How to remove/mute "motivational" messages from Strava

With the last update of the Strava app, I now get Kudos from Strava. Not from followers, but from STRAVA! "Way to go, T...", "Kudos to you, T...". Why?

And, apparently this feature cannot be disabled. It's not even an option in the push notifications within the app. I don't want to see this junk.

Hey @pssaenz, 

Thanks for the feedback regarding this new feature. This feature is still in its testing phase, and we will be passing your comments along to our product team. We appreciate all feedback and suggestions; if anyone has any additional feedback, please post it below so that it can be reviewed by our team.

ate the motivation messages; they're like being in school

I also strongly dislike these. At least give us a place to turn these off in Settings/Push Notifications. We are all inundated with too many notifications. The last thing anyone wants or needs are auto-kudos. I don’t come to Strava looking for an AI personal trainer or coach. Please reserve that for those few people who will want it. 

How do I disable the "Wow! Nice Job" or "Way to Go!" notifications? I don't need a notification after every activity I do.

Yes, please remove this or at least provide a way to opt out. Please update community when done. Thank you

An option to remove these would be fantastic. First one was funny as I was had just taken 3 weeks off before launching back into training, but they have quickly become another notification I don't need/want. I am hoping the dev team adds an option to disable these. Cheers.

Please make them optional. I don't want or need them. If notifications will be coming that way, they will all go off.

Please, stop the annoying messages from Strava (or make it as an option)! For the last couple of months I've closed my activities to the public, so that only I can see them. And it's so annoying to receive a "good job" message for everything I upload. First, I've closed my account, so I don't need interaction from other people or outside, obviously 😄 Second, Strava's messages are so generic, something like that would never motivate me 😄 

Nobody likes spam, this useless feature is drowning out any relevant notification I might get from a real social interaction. Zero added value, you should fire the persons involved.

Weird how they have developer resources for features nobody ever asked for and obviously many find annoying (including me) but the loads of bugs aren't tackled.

If I could multiple "kudos" this I would.  What on earth do you think anyone gets out of this Strava?  Irritating beyond belief, nay patronising!

Just to make sure it gets counted .... irritating beyond belief!  Get rid!

What a childish motivational kudo; like every person getting a prize for showing up. I am happy to get kudos from people I know, but I don’t want any kudos from some AI bot.

@Scout - Add me to the list of those who would like this REMOVED or at least add an option for people to opt out.  Once again, Strava has thought that they know what we want more than we do.  Why does Strava insist on adding new "features" without providing a way for us, the ones who pay you, to turn off or disable?  

Yes. Remove this insult. A motivational message from a bot to people struggling to find enough time to exercise as much as they want is incredibly insulting. You are insulting your paying customers.

Is there a reason we are all from mountains? I don't mind, really, amongst all the other issues of the world, but it does not inspire confidence that you folks have any idea at all what you are doing...

Another one who hates these patronising bot messages but who would like to retain a few selected notifications.  But I hate these more than I like the selected notifications, so feel I will have to disable all notifications to avoid these.

And I've just been given a badge for awarding 2 kudos. OMG!  Please save us from this 😞

First, when you add a feature like that, please always add an option to turn it off.

Second, this service is for adults. Many of us are serious athletes. I've been with Strava for a decade. I don't suddenly need to receive kudos from Strava for every activity I upload. I've uploaded more than 3000 of them already, so please stop this nonsense. 

This new motivational comment are awfully childish. If not included in non-premium I would consider a downgrade!

Please. Needs an option to turn it off. It's not helpful.

I have disabled all notifications as the only way to filter our the strava cheerleader bot saying "👍 Well done!" after every ride.

I can only re-iterate what most of the other contributors have already said about these 'motivational' messages. If Strava are going to have them - then please provide users with the option to disable them - this way you'll know if they're a popular thing or not. Sounds like a sensible compromise.

I generally log an average of about 2 activities per day, sometimes up to 4 or 5 depending on what I am doing.  These messages are coming in with each one.  It is really annoying to get a message on the 3rd activity of the day that makes it sound like I am just uploading my first activity in a month.  I could see something if there was some significance to it, like it being the first activity after a long absence, or maybe a significantly longer/harder activity than average, but getting a message like this for each and every upload is ridiculous. 

Well said, JoeP. This is not Peloton.