Strava users may start as loners, only tracking their own activities, but the hope is that they will soon be hooked into tracking friends and peers, and that this will push them to go further and faster.
Does this have to be a bad thing, though? If the web as we know it changes in the face of artificial abundance? Some will say it’s just the way of the world, noting that the web itself killed what came before it, and often for the better. Printed encyclopedias are all but extinct, for example, but I prefer the breadth and accessibility of Wikipedia... See more
The core of the Primer experience today is Clubs. Designed as a complement to the traditional school experience, Clubs let kids go super deep in areas they’re passionate about with kids from all over the country. They’re like extracurriculars, at online scale.