June 25, 2013, 12:39 p.m. -  boomforeal

#!markdown i agree with you to a point flip: it's not strava per se that's too blame. but the proliferation of this type of software, and people increasingly interacting and "living" online, has started to blur the lines between real world etiquette and common sense and the anonymity and instant gratification of the internet. if you are racing your buddies in real life, to paraphrase rasheed wallace, "trail don't lie": the fastest rider will be the first to the bottom; likely the first to drop in, too. on the internet, there's a lot more leeway to cheat and dissemble and craft your online self and accomplishments. the more it becomes a part of people's lives, the more i think general behaviour will skew towards, as morgan puts it, "being a dick." strava's not the problem, but it's part of the problem