Display who created a segment and include a means to contact them or a discussion feature within the segment page that notifies them of someone trying to contact them. Segments are frequently created with poor GPS data, poor start/stop points, or duplicating segments already available. Allowing a means to contact the creator, either directly or through a proxy, will allow others to provide feedback to improve the segments and reduce duplication where possible. Many times, the creator could make a small adjustment to the start or stop points of a segment to resolve issues, but instead, since there is no way to find who created it, someone ends up making a duplicate. This just clutters to database over time. There is one segment in my area that has 7 separate segments created for it, all with only very minor differences. When one person sets a new KOM, the previous holder gets 7 notifications. This is ridiculous and unnecessary. Strava techs refuse to help clean up the database, yet they don't provide users with any tools to do so themselves. Another solution would be to name local moderators who have some ability to edit segments or contact the creators so it isn't just open source to everyone else if privacy is the concern.
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