preferred-google-button
log in
register

I unhid every Segment on Ride London

  • Creator
    Topic
  • August 7, 2016 at 7:41 pm #26108
    Leviathan

    I unhid every Segment on Ride London and this was the graph of the segments. Box Hill, Leith hill and London are saturated. The segments go off the page and nothing is stopping people making new ones. Hiding segments doesn’t remove duplicates. And flagging them does not delete them from the system, just puts up a hazardous disclaimer. Strava do need to do something to remove duplicates, dangerous segments, impossible bad data routes, etc.

  • Creator
    Topic
Viewing 9 replies - 16 through 24 (of 24 total)
1 2
  • Author
    Replies
  • August 8, 2016 at 5:02 pm #876301
    0
    The _Kaner

    Could be worse…

    Could be worse…

    https://www.strava.com/activities/668409122

    how many segments does this ‘loop’ need?

    11+ hours/day going around the same  11km (flattish) circuit for 80+ days..meh!

    August 8, 2016 at 2:31 pm #876299
    0
    robertoegg

    On my commute, someone has

    On my commute, someone has created a segment through the carpark of Guildford Hospital!! I mean, wtf? 😀 That’s aKOM I’m chasing!!

    Eeediots Ren, eeediots!!

    August 8, 2016 at 11:57 am #876297
    0
    pruaga

    I’d say the hide thing works

    I’d say the hide thing works as designed.   If you hide a segment, you don’t see it;   If enough people hide it, no one sees it unless they go looking for it.  The community collectively decides which segments are bad.  However what might be judged bad by community might appeal to a niche, so they can still access and use segments that have been judged bad.  If enough people unhide a ‘bad’ segment then it goes back into general usage.

     

    By going out of your way to unhide everything you have opted in to the rubbish.  It’s like choosing to pour a bin over your head and then complaining that you have a banana skin in your hair.  If someone really likes bananas, they are welcome to go and rummage in the bin, but you don’t have to unless you want to.

    August 8, 2016 at 11:43 am #876295
    0
    DaveE128

    I think the hiding system is

    I think the hiding system is mostly fine and there is no need to delete the extra segments. The thing that bothers me is how often Strava ends up hiding the best segments and leaving the rubbish ones that don’t start and stop in sensible places, or have really poor track accuracy. Also, the nonsense auto-created climbs (usually named after the road name) that result from some bad altitude data in someone’s ride seem to hang around disproportionately – probably because they are given a category, which attracts people’s attention.

    My other pet hate with segments is the number I see that are named along the lines of “last X before home.” The people that name them either have no idea that the segments and/or their names are public, or they are too daft to remember that the rest of the world does not live where they do! Please can everyone hide these silly segments?! 🙂 Then I think the auto-hide feature will demote them fom view for most people.

    August 8, 2016 at 9:50 am #876293
    0
    Kapelmuur

    I’ve recently returned from a

    I’ve recently returned from a holiday in France, a 35 mile ride near Dieppe revealed 12 Strava segments while a similar distance into the Cheshire countryside has 80.

    So, something  we can beat the French at. 

     

    August 8, 2016 at 8:19 am #876291
    0
    tritecommentbot

    Yeah it’s easier just to hide

    Yeah it’s easier just to hide and star segments you want. Best thing about Strava segments is the freedom they give you. Otherwise it’d be a first come first served basis, and some div who creates crap segments would dictate to us all.

    August 8, 2016 at 8:15 am #876289
    0
    Zebulebu

    Quote:

    I unhid every Segment on Ride London

    Why did you do that?

    Strava do need to do something to remove duplicates, dangerous segments, impossible bad data routes, etc

    Why do they ‘need’ to do that?

    Surely that’s what the ‘hide segment’ feature is for? Strava is a community site – people create segments they feel like creating. If you don’t like them, hide them!

    August 8, 2016 at 7:54 am #876287
    0
    Simon E

    I’d find somewhere quieter to

    I’d find somewhere quieter to ride (without GPS).

    August 7, 2016 at 7:42 pm #876285
    0
    Leviathan

    Saturation

    Saturation

  • Author
    Replies
Viewing 9 replies - 16 through 24 (of 24 total)
1 2
  • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.