Activity from a year ago should be optional

[cl27]

Does anyone else find it annoying to see one random activity from a year ago in your feed?

This should be optional. Some people might get motivated by seeing what they did on this day last year, but I find it distracting when reviewing my activity log. Some of the are short commutes, which I definitely don’t need to reminisce about. If people want this, they could turn it on, but since it has been added to my activity feed it’s diminished my experience of the activity feed. 

[Joebell585]

I agree that this should definitely be optional. Not only is is confusing when scrolling through my feed, it's also extremely demoralising when I'm trying to recover from an injury that has stopped me from achieving what I did last year. I feel like a bit of a failure to be honest. 

I also don't really see the point of the feature?. Why would I want to see what I did on a run a year ago?.

[ALOM]

Much agreed! It clutters the activity feed; it is illogical and unnecessary. 

[Bhunt]

Agreed.  Recently went through a breakup that is still painful and seeing the reminders of all our past rides together can be a painful reminder.  

[Tuiiiii]

Please make this feature optional. Many of my past activities are extremely triggering as it keeps reminding me of my partner who passed away last year. Not only am I getting activities from last year, but I’m also getting activities from 4 years ago! It’s extremely traumatic being reminded of these memories when you least expect it. Strava should be a safe space, but instead I’m reliving my nightmare when least expected 

[ChrisJAtl]

I am surprised this feature is NOT optional - I find it super annoying. Please make it optional. 

[BugsBunnySan]

Given that this topic, where people have the most well expressed, easy to understand reasons I've seen in a forum ever, on a feature requested 2 years ago (which is also simply adding an option button) I have come to the conclusion that Strava simply does not care at all (putting it mildly) and thus I'm no longer subscribed (and I feel much better for it).

[DougJ]

Cannot believe this issue has not been resolved for privacy reasons after 2+ years of members complaining. 
IT IS THE MOST ANNOYING FEATURE ‼️

[Janicebike]

Agreed.  Sooooooo very very annoying.  Should be optional for sure.  I love Strava but who there thought that this would be a good idea?  What’s next? Are they going to muddle up my current activities with other random information? 

[Katerina]

Absolutely!! Really annoying, demotivational, confusing and unnecessary. Strava, how many years is it going to take you to remove this nuisance "feature" or make it optional, please? 

[slittle1874]

Adding my vote to making this optional.  For many similar reasons already shared by other posters I would like the option to turn this feature on/off.

[runjennyrunusa]

I agree. This is really a mental health issue for users - sometimes life changes abruptly, and we don't want to be force-fed daily reminders of how things used to be.