Is anyone else noticing an uptick in fake AI-generated accounts? They are popping up like crazy in club posts. I keep reporting them, but it’s like swatting at mosquitoes. What is Strava doing about them?
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Fake AI Accounts
Best answer by Jana_S
Yeah it's a painful problem 😕 Some time ago it helped when I reported also the pattern that a certain bot was using (rather than single accounts one by one); that was possible because in that specific case, it was a huge amount of accounts with the same/similar username (something like “Sexy Anna” if I remember correctly). So if you see any pattern, perhaps try submitting a ticket with Strava Support and summarize the observations, it might help.
But of course, it's just a bandaid, ideally Strava's monitoring tools should be able to recognize the bots automatically and nip that in the bud…
edit: there's also a similar thread that includes also an answer from Strava:
+29Yeah it's a painful problem 😕 Some time ago it helped when I reported also the pattern that a certain bot was using (rather than single accounts one by one); that was possible because in that specific case, it was a huge amount of accounts with the same/similar username (something like “Sexy Anna” if I remember correctly). So if you see any pattern, perhaps try submitting a ticket with Strava Support and summarize the observations, it might help.
But of course, it's just a bandaid, ideally Strava's monitoring tools should be able to recognize the bots automatically and nip that in the bud…
edit: there's also a similar thread that includes also an answer from Strava:
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