Good luck to those running the Strava Support social media accounts
Like disc brakes on road bikes and skinsuits in road races, it’s fair to say that Strava’s new design hasn’t been universally welcomed after being rolled out at the start of the week.
That meant that the unfortunate people having to staff the Strava Support account on Twitter were made to earn their Christmas bonuses, as the tweets started to flood in with people’s opinions on the new look and features.
One of the major new features of the new Strava design is to enable riders to share posts…
Strava has long been the place to record your activities, but there’s more to being an athlete than working out. https://t.co/MknTrzLfVt
— Strava (@Strava) October 17, 2017
… which it’s fair to say was not universally welcomed…
Come on.. really!? We get spammed with Things nobody wants to see on Strava? 🤢
— Rupert Hitzenberger (@Downhillsau) October 17, 2017
Nope. Sorry. Nope.
— I'm still (@Monkeycopter) October 17, 2017
… and a few people pointed out that there were other ways to do this online.
But isn’t that what Twitter and Facebook are for?
— ᴀɴᴅʀᴇᴊs (@gandrejs) October 17, 2017
Anyone else a bit concerned that @strava is going to become cluttered like @facebook with the new posts feature :/
— Mark Thompson (@markvegathlete) October 18, 2017
There was also a new look for the website, which seemed to go down a little better.
New @Strava interface might be the first time a website I use daily has changed its design and I've actually preferred it on day one!
— Nic Stevenson (@nicstevenson) October 18, 2017
@cazhardy1 I’m liking the new Strava 👍 Have a good holiday poppet. See you for @KLparkrun when we’re both back 🏃🏽♀️
— Claire DT 🎃 (@alrightpoppets) October 18, 2017
However the biggest issue that many people had was that the activity feed no longer appears in chronological order, which prompted a fair few tweets…
What a waste. This function is the last thing Strava needs. Needs chrono order and ability to turn off these blog bots.
— Bike Brain (@CadenceEnergy) October 17, 2017
Definitely want the chronological back 🤔
— lisa sikora (@lisarich0105) October 17, 2017
Timeline cronological please back the have I can. Least at as have a option it. Algorithm#
— Simon Sheehan (@SimonSheehan) October 17, 2017
Meh, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. It’s just an unorganised mess now that requires too much scrolling. Missing chronological order already
— Si (@MogUk) October 17, 2017
Hundreds of good ideas on forums and they came up with something nobody likes
— Gabriel Vargas (@gabrielrvargas) October 18, 2017
Big mistake @StravaSupport @Strava to attempt to be more like FB. I want to see rides in Chrono order. Forget the FB looklike attempt
— Bike Brain (@CadenceEnergy) October 17, 2017
with the update not getting the approval of the Big G.
Not liking the new @Strava update one bit #Cycling #MessedItUp
— Big G (@GrayAshton) October 18, 2017
Runners also weren’t happy about the back-to-front pace graph.
I don't mind change per se but Strava have clearly forgotten how bar charts work #ukrunchat pic.twitter.com/p1eS99UR8k
— Justin Bateman (@JustinBateman) October 18, 2017
The good news is that Strava is running a survey to get user feedback on the changes.
We’d love to hear more about what you think of these changes here:https://t.co/xp955AhkRv #feedfeedback
— Strava Support (@StravaSupport) October 17, 2017
Although we wouldn’t like to be them looking at the results…