

@Judd 166834 wrote:

Was this Steve O’s ride though? Cause the problem is Steve O not plugging his Garmin into computer for several days and not a change at Strava.

Since Strava combines group ride activities (usually it will say “Person X rode with A, B, & C other people”), it should have shown up for others first but didn’t (note: I am following everyone that was on that ride). It’s been weird for me because it almost seems like specific people just stopped riding altogether. I haven’t seen wheelsandwings’ wonderful lyric poetry for about a week now, and that’s not okay!

[huskerdont]

Thanks for the link. I suggested that it should be chronological, or that users should have that option, as well.

I didn’t comment about how it’s all social-media-y now. I’m paying nothing for it, so even though that inclines me toward grumpiness,* it’s fine. If people from Brazil and Iran want to click likes on my little rides in attempt to build huge followings, that’s okay. I just want to record my rides.

*Maybe I’ve had too much coffee. Or not enough.

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