Strava goes political. What are your thoughts? Should I delete the App?

azsxdcf wrote:

You left off a 0 in your number of Capital Protesters. There were at least 100,000 protesters there and the number is most likely around 500,000. They were protesting an election they perceived to be stolen based on mountains of evidence that the mainstream media didn't cover.

Ok regardless of this Trump-like crowdsize exaggeration (look at the videos ... 500k? lol).

15-25 million people participated in BLM protests in the USA in 2020. Let's say 15 to be generous.

I count 27 deaths related to BLM protests cataloged on Wikipedia.

27/15 = 1.8 deaths/million protestors for BLM protests

5 deaths at Capitol

5/0.5 = 10 deaths/million protestors (if we take your crowd size estimate).

Something like 10k-30k seems more plausible (that's what the Trump admin had planned on)

That pushes the violence ratio up to 167 deaths/million protestors!!! Owned by math lol

Thanks for running the numbers - I doubt we will hear from Rojo or anyone else who loves slurping up false equivalencies.

Harambe wrote:

azsxdcf wrote:

You left off a 0 in your number of Capital Protesters. There were at least 100,000 protesters there and the number is most likely around 500,000. They were protesting an election they perceived to be stolen based on mountains of evidence that the mainstream media didn't cover.

Ok regardless of this Trump-like crowdsize exaggeration (look at the videos ... 500k? lol).

15-25 million people participated in BLM protests in the USA in 2020. Let's say 15 to be generous.

I count 27 deaths related to BLM protests cataloged on Wikipedia.

27/15 = 1.8 deaths/million protestors for BLM protests

5 deaths at Capitol

5/0.5 = 10 deaths/million protestors (if we take your crowd size estimate).

Something like 10k-30k seems more plausible (that's what the Trump admin had planned on)

https://theconversation.com/it-is-difficult-if-not-impossible-to-estimate-the-size-of-the-crowd-that-stormed-capitol-hill-152889

That pushes the violence ratio up to 167 deaths/million protestors!!! Owned by math lol

Congrats, Rojo. This place is worse than twitter again.

This statement from Strava is about their view on politics as much it is about their view on The Athlete Special's latest video. Pointing out the blatant double standard of police enforcement on communities of black and brown people vs a mob of mostly white people is not a statement on politics. It is a statement supporting the civil rights of fellow American citizens. If you find this support of civil rights an endorsement of a certain political party, you should ask yourself about the values of the political party you support. If you don't believe that a private company should be able to share their support of civil rights, don't also tell me you believe in a free market. If you still don't believe Strava has the right to stand up for the inalienable rights of black citizens, then by all means leave the site. However, don't feign that you're doing it because you're uncomfortable with dealing with politics, because clearly you are not, do it because you're uncomfortable with accepting the fact that black and other minority groups need to be treated with basic dignity by law enforcement. Also note that I'm signing my name to this because I believe it.

-Eamon Cavanaugh

I come back to LR for the first time in years and there's a 20+ page thread filled with "both-sides" BS regarding an insurrection, "SJW" being tossed around as an insult, cancel culture cry-babies who don't want consequences for their actions, thinly veiled racism, and a steady stream of braindead alt-right talking points. And to make it worse, it looks like Rojo is leading the charge on all this. Disgusting.

Thank god we've got adults in the White House again trying to clean up the mess in our country. Shame I can't say the same about LR. This community has always had a bad reputation, but now it's just a pile of toxic trash.

you should have quit strava a long time ago because it's awful and it preys on the worst parts of your mind.

As for strava's political statement, well, Sam Harris has the only reasonable take I've heard about the Capitol riots

https://youtu.be/c-pTYLhitds

Here is the best post on the thread. Thread should just end here.

well hung jung un wrote:

I sh!t you not: I had a guy tell me, “I don’t like how Democrats treat people who hate gay and black people like they are bigots.”

This guy thinks it’s unfair that he is called a bigot just because he hates gay people and black people.

I was amazed that this was not only his view, or that he was saying it out loud, but that he felt he was justified and couldn’t see anything wrong with what he was saying. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people like this guy out there.

This is true. It was his dad that said this. His dad is totally a bigot, and if he hears anything positive for or about black or gay people he gets really upset. There are a lot of people out there who are angry that their hateful views are starting to be looked upon negatively.

This poster is a hobby jogger with a misleading username (alternative facts).

I dropped my Strava account immediately after reading their political statement. Strava, why do you think such a blatant attempt at virtue signaling is a good business decision?

DJDev wrote:

I dropped my Strava account immediately after reading their political statement. Strava, why do you think such a blatant attempt at virtue signaling is a good business decision?

You poor thing :`(

DJDev wrote:

I dropped my Strava account immediately after reading their political statement. Strava, why do you think such a blatant attempt at virtue signaling is a good business decision?

Do you see the irony in you virtue signaling with this post?

Any use of the word "justice" in a sense other than how an INDIVIDUAL is dealt with in our system of laws indicates a philosophy that rejects individualism and advances collectivism.

We are born an individual. We die individually. In between, we live as individuals, not as part of a group. Blaming vague forces that allegedly target groups is a cop-out.

Yes, deleted.

Yes, delete it if it offends you snowflake.

Why have strava to begin with?

Can't you can brag about your workouts and diet at your next cocktail party

I enjoy strava since it keeps up with my swim bike and run workouts in one place. It’s convenient and I have a few friends who I keep up with on the app.

I regret that I have but one account to delete from Strava. Had I more, I would gladly delete them all.

Strava blows. For a company whose supposed forte is "data", I was not impressed by its inability to utilize the data from my footpod. No option to choose between gps and footpod tracks, and one of the races I was in involved tunnels and tall buildings that made the gps route a mess, while the footpod route was perfect.

This may have changed since this was a couple years ago, but I won't be going back to Strava to find out.

No sheet.

I have been on strava for yonks.

I never see anything except my miles and my friend's miles.

WhereTF are you finding social posts FFS?

Why are you looking for them.

And its true, no one is more triggered than the right wingers

"A private company can do what it wants!"

Hey Eamon, how do you feel about Elon Musk buying Twitter, dialing back its left wing bias, and making it more politically neutral?

Eamon, "But, but, but..... uhhh..... racist!"

Lol