February 2020 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • polskagirl01
    polskagirl01 Posts: 2,024 Member
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    shanaber wrote: »
    @polskagirl01 - I am pretty sure whatever you make "public" anyone can see which is why I don't do any of the challenges. I really don't want any of my runs or races shared with the public domain within Strava.

    I thought so, too. But MFP club members said they didn't see my race that I made "public". I have everything else set to "followers only" (including the posts I'm complaining about).
    You can see where it has the privacy notice, right above a kudo from mystery dating-site bot-girl. balj98adofg9.jpg
    @hamsterwheel6 I guess it's not just me :(

    Did you reach out to support at Strava and ask?

    Yes, will update you all when I get an answer :)

    I requested to follow one of them, with no Strava history... you have stalkers. I didn’t see that they were part of this group either. You can unfollow me or revoke my following and I can tell you what I see if ya want.

    Now they have disappeared. It was funny though - I get notifications when anyone else gives kudos, but nothing for these.
    Apparently that chat box thingy on Strava that I wrote my question to was automated as well and gave me a bunch of articles that didn't answer my question either. One was close, but said I had to also set "Profile Page, Group Activity and Activities" to "Followers only", or else summaries of activities will be visible to others... except I already have my settings exactly that way. Working on a support ticket now.

    Today and tomorrow are rest days, I'm trying to get caught up on work but am distracted.

  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    shanaber wrote: »
    @polskagirl01 - I am pretty sure whatever you make "public" anyone can see which is why I don't do any of the challenges. I really don't want any of my runs or races shared with the public domain within Strava.

    I thought so, too. But MFP club members said they didn't see my race that I made "public". I have everything else set to "followers only" (including the posts I'm complaining about).
    You can see where it has the privacy notice, right above a kudo from mystery dating-site bot-girl. balj98adofg9.jpg
    @hamsterwheel6 I guess it's not just me :(

    Did you reach out to support at Strava and ask?

    Yes, will update you all when I get an answer :)

    I requested to follow one of them, with no Strava history... you have stalkers. I didn’t see that they were part of this group either. You can unfollow me or revoke my following and I can tell you what I see if ya want.

    Now they have disappeared. It was funny though - I get notifications when anyone else gives kudos, but nothing for these.
    Apparently that chat box thingy on Strava that I wrote my question to was automated as well and gave me a bunch of articles that didn't answer my question either. One was close, but said I had to also set "Profile Page, Group Activity and Activities" to "Followers only", or else summaries of activities will be visible to others... except I already have my settings exactly that way. Working on a support ticket now.

    Today and tomorrow are rest days, I'm trying to get caught up on work but am distracted.

    Yeah, the automated chat is worthless you need to reach out to the actual support people. Here are the directions:

    https://support.strava.com/hc/en-us/articles/216917777-How-do-I-contact-Strava-Support-
  • TheMrWobbly
    TheMrWobbly Posts: 2,541 Member
    Security is the reason I didn't go to Strava

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/28/fitness-tracking-app-gives-away-location-of-secret-us-army-bases
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7956935/SAS-troops-names-personal-details-exposed.html

    I don't think anyone is really interested in my details but it seems data always has a value to someone.
  • LoveyChar
    LoveyChar Posts: 4,336 Member
    @TheMrWobbly Smart man! I won't waste my time with it.
  • LoveyChar
    LoveyChar Posts: 4,336 Member
    Woke up and wasn't expecting anything and not even sure why I looked outside so early this morning, but there was a dusting of snow on the ground, so pretty in the dark and also so pretty with the sun shining on it. Surprised it stuck this long.

    High of 50 today! Going to get out, got out yesterday and ran 4.2. Felt good!
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    It looks like an interesting race on Sunday now!
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    definitely...interesting.
  • LoveyChar
    LoveyChar Posts: 4,336 Member
    LoveyChar wrote: »
    @TheMrWobbly Smart man! I won't waste my time with it.

    I like the tracking aspects, and realize that as a free app, I am the "product". My data, my attention to ads, etc are the things generating profit for them. Same with logging our food and exercise on MFP, same with other social media sites. That's why I only have a few followers. I know that despite my limits, I'm still sharing a LOT of info here as well, straight up on the internet with no privacy filters at all. And I get that the Strava military thing was mainly people not following the rules and/or not understanding the privacy settings, and that this could be an error on my part as well. But if it's on their end, I'd definitely prefer for them to not be leaving private details open to dating-site bots. We've gotta have *some* standards, after all ;)

    'Tis true, all valid points and I agree!
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    It's all off guys - no half this weekend :(
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    That's disappointing
  • LoveyChar
    LoveyChar Posts: 4,336 Member
    It's all off guys - no half this weekend :(
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    I'm so sorry...will they reschedule it or do they refund?
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    @TheMrWobbly - I am sure it is disappointing but given the weather forecast you shared I am not surprised!
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    LoveyChar wrote: »
    @TheMrWobbly Smart man! I won't waste my time with it.

    I like the tracking aspects, and realize that as a free app, I am the "product". My data, my attention to ads, etc are the things generating profit for them. Same with logging our food and exercise on MFP, same with other social media sites. That's why I only have a few followers. I know that despite my limits, I'm still sharing a LOT of info here as well, straight up on the internet with no privacy filters at all. And I get that the Strava military thing was mainly people not following the rules and/or not understanding the privacy settings, and that this could be an error on my part as well. But if it's on their end, I'd definitely prefer for them to not be leaving private details open to dating-site bots. We've gotta have *some* standards, after all ;)

    Exactly. Well said.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    I haven't been running as much as usual because of achilles problems and my fitness has dropped. However, I still managed a sub-2 hour, and given the hills, that's pretty good.

    Congrats!
  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
    We headed off to the start when it was still dark in an effort to beat the heat, however, a cool change had come through the day prior so it was a very pleasant 14 degrees (34˚F) with low humidity when we started, and by the time we finished at 9am, the clouds had rolled in blocking direct sunlight and it was only 20 degrees (68˚F) (two days prior it was an overnight low of 24 (75˚F) and super humid).

    Sounds like my weather (Phoenix, AZ) this week (minus the humidity, we rarely get that except during monsoon season).

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