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11-16-2023 07:09 AM - last edited on 01-19-2024 05:38 AM by Jane
Since a few weeks ago Strava is at it again with pushing "features" down your throat. Now among the notifications for an activity I have to read Strava's stupid "motivational" messages (you're doing great, keep at it, da da da). Anyone can help me get rid of those?
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01-12-2024 01:04 PM
Hello,
Thanks to everyone who has commented and provided feedback. The testing phase is completed and these notifications are now in production.
While this cannot be completely disabled, you do have the ability to disable the push notification. Push notifications are "pushed" to your mobile device when the Strava app is either closed or running in the background.
This can be turned off by going to:
You Tab
Settings (top right)
Push Notifications
Un-toggling Device Activity Synced
The push notification settings do not affect the in-app notifications you receive in the mobile app or on the Strava website.
Again, we appreciate the feedback and it has been passed along to the Team.
01-20-2024 04:54 AM
Omg. These are so annoying and awful.
Strava please please please remove:
- motivational messages
- missing health data messages. Please STOP!!
01-13-2024 02:46 PM
Messages saying things like 'wow' or 'amazing' when I've completed an activity seem a bit over the top. I did a run. Probably slower than most, but the app thinks I need a trumpet fanfare. My last run involved climbing 40m over a 5km distance, but apparently I'm some kind of superhero.
I'm an adult. I don't need this kind of language. If anything, it's demotivating.
It's useful to have a notification, but when a bot pretends to be my biggest fan, it seems a bit ridiculous.
Any chance of Strava toning things down, do you think?
01-15-2024 08:43 AM
Well said. They are not changing anything back, apparently. My only recourse is to stop payment when my subscription is up so at least I won't be paying to be annoyed. I'll have fewer features but at least the irony won't be killing me.
01-12-2024 01:04 PM
Hello,
Thanks to everyone who has commented and provided feedback. The testing phase is completed and these notifications are now in production.
While this cannot be completely disabled, you do have the ability to disable the push notification. Push notifications are "pushed" to your mobile device when the Strava app is either closed or running in the background.
This can be turned off by going to:
You Tab
Settings (top right)
Push Notifications
Un-toggling Device Activity Synced
The push notification settings do not affect the in-app notifications you receive in the mobile app or on the Strava website.
Again, we appreciate the feedback and it has been passed along to the Team.
09-01-2024 01:14 AM
Hi this isn’t good enough. The kudos messages are so sickening and inauthentic they are enough to turn me off Strava and investigate alternatives.
Please make these optional.
08-31-2024 04:06 AM - edited 08-31-2024 05:40 AM
8 Months later and still no way to turn off this childish crap despite so many complaints. And its not only the app, also in the web-view the "bell icon" shows me numerous "news" only to find out that 90% of those are these useless kudos from Strava itself. People who like to be motivated this way can take on challenges and earn badges anyway.
I also start looking for more grown-up alternatives.
08-12-2024 03:16 AM
This "feature" is one of the dumbest things I’ve seen in a long time. I am sick of getting a bot-generated notification every time I upload GPS data to Strava saying “Kudos!” and “Great Job!” like I am a 2-year-old kid who just got a participation trophy. Why not have the developers fix all the broken things about the platform instead of adding dumb features that nobody wants?
08-12-2024 03:17 AM
This is EXACTLY what I am talking about. I don’t need a participation trophy or some dumb “congratulations” certificate for pushing a button. Seriously? I get another one of these dumb things thrown at me just for posting a complaint about how I cant shut this stuff off?
08-12-2024 03:19 AM
And I don’t need another dumb participation trophy just because someone gave me “Kudos!” on a post about how these participation trophies are so dumb.
08-06-2024 07:29 AM
Please, please allow us to disable this completely. Who thought this could possibly be a good idea??
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