Blog Post
It appears as if the CitiBike folks are putting the inanities onto their web site on purpose.
Anyone who actually uses the site would see that “hiding” Bike Angel point totals makes no sense, nor does stripping the point counts from the station map. Interestingly, in the app, one can decide to show or not show the point counts; that choice (the counts formerly were displayed) is denied on the web site. And, as some have pointed out, it’s become harder to pin-point station location in the app. Once, this feature was excellent, but, perhaps in accordance with the purposeful inanity program, it’s been degraded.
Also, and by accident, I notice that there’s a feature in the app that shows how many and which docking stations a rider has visited. It’s interesting, but is there a point to it?