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How to report fake activity

CHRISTIAN912C over 10 years ago

people riding in the car and up the activity. how to report? in strava can be done here but do not see where.

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Rachel over 4 years ago +2

3 years ago I went in circles with Garmin support over the erroneous activities. Typically nothing malicious, but people just not knowing how to use their devices. I finally gave up and realized this was…
Rachel over 4 years ago in reply to danialc +1

The activities in my area weren't really fake, just being classified as a run when they were actually cycling activities. Somehow I managed to track down this person through facebook messenger. They…

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0 danialc over 4 years ago

This problem with already more than 6 years yet to be solved?!

0 trux over 4 years ago in reply to danialc

Contact https://support.garmin.com/

0 danialc over 4 years ago

This problem with already more than 6 years yet to be solved?!

0 danialc over 4 years ago

This problem with already more than 6 years yet to be solved?!

0 Rachel over 4 years ago

3 years ago I went in circles with Garmin support over the erroneous activities. Typically nothing malicious, but people just not knowing how to use their devices. I finally gave up and realized this was never going to be fixed.

All documented here: forums.garmin.com/.../690669

0 danialc over 4 years ago in reply to Rachel

Hi Rachel thanks for the reply! I'm using garmin forerunner 735xt and a edge 820... for a long time... But only today I had an issue with "fake" activity... with "bycicles" going 70kms on a hill... lol!... I'm also using Strava but with the new "update" on their functionalities beeing cut off to free users i was trying to get segments created on garmin... And I've found one activity very strange after analizing I've figured out it was a "fake" but when trying to "signal" like on Strava.. Could not find anything that could do what I was looking for!! Incredible that this can happen and still no fix from Garmim... What a shame!

0 Rachel over 4 years ago in reply to danialc

The activities in my area weren't really fake, just being classified as a run when they were actually cycling activities. Somehow I managed to track down this person through facebook messenger. They realized the issue and changed all their activities to cycling.

So yes, no way to flag an activity as can be done on strava.

0 Fabe56 over 3 years ago in reply to Rachel

It's just amazing that such a basic function is still missing.

0 Rachel over 3 years ago in reply to Fabe56

I have moved on. I only use segments on strava. No issues with that.

0 Fabe56 over 3 years ago in reply to Rachel

Understandable but since Garmin has invested much more on the challenge badges and cheaters take over the platform...